EXCLUSIVE: Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia/New Zealand rights to mob thriller Bring Him To Me, which Myriad will be selling at the upcoming EFM.
12.01.2023 - 19:17 / thewrap.com
Fifty years after “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret?” was first published, Judy Blume’s seminal young-adult novel is finally headed to the big screen. Lionsgate released on Thursday a trailer for the adaptation, starring Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie and Abby Ryder Fortson.Set in the early ’70s, big changes are in store for 11-year-old Margaret Simon (Ryder Fortson) when her family leaves New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, just as she’s on the cusp of adolescence.
“Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret,” she prays before starting her first day at her new school. “Please, just do this one thing for me: let me be normal and regular like everybody else, just please please please please please!”Margaret and her new friends are equally freaked out and excited by the notion of growing up, forming a secret club to deal with puberty together.
At the same time, Margaret’s mother Barbara (Rachel McAdams) and father (Benny Safdie) are having their own struggles adjusting to the new neighborhood, while her grandmother Sylvia (Kathy Bates) resents them for moving.“It gets tiring trying so hard all the time, doesn’t it?” Barbara tells her daughter in one scene.There’s a lot to laugh at and relate to in Margaret’s strident efforts to fit in and grow up, whether that’s buying pads for the first time or singing a chant in hopes of increasing the size of her bust. Kelly Fremon Craig (“The Edge of Seventeen”) wrote and directed the film.
James L. Brooks, Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume, Amy Lorraine Brooks, and Aldric La’auli Porter produced, with Jonathan McCoy executive producing.“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” premieres in theaters April 28, 2023.Watch the full trailer above.
.EXCLUSIVE: Rialto Distribution has acquired Australia/New Zealand rights to mob thriller Bring Him To Me, which Myriad will be selling at the upcoming EFM.
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret—'s seminal coming-of-age novel.In the 50 years since it was first published, the book has become a cultural touchpoint. It's often referred to as the novel about as a young girl—from groan-inducing sex-ed presentations to the “Mom, I need a bra!” conversation.
How can an 11-year-old overcome the scary and uncertain time that is adolescence? Judy Blume’s 1970 novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” explores topics that generations of young women have faced. After decades in print, the beloved classic is getting the big-screen treatment.
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