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\n\tEXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: Carrie Coon (The White Lotus)<\/em>\u00a0Ben Platt (The P<\/em>olitician<\/em>), and Lukas Gage (Smile 2<\/em>) are set to star in psychological thriller,\u00a0I Am Not Your Mother<\/em>,\u00a0which will be directed by Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins<\/em>) and written by Johnson\u00a0and Ryan O\u2019Connell (Special<\/em>). <\/p>\n \n\tMister Smith Entertainment will launch international sales at the upcoming Cannes market\u00a0on the \u201ctwisted and darkly funny psychological thriller\u201d, which is\u00a0currently in pre-production. CAA and UTA co-rep U.S. rights.<\/p>\n \n\tThe synopsis reads: \u201cOllie (Platt), a young, queer director with a murky past, becomes fixated on Nora Dresden (Coon), an iconic actress in search of her comeback. When she agrees to star in his debut feature, admiration turns to obsession, and their collaboration spirals into a toxic game of control, blurring the line between artist and muse.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tProducers are\u00a0Jared Ian Goldman (Russian Doll<\/em>) and Zola Elgart Glassman (The Gallerist<\/em>) for Mighty Engine. The\u00a0film is being co-financed by Chris Quintos and Tyler Boehm of Unapologetic Projects and Naia Cucukov and Peter Richards of Working Barn Productions.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tDirector\u00a0Johnson\u00a0won the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Award for his feature\u00a0The Skeleton Twins,<\/em>\u00a0which was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the festival. His previous features include\u00a0The Parenting<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Alex Strangelove.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tMister Smith\u2019s\u00a0SVP International Sales & Acquisitions Shane Kelly commented:\u00a0\u201cCraig and Ryan\u2019s rework of the classic \u201890s obsession thriller grabbed us from the first few pages \u2013 tapping into stan culture and diva worship in an era where identity and performance are getting harder and harder to tell apart. It\u2019s self-aware, stylish and gets just a little unhinged as it hurtles towards its shocking climax. Led by this pitch perfect cast, this is a film that will be deliciously relevant for a generation that\u2019s fluent in how to be their own main character.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tCo-writer\/director Craig Johnson added:\u00a0\u201cI am thrilled to be collaborating with Carrie, Ben and Lukas and my friends at Mighty Engine, Mister Smith, Unapologetic and Working Barn on this deranged and delicious film, written in a passionate fever with my dear friend, Ryan O\u2019Connell. Get ready for a fierce, funny and blood-spattered good time at the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tCoon is represented by UTA, and Peikoff Mahan Law Office. Platt is represented by CAA, Immersive Management, Untitled Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen. Gage is represented by WME, Luber Roklin Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow. Johnson is represented by UTA, Mosaic, and Johnson Shapiro. Mighty Engine is represented by UTA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n