Sony nabs Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke’s “Maggie’s Plan”

PanARMENIAN.Net - Rebecca Miller’s “Maggie’s Plan” has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, the studio announced Thursday,September 24. In addition to North American rights, Sony will handle distribution in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, CIS, Hungary, Romania, China and various other Asian territories, TheWrap reports.

Miller, who also wrote the script from a story by Karen Rinaldi, premiered the film this month at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It will also screen at the upcoming New York Film Festival.

The comedy-drama follows a young woman (Greta Gerwig) whose determination to have a child catapults her into a love triangle with a heartthrob academic (Ethan Hawke) and his eccentric critical-theorist wife (Julianne Moore).

The film also stars Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Ida Rohatyn, Wallace Shawn and Mina Sundwall.

Rachael Horovitz, Damon Cardasis and Rebecca Miller produced the film, with executive producers Philip Stephenson and Temple Williams of Freedom Media, Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry of Locomotive, Michael J. Mailis and Susan Wrubel of Hyperion Media.