EXCLUSIVE: Weeks after signing on to lead Reminders of Him, Universal’s adaptation of the novel from It Ends with Us scribe Colleen Hoover, Maika Monroe has found another new project in Place to Be, the latest indie drama from Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó (Pieces of a Woman).
Character details are under wraps. Ellen Burstyn and Taika Waititi lead the film examining the unlikely friendship of an elderly woman and middle-aged man as they travel from Chicago to New York to return a lost racing pigeon home. Others in the cast, as previously announced, include Murray Bartlett, Pamela Anderson, Edgar Ramírez, and Lena Waithe.
Written by Mundruczó and Kata Wéber, the filmmaker’s wife and frequent collaborator, Place to Be is shooting at Disney Studios Australia in Sydney. Producers on the project include Jomon Thomas (Monkey Man, Hotel Mumbai), Megan Wynn (Together, Poker Face), and Alexander Rodnyansky (Loveless, Beanpole). The exec producers are Natalya Pavchinskaya (S’YA Concept), Stuart Manashil, Pankaj Mamtora (Lonestar Films), Kanesh Mohana Sundaram (GVKM Elephant Pictures), Ashley Levinson, Sam Levinson, Viktoria Petranyi, David Edelstein, and the late Kevin Turen.
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S’YA Concept is financing the project, with WME Independent handling international sales. The film is supported by Screen NSW’s Made in NSW fund.
One of the emerging stars of the moment, Monroe proved her ability to command a major motion picture with Longlegs, the buzzy serial killer flick from Osgood Perkins in which she starred opposite Nicolas Cage. At a reported budget of less than $10 million, the film transcended all expectations last July as it surpassed Oscar winner Parasite to become Neon’s highest grossing title, cementing itself as the highest-grossing independent horror film of the decade.
No stranger to genre films, Monroe will soon be seen starring opposite Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 20th’s reimagining of the classic horror thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Additionally, she’s set to reteam with David Robert Mitchell on They Follow, the long-awaited follow-up to their acclaimed 2014 title It Follows, which is regarded as one of the best horror films in recent memory.
In addition to Reminders of Him, other upcoming projects for Monroe include the romantic fantasy 100 Nights of Hero, opposite Nicholas Galitzine and Emma Corrin, and In Cold Light opposite CODA‘s Troy Kotsur. She is represented by WME, Entertainment 360, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.
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