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Sundance Stalwarts Peter Saraf & Eddie Rubin Launch Optimistic Pictures; Awkwafina Pic ‘G’ Among Their Early Projects
EXCLUSIVE: Producers Peter Saraf and Eddie Rubin, who are in Park City to premiere the Sundance buzz titles Out of My Mind and Winner, have joined forces to create Optimistic Pictures, to develop …
She’ll produce and star in an adaptation of G, the Ling Ma short story which is included in her National Book Critics Circle Award winning collection, Bliss Montage. “Optimism is the most important quality a producer needs and we are optimistic about the strength of brave original storytelling as a business and the continuing power of great stories to lead and shape cultural progress.” That Susanna Fogel-directed drama stars Emilia Jones as Reality Winner, the Texas-born hellraiser who became an NSA contractor and then whistleblower who was prosecuted for exposing Russia’s backing of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
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