2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Mayer’s The Seagull

A premium title for the acquisitions side of Sundance, Michael Mayer has been absent from feature films since
his first pair A Home at the End of the World (2004) and Flicka (2006). The Tony-winning Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening, American Idiot and Hedwig And The Angry Inch) moved back into the book to film adaptation with a Chekhov classic. The Seagull went into production this past July with a cast that includes Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Elisabeth Moss, Brian Dennehy and Mare Winningham.

Gist: The Seagull centers on the romantic and artistic clashes between fading actress Irina Arkadina; fresh-faced ingénue Nina Zarechnaya; famous writer Boris Trigorin, Irina’s lover; and failing playwright Konstantin Treplyov, Irina’s son who is in love with Nina. All four come up against one another while visiting a country estate owned by Irina’s brother.

Production Co./Producers: Tom Hulce (A Home at the End of the World), Robert Salerno (Nocturnal Animals), Leslie Urdang (The Family Fang).

Prediction: Premieres category.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. WME and CAA (domestic). K5 (international)

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