EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Ziegler (Becoming In, My Outdated Ass) and Avantika (Imply Women) have joined the solid of the indie motion function Ballerina Overdrive from 87North and Gulfstream Photos.
From Vicky Jewson who’s directing from a script by Kate Freund, Ballerina Overdrive follows a troupe of ballerinas who discover themselves combating for survival as they try to flee from a distant inn after their bus breaks down on the best way to a dance competitors.
As Deadline revealed solely final 12 months, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow and Millicent Simmonds additionally star. Beforehand connected stars Lena Headey, Yara Shahidi and Isabela Merced have since departed the challenge. Jenny Jue solid the movie which is presently in manufacturing in Budapest.
Kelly McCormick and David Leitch (The Fall Man, Bullet Prepare) produce by means of their 87North banner with Invoice Bindley and Mike Karz for Gulfstream Photos alongside Piers Tempest. Gulfstream Photos (Upgraded, One Quick Transfer) is absolutely financing Ballerina Overdrive. Max Jacoby is supervising for 87North.
CAA Media Finance is dealing with home gross sales, with Vincent Maraval and Kim Fox’s The Veterans are dealing with worldwide gross sales for the impartial movie.
Ziegler most not too long ago starred within the function Becoming In. She is going to subsequent be seen co-starring within the 2024 Sundance Movie Competition breakout movie My Outdated Ass, which can premiere on Amazon Prime this September. The movie was directed by Megan Park, who additionally directed The Fallout which Ziegler appeared in alongside Jenna Ortega in 2022. Different credit embody Steven Spielberg’s West Facet Story and The Ebook of Henry. She is repped by WME, Rothman/Andres Leisure and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.
Avantika made her U.S. debut within the Disney Channel Unique film Spin (2021) which she adopted with the Insurgent Wilson-led comedy movie Senior 12 months (2022) for Netflix. Her breakout function was within the musical comedy function Imply Women (2024), primarily based on the stage musical of the identical identify. She performed Karen Shetty, a member of the Plastics. Most not too long ago, she starred as Paige within the horror function Tarot, written and directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg. Avantika Is repped by UTA, ColorCreative and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Ballerina Overdrive marks the fifth movie Gulfstream Photos has absolutely financed, following the not too long ago wrapped Falling starring Okay.J. Apa, Isabel Might, Archie Renaux and Emma Laird, and three titles picked up by Prime Video for distribution together with One Quick Transfer starring KJ Apa, Maia Reficco, Eric Dane and Edward James Olmos, the latest comedy Upgraded starring Camila Mendes, Marisa Tomei, Archie Renaux, Andrew Schultz and Lena Olin and the romantic comedy The Different Zoey starring Josephine Langford, Drew Starkey, Archie Renaux, Andie Macdowell and Heather Graham.