WEEK IN WOMEN: Karen Gillan stars in Lisa Steen’s LATE BLOOMERS – Brandy McDonnell reports
Karen Gillan, Margaret Sophie Stein and Jermaine Fowler will star in the upcoming comedy Late Bloomers, directed by Lisa Steen and written by Anna Greenfield. Kevin Nealon and Talia Balsam will co-star. Written by Greenfield, the film is loosely based on her experience living in Brooklyn, New York, in her 20s.
Late Bloomers is a comedy about Louise, an aimless millennial (Gillan), who drunkenly breaks her hip, landing her in physical therapy. There, she acquires an elderly Polish BFF who speaks no English (Stein). This unlikely friendship gives her the courage to face what she’s been running from all along: Her mother’s younger-onset Alzheimer’s.
Frequent collaborators, Steen and Greenfield previously worked together on the short films Sundowners and Stepdaddy, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and the 2019 SXSW Film Festival, respectively. They also collaborated on the short films Games for Girls and New Adult.
The film will be produced by Alexandra Barreto and Taylor Feltner for We’re Doin’ Great and Sam Bisbee for Park Pictures. Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord, Cody Ryder (Park Pictures); Wendy Neu, Franklin Carlson; Robina Riccitiello (Fierce Optimism Films); Emma Pompetti, Tegan Acton (Good Gravy Films); Hallee Adelman, Ivy Herman (World of HA Productions); Sam Slater, David Bernon, Paul Bernon (Burn Later Productions); Marc Iserlis, Ng Say Yong, Anthony Eu (mm2 Asia); Greg Beauchamp, Carter Collins (Bindery Films) are executive producers. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN
