According to Variety, Searchlight Studios has nabbed the U.S. rights to Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, a comedy about a widow who hires a sex worker that premiered at this year’s virtual edition of Sundance.
What’s Happening:
- Emma Thompson stars as a widow seking sexual gratification that was not provided to her during her 31-year-marriage.
- Sophie Hyde (52 Tuesdays) directs Good Luck to You, Leo Grande with Daryl McCormack (The Wheel of Time) starring opposite Thompson.
- The film premiered this past week during the Virtual Sundance Film Festival.
- The indie label is looking to push Oscar-winner Thompson into the awards race and will debut the film exclusively on Hulu.
- This is Searchlight Pictures’ second Sundance acquisition following its purchase of Mimi Cave’s thriller Fresh starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan.
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