“Theatre Camp” Director Molly Gordon and Searchlight Pictures Team Up for “Small Parts”

Theatre Camp’s breakout director, Molly Gordon, is now set to helm Small Parts for Searchlight Pictures.

What’s Happening:

  • Searchlight Pictures is continuing their relationship with Molly Gordon.
  • As Deadline reports, Gordon is developing Small Parts for the studio.
  • Small Parts is a new adaptation of 1987’s hit comedy Outrageous Fortune.
  • The film will be directed by Gordon and co-written with Allie Levitan.
  • Outrageous Fortune starred Bette Midler and Shelly Long.
  • The new film will explore the clash of two actresses on the set of an indie film and is promised to be even more outrageous than the original.
  • Production is being overseen by Searchlight SVP of Production Taylor Friedman.
  • Previously, Searchlight acquired the breakout indie film Theatre Camp (which Gordon co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in) for $8 million at Sundance in 2023. 
  • Molly Gordon is currently starring as “Claire” in FX/Hulu’s The Bear, where she received a Screen Actors Guild award for best ensemble.

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Maxon Faber
Based in Los Angeles, California, Maxon is roller coaster and musical theatre nerd. His favorite dinosaur is the parasaurolophus, specifically the one in Jurassic World: The Ride.