EXCLUSIVE: Samara Weaving (Ready Or Not), Kyle Gallner (Strange Darling), Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) and Jon Gries (The White Lotus) have been set to star in romantic crime thriller Carolina Caroline, which is now filming in Kentucky.
The film follows the story of a young woman (Weaving) who skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother (Sedgwick) — alongside a charismatic con man (Gallner) on the run from the law. The duo leave a wave of crime and passion behind them as they hustle their way through the Southeast.
Written by Tom Dean and directed by Adam Carter Rehmeier (Dinner In America). Producers include Bee-Hive Productions’ Stephen Braun (Sacramento), Star Thrower Entertainment’s Tim & Trevor White (King Richard), The Wonder Company’s Eric B. Fleischman and Chris Abernathy (Sacramento) and Create & Complete Entertainment’s Chris Ward.
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Verve Ventures, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group are co-representing worldwide rights.
Executive producers include MacPac Entertainment’s Jan McAdoo and Brittany Kahan Ward & Trent Hubbard. Star Thrower executive Laena Carroll will co-produce.
Rehmeier and Gallner re-team for the first time since Rehmeier’s Sundance 2021 feature, Dinner In America, in which Gallner starred. Braun and Fleischman also supported that film. The director’s most recent film, the MRC/T-Street comedy Snack Shack, was released theatrically by Paramount/Republic.
Said Rehmeier: “Samara and Kyle are delivering truly electric, nuanced performances, equal parts thrilling, romantic, comedic and moving. It’s been inspiring working with them Kyra Sedgwick and Jon Gries, as well as my regular core crew of artists and the entire incredible team on this project.”
Weaving is repped by CAA, 111 Media and Johnson Shapiro. Gallner is represented by Paradigm and attorney Stewart Brookman. Sedgwick is represented by CAA, Range Media Partners, and Schreck Rose. Gries is with Innovative and Lovett Management. Rehmeier is repped by Verve and Ziffren. Bee-Hive is represented by Verve. Star Thrower is represented by CAA.
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