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Blue Fox Entertainment Sets North American Release For Coming-Of-Age Pic ‘Empire Waist’ Starring Mia Kaplan, Rainn Wilson & Missi Pyle
Claire Ayoub's 'Empire Waist' has locked in release plans with Blue Fox Entertainment, which will bring it to North American audiences this fall.
Marking the debut feature of writer-director Claire Ayoub, whose script was ranked as the #1 Comedy on the Black List in 2019, the film follows Lenore Miller (Kaplan), an overweight, insecure teen whose talent for fashion is discovered by her confident, plus-sized classmate (newcomer Jemima Yevu), forcing her into the spotlight — and into the path of both bullies and new friends. Produced in association with Ayoub’s Try Anyway Productions, American High, Wayfarer Studios and P&G Studios, pic’s cast also includes Jolene Purdy ( The White Lotus), Daisy Washington ( Spider-Man: The Lost Avenger), Holly McDowell ( Lie Next to Me), newcomer Kassandra Tellez, Isabella Pisacane ( Law & Order; Special Victims Unit), Tabyana Ali ( General Hospital), Aric Floyd ( Doors), and fashion designer Joe Ando-Hirsh ( The Walking Dead). Blue Fox acquired worldwide rights to the project last year and launched sales ahead Cannes, at the same time setting plans to release the film domestically.
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