As part of the lead up to next week’s Toronto Film Festival, Entertainment Weekly has posted a new behind-the-scenes preview at the filming of ‘Lady Bird’ with Saoirse, her co-star Timothee Chalamet, and director Greta Gerwig.
The first official poster for Lady Bird has been released! According to several websites, such as Deadline and Variety, the film will be premiering on Telluride Film Festival (and apparently that’s happening tomorrow night, September 1, 2017).
Saoirse’s presence at Toronto International Film Festival has been confirmed! She’ll be attending the premieres of Lady Bird and On Chesil Beach, both during the event’s opening weekend. The festival’s full lineup has been revealed, including more information about both movies, such as new summaries and running times.
Lady Bird
USA / 94 minutes / 2017 / STC / Colour / English / International Premiere
A rebellious young woman (Saoirse Ronan) navigates the pressures and constraints of Catholic school and life in Sacremento, in Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut.
Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan, also appearing at this year’s Festival in On Chesil Beach) — affectionately known and self-proclaimed as Lady Bird — is an ambitious, bright, and precocious high school senior. Longing to break free of suburban Sacramento, she dreams of a different life full of east coast skyscrapers, Ivy League universities, and cosmopolitan culture.
With modest grades and no alumni connections to speak of, Lady Bird needs extracurriculars to beef up her college applications. Joining the drama club leads to new friends (sometimes at the expense of old ones), first loves, and a social life in full swing. Dealing with her critical mother and succeeding at math do not come as easily. With her dad recently laid off, her mom working double shifts as a nurse, and her brother and his girlfriend — Berkeley grads — working at the supermarket, she is keenly aware that post–high school life is no walk in the park. Old enough to appreciate what she has, but not always mature enough to show it, sometimes she just wants to go shopping for her prom dress rather than putting her clothes away.
The first promotional stills from Lady Bird have been released! Both of them feature Saoirse, and they have been added to our photo gallery. Friendly reminder the film is set to premiere at Toronto International Film Festival in September, then at New York Film Festival in October, and finally all around the United States in November 10.
‘Lady Bird’ was confirmed to be part of the 55th New York Film Festival’s main lineup, which will run from September 28 to October 15 of this year. It will premiere at the festival just weeks after its premiere at Toronto. The US limited release date is also scheduled on November 10.
Lady Bird
Dir. Greta Gerwig, USA, 2017, 93m
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut is a portrait of an artistically inclined young woman (Saoirse Ronan) trying to define herself in the shadow of her mother (Laurie Metcalf) and searching for an escape route from her hometown of Sacramento. Moods are layered upon moods at the furious pace of late adolescence in this lovely and loving film, which shifts deftly from one emotional and comic register to the next. Lady Bird is rich in invention and incident, and it is powered by Ronan, one of the finest actors in movies. With Lucas Hedges and Timothée Chalamet as the men in Lady Bird’s life, Beanie Feldstein as her best friend, and Tracy Letts as her dad. An A24 release.
Hey guys! The line-up for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has been announced, and Lady Bird was chosen as their opening night film! It stars Saoirse and it was directed by Greta Gerwig, and it was recently acquired for distribution by A24.
Our Special Presentations Opening Night Film is Greta Gerwig’s LADY BIRD, starring Saoirse Ronan. #TIFF17 pic.twitter.com/0UB52HyMs5
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) July 25, 2017
According to Deadline, A24 has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Saoirse’s upcoming film Lady Bird, directed by Greta Gerwig. The article states that they are planning a fall release in partnership with IAC Films.
DEADLINE: A24 has landed worldwide distribution rights to Lady Bird, the comedy that marks the directorial debut of Greta Gerwig. The film, which stars Saoirse Ronan, gives A24 another picture with awards potential heading into Oscar season. The picture will be released in the fall in partnership with IAC Films.
Ronan plays a Sacramento teenager seeking to escape her small town to attend college in New York City.
Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O’Neill produced the film, and Gerwig wrote the script. Ronan stars with freshly minted Tony-winner Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, and Beanie Feldstein.
Gerwig is repped by UTA and Management 360.
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