2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #76. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson – Someone Great

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Considered ahead of its time, writer-director-producer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson parlayed her canceled MTV’s Sweet/Vicious gig into a directorial debut featuring the likes of Brittany Snow, Rosario Dawson, Gina Rodriguez and Lakeith Stanfield. Production began on Someone Great back in April, and Netflix swooped in for rights on the romantic comedy early on. Perhaps a festival detour is possibility.

Rooftop Films 2019

Gist: The film follows a young woman (Rodriguez) who suffers a devastating breakup and decides to seek adventure in New York City with her two best friends before she moves across the country for her dream job. Brittany Snow and DeWanda Wise will play Rodriguez’s two best friends, while Stanfield is poised to play Rodriguez’s ex-boyfriend.

Production Co./Producers: I Can and I Will Productions’ Gina Rodriguez, Feigco Entertainment’s Paul Feig and Jessie Henderson (A Simple Favor), Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron (The Land of Steady Habits).

Prediction: A longshot for the fest’s Premieres section. SXSW or Tribeca more likely.

U.S. Distributor: Netflix.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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