Lily Collins, Charlie McDowell and Alex Orlovsky Launch Case Study Films

Matt Donnelly
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Lily Collins, filmmaker Charlie McDowell and notable indie producer Alex Orlovsky have formally established a production entity called Case Study Films.

The trio previously collaborated on the 2021 film “Windfall,” a pot-boiler with socioeconomic undertones starring Collins, Jesse Plemons and Jason Segel, which sold to Netflix. Case Study will build film and series content financed in partnership with High Frequency Entertainment.

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“Case Study Films is about collaboration and storytelling,” Collins said in a statement. “We approach our relationships from all aspects of the filmmaking process — fostering an idea from conception to release — alongside both established talent and new, exciting voices. Our hope is that this grows into a very special one-stop-shop for creatives.”

The company has numerous projects in active development, including Hulu’s “Razzlekhan: The Infamous Crocodile of Wall Street,” co-produced by Scoop Wasserstein from New York Magazine with McDowell directing and Collins starring; “The Accomplice,” co-produced with Dylan Clark Productions set up at Amazon and based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Lisa Lutz; and a deal to produce spec series for Legendary Entertainment.

Orlovsky has an impressive resume and a knack for breaking urgent indie voices, including Derek Cianfrance, Fleck and Boden, Eliza Hittman and McDowell himself. The latter’s credits include the acclaimed indie “The One That I Love” and Segel’s futuristic “The Discovery.”

Collins, who stars in the Netflix blockbuster “Emily in Paris,” is represented by CAA, LBI Entertainment, Definition Entertainment, Sloane, Offer, Weber& Dern LLP and the Lede Company. McDowell is represented by CAA, LBI Entertainment, Black Bear Management and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs and Fox.

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