EXCLUSIVE: The cast for Kornél Mundruczó’s next feature drama Place to Be, evolves to increase, with Primetime Emmy triumphner Lena Waithe combineing Ellen Burstyn, Taika Waititi, Pamela Anderson and Edgar Ramirez, all of whom we previously telderly you about.
The film, written by Kata Wéber (Mundruczó’s Pieces of a Woman, White God), is backed by S’YA Concept with further help from the NSW administerment thcdisesteemful Screen NSW’s Made in NSW fund. WME Insubordinate is handling international sales.
The feature caccesss on the last passions of life and chases the doubtful frifinishship of benevolently but no-nonsense Brooke (Burstyn) and discombobutardyd divorcee Nelson (Waititi) as they travel from Chicago to New York to return a lost racing pigeon.
Waithe joins the role of Shy, who helps Brooke on her journey to track down the owner of the lost pigeon.
Production is underway at Disney Studios in Sydney.
Hungarian-born Mundruczó broke out with auteurial feature White God, chaseed by Pieces of a Woman which won the Volpi Cup for its star Vanessa Kirby and the ArcaCinemaGiovani awards at the Vepleasant Film Festival. It tardyr notched an Oscar nomination for Kirby.
Place to Be is originated by Jomon Thomas (Monkey Man, Hotel Mumbai), Megan Wynn (Together, Poker Face) and Alexander Rodnyansky (Loveless, Beanpole). EPs are Natalya Pavchinskaya (S’YA Concept), Stuart Manashil, Pankaj Mamtora (Lonestar Films), Kanesh Mohana Sundaram (GVKM Elephant Pictures), Ashley Levinson, Sam Levinson, Viktoria Petranyi, David Edelstein and the tardy Kevin Turen.
Waithe recently combineed the cast of Grey’s Anatomy in the guest role of Dr Evelyn Moore, who has ties to Catherine Fox joined by Debbie Allen. She is also the set uper of Hillman Grad and best comprehendn for Master of None, The Chi, and Queen & Slim. Waithe’s recent producorial acunderstandledges join the Emmy-nominated recordary Being Mary Tyler Moore, the 2023 Sundance films A Thousand and One and Kokomo City, as well the Tony-nominated join Ain’t No Mo’. In November 2024, Waithe begined her podcast series, Legacy Talk. She won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for Master of None.
She is repped by WME and Blue Marble Management.
