EXCLUSIVE: Mare of Easttown star Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn (Ella McCay) are main a UK-set romcom for Focus Features, Working Title and Parkville Footage.
CC: Emily is the debut directorial function undertaking for Alicia MacDonald, who has helmed episodes of Lena Dunham’s Too A lot, Stephen Service provider’s The Outlaws and Kirstie Swain’s Pure for Netflix, BBC-Amazon and Channel 4 respectively. Rachel Hirons (A Information to Second Date Intercourse) is penning the film, which has simply began principal images on location in Manchester, UK.
CC: Emily follows a lovesick musician, performed by Fearn. When he’s given the mistaken quantity for his dream lady, he groups up with a pushed psychology scholar (Rice) to seek out her. Collectively, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that assessments their very own hearts and ambitions alongside the best way.
Australian star Rice broke out taking part in Kate Winslet’s daughter Siobhan in HBO smash Mare of Easttown and likewise appeared in Black Mirror episode ‘Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too’ reverse Miley Cyrus. She performed Betty Brant in a variety of Spider Man motion pictures and we revealed last month she is main Canadian-Belgian psychological thriller Steal Away.
Fearn, in the meantime, recently wrapped production on James L. Brooks’ Ella McCay with an ensemble solid that features Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Ayo Edebiri, Albert Brooks and Kumail Nanjiani. Brooks’ first film for 13 years is about an idealistic younger politician who juggles familial points and a difficult work life whereas getting ready to take over the job of her mentor.
Working Title bosses Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce CC: Emily for the studio, which can be currently producing Netflix series Jo Nesbo’s Detective Hole. Olivier Kaempfer is producing for Well mannered Society maker Parkville. Focus has worldwide rights on the film and Universal Footage Worldwide will deal with worldwide distribution for the studio.
MacDonald is repped by Jessica Sykes at Impartial.
