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Sundance’s Nonagenarian Action Comedy ‘Thelma’ Starring June Squibb Sells To Magnolia Pictures
Following its breakout as one of the more highly discussed titles of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, nonagenarian action comedy Thelma, starring Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska) in her first l…
Marking the feature directorial debut of Josh Margolin, who directed from his own script, Thelma stars Squibb as a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson (Fred Hechinger). Producers were Zoë Worth and Chris Kaye of Bandwagon, Nicholas Weinstock of Invention Studios, Benjamin Simpson, and Karl Spoerri and Viviana Vezzani of Zurich Avenue, with Kat Barnette as co-producer. “Brilliantly marrying Magnolia’s love of action, revenge, and grandmothers, THELMA is totally unique yet universally irresistible,” said the distributor’s co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley.
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