Jon Hamm and Tina Fey thriller ‘Maggie Moore(s)’ gets domestic deal
Exclusive: Maggie Moore(s)Film that marks the reunion crazy people The duo Jon Hamm and John Slattery and 30 Rock The couple sold to Hamm and Tina Fey, Screen Media for North America.
Slattery directs Hamm and Fey in the true-crime-inspired thriller written by Paul Birnbaum. The film also stars Nick Mohammed (Ted Lasso), mica stock (relatives), Mary Holland (happy season) and Happy Anderson (Mindhunter)
Screen Media plans a theatrical release in June, followed by a digital release later that month.
inside Maggie Moore(s)When two women with the same name are murdered within days of each other, small-town police chief Jordan Sanders (Ham) finds himself navigating an unlikely collection of cheating husbands, lonely hearts, dirty neighbors and contract killers, the case, and his life, together.
Seth Needle, executive vice president of global acquisitions and co-productions, brokered the deal for the filmmakers on behalf of Screen Media, along with CAA Media Finance, The Gersh Agency and WME Independent.
“I am very proud Maggie Moore(s) and the entire cast and filmmaking team,” said director and producer Slattery. “After reading this script, I knew we had the potential to tell a unique story. The result is a film that captures much of today’s true-crime, stranger-than-fiction culture, buoyed by excellent performances. I’m excited to bring it to audiences later this year and work with Screen Media to make it happen.”
“We are excited to be working with John and all the immense talent involved in the film,” added David Fanon, chief acquisitions and distribution officer for Soul Entertainment, Screen Media’s parent company. “With an incredible ensemble cast led by Jon Hamm and Tina Fey, the film is a wild, true-crime-inspired ride that will keep audiences guessing until the end. This is exactly the kind of original content that Screen Media wants to bring to our audience.”
Maggie Moore(s) Slattery, Vincent Newman, Dan Reardon, Santosh Govindaraju, Nancy Leopardi and Ross Cohn produced. The film was executive-produced by Jim Valdez, Kyle Hayes, Jared Underwood, Slava Vladimirov, Boden Anderson, Andrew C. Robinson, David Gendron, Ali Zazairi and Three Point Capital’s David Gendron, David Fanon, Seth Needle, Connor McAdam, David. A. Stern, David Nagelberg, Daniel Grodnick, Jonathan Taylor, Clay Floren, Ryan Fine, and Birnbaum.
Slattery made his feature film directorial debut in 2014 God’s PocketStarring Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Turturro.
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