Max Minghella, Elle Fanning TIFF Film ‘Teen Spirit’ To Get Theatrical Bow In 2019
Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment are teaming up for U.S. distribution rights to Max Minghella’s directorial debut film Teen Spirit. Starring Elle Fanning as a shy teen from a small European town who dreams of pop stardom, the pic had its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in theaters sometime next year.
Written by Minghella, the plot centers around Violet (Fanning) who, in search of an escape from her dismal surroundings and with the help of an unlikely mentor, enters an international singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric, and Agnieszka Grochowska co-star. Fred Berger (La La Land) produced the pic with Jamie Bell serving as executive producer. Interscope Records co-produced with Automatik and Blank Tape.
The U.S. deal was co-repped by CAA and Mister Smith Entertainment and the film is being sold internationally and co-financed by Mister Smith.
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