Girlmancing the Stone: So Yong Kim Sets Jena Malone & Riley Keough on Road Trippy “Lovesong”

Actresses Riley Keough, Jena Malone and a supporting cast comprised of Brooklyn Decker, Amy Seimetz, Marshall Chapman, Ryan Eggold and Rosanna Arquette have all boarded Lovesong, So Yong Kim’s fourth feature film. Deadline reports the road trip romance will film in Tennessee, and will be produced by Alex Lipschultz, Bradley Rust Gray, David Hansen, and Johnny Mac. Mynette Louie, Laura Rister, and Gamechanger Films’ Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous, and Wendy Ettinger will executive produce.

Gist: Co-written by Kim and hubby Bradley Rust Gray, this is the tale of best friends Sarah (Keough) and Mindy (Malone) who take off on an impromptu road trip with Sarah’s young daughter in tow and see their deep BFFship develop into a surprising romance – despite the fact that Mindy is about to get married.

Worth Noting: Keough and Malone have previously worked with the Bradley Rust Gray and So Yong Kim team. See latest example below.

Do We Care?: This Thelma & Louise rom-scape certainly feels at odds with a filmography that works mostly in themes of loneliness and absence (beginning with another The Cure song titled film with In Between Days, Treeless Mountain and For Ellen) requires patience as the payoff is often found in subtle emotionally rewarding heart-breaking moments. Could be the break-out into the masses film especially with the paired starlets.