Lea Thompson (“Again to the Future”), Kevin Pollak (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”), Leanne Melissa Bishop (“The Weight of Perfection”) and Aaron Ashmore (Ginny & Georgia”) will star in Penguin Photos and Farpoint Movies’ characteristic movie “What If.”
To be directed by Lindsay MacKay (“The Swearing Jar,” “Moist Bum”), the household drama made its market debut on the Toronto Film Festival.
“What If” follows Marley, a girl in her forties who discovers she was a part of a hospital delivery mix-up. The revelation sends her on a journey to redefine household, accompanied by an previous highschool buddy going through his personal truths.
Written by Bishop, the movie is produced by Michael P. Mason (“The Weight of Perfection”), Bishop and Kyle Bornais (“The Swearing Jar”) of Farpoint Movies. Peter Wetherell serves as government producer.
The movie’s inventive workforce contains Toronto veterans. MacKay’s debut “Moist Bum” premiered on the pageant in 2014, whereas her sophomore characteristic “The Swearing Jar” screened on the 2022 pageant. Mason, a Canadian Movie Centre graduate, has labored on movies which have proven at Toronto and different main festivals.
“What If” is at present within the pre-production section with plans to begin filming later this yr.
“We’re past excited concerning the gifted forged we’ve assembled. ‘What If’ is stuffed with advanced, layered characters, and this forged’s mixed expertise and expertise are an ideal match to breathe life into this heartfelt story,” mentioned Mason. “Nowadays audiences are craving for authenticity of their content material, there’s an actual want globally for movies that inform these sorts of common human tales. Lindsay has such an amazing intuition with character, we will’t wait to see how she works with this unimaginable forged to carry the script to life.”
Bishop added: “I’m thrilled to be working with such an distinctive forged on this movie that’s so close to and expensive to me. Every expertise brings their very own distinctive voice, which is able to permit all of those characters to come back to life. For me, household is essential, and household means various things to many individuals. Usually in life, we discover ourselves looking for a way of belonging, desirous to be accepted. I hope this movie helps folks to know, settle for, and love themselves, for precisely who they’re. I’m excited to see the magic everybody brings to the large display.”
