Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to Wishful thinkingThe film is Graham Parks’ directorial debut and stars Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke.
The rom-com, which bowed at SXSW, follows Julia (Hawke), a frustrated video game designer, and Charlie (Pullman), a struggling musician, who have supernatural influences on the world after attending a couples’ therapy seminar to repair their volatile relationship.
“With earthquakes, the stock market and entire countries at risk, Charlie and Julia must confront whether their passionate love can survive amidst so much chaos,” the producers’ synopsis says. The film also stars Amita Rao, Randall Park, Eric Rahel, Jake Chen, Kate Berlant and Kerry Kenny Silver.
“Audiences have been craving a film like this Wishful thinking “Romantic, unpredictable and truly funny – and we can’t wait for them to experience Maya and Louis in these deeply human and refreshingly funny lead roles,” Sony Pictures Classics, which plans a 2027 theatrical release, said in a statement Friday.
The film is produced by Pinky Promise, who co-produced another recent Sony Pictures Classics release, Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut. Eleanor the Great. Wishful thinking It is produced by Buckwild Pictures and Highway 10, who also financed the film.
Writer and director Graham Parks added in his own statement: “Sony Pictures Classics has been a singular champion of independent cinema for nearly 35 years, releasing some of my favorite films of all time. So to be included among the films they first introduced to audiences is truly the ultimate tribute to the emotional labor of our cast and crew.” Wishful thinking.”
Hollywood Reporter Film reviewer Angie Hahn said about Wishful thinking After the film’s SXSW premiere: “The strong chemistry between Pullman and Hawke ensures that even at their worst, Charlie and Julia never seem obnoxious. Their punches come from a place of wounded love, not cruelty or contempt, and they never feel so angry that they can’t make each other laugh by attempting a sexy dance.” [their] Way out of this, they sway to classic 80s pop.
Production credits are shared by Pullman, Dan Gidman, Matt Smith, and Cara Durrett, while Alyssa Rohrenbeck, Sarah Mather, Jessamyn Burgum, Cameron Fuller, and Graham Patrick Martin are executive producers.
The distribution deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and UTA Independent Film Group, which works on behalf of the filmmakers.
