Sony Pictures Classics has picked up worldwide rights to the Lewis Pullman–Maya Hawke starring Wishful Thinking, which made its world premiere at SXSW and won the top Narrative Feature prize there.
The film written and directed by Graham Parkes follows Julia, an ambitious game designer, and Charlie, a struggling musician, who are at a loss for how to repair their volatile relationship. After attending a couples-therapy seminar run by mysterious twin healers, they find that the ups-and-downs of their relationship have supernatural effects on the world around them. With earthquakes, the stock market and entire nations at risk, Charlie and Julia must confront whether their passionate love can survive amidst so much chaos.
“Audiences have been craving a film like Wishful Thinking — romantic, unpredictable and genuinely funny — and we can’t wait for them to experience Maya and Lewis in these deeply human and refreshingly hilarious leading roles,” Sony Pictures Classics said Friday. “Graham Parkes has crafted a film for a new generation of moviegoers with the kind of romantic comedy meant to be shared in a theater, marking another collaboration we’re proud to continue with Pinky Promise and our new friends at Highway 10.”
Parkes said, “Sony Pictures Classics has been a singular champion of independent cinema for nearly 35 years, releasing some of my favorite movies of all time. So to be included among the films first brought to an audience by them is truly the ultimate recognition for the passionate work our cast and crew put into making Wishful Thinking.”
The movie also stars Amita Rao, Randall Park, Eric Rahill, Jake Shane, Kate Berlant and Kerri Kenney-Silver. The film is produced by Pullman for Buckwild Pictures; Dan Gedman and Matt Smith for Highway 10, which also fully financed the film; and Kara Durrett for Pinky Promise. Executive producers are Alyssa Roehrenbeck, Sarah Mather, Jessamine Burgum, Cameron Fuller and Graham Patrick Martin.
The deal was negotiated between Sony Pictures Classics and UTA Independent Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers.
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