Studio Canal and The New Yorker Studios have finalized the cast forSusanna Fogel’sCat Personand production is officially underway. The latest additions round out a star-studded cast withHope Davis(Your Honor),Michael Gandolfini(The Many Saints of Newark),Liza Koshy(Liza on Demand),Fred Melamed(A Serious Man),Isaac Powell(American Horror Story),Isabella Rossellini(Joy), andDonald Elise Watkins(Emergency) joining. It’s currently unknown what roles they’ll play, but they’ll co-star alongside the previously announced stars of the filmNicholas Braun(Succession),Emilia Jones(CODA), andGeraldine Viswanathan(The Broken Hearts Gallery).
Cat Personis a film adaption of the acclaimed story of the same name byKristen Roupenianreleased in 2017. It’s the story of a 20-year old college student named Margot (Jones) who enters into a relationship with an older man and big-time creep named Robert (Braun) who frequents the theater she works at, only to realize over time the disgusting human being he is. Viswanathan is cast as Margot’s good college friend.
Between the casting and the film’s labeling as a psychological thriller, it seems Fogel will expand upon the source material, especially since the original story almost exclusively focused on the relationship between Margot and Robert.
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The story was released inThe New Yorkerand became its most downloaded fiction piece that year, receiving high praise for its stunning depiction of the modern dating scene. It particularly caught fire in the wake of the #MeToo movement for shedding light on what uncomfortable relationships can look like.
Fogel, a DGA Award Winner and director ofThe Flight Attendant, will direct withMichelle Ashford(Masters of Sex,The Pacific) writing and Jeremy Steckler (Only the Brave,The Old Man & The Gun) and New Yorker Studios’Helen Estabrook(Whiplash,Tully) producing. Fogel and Ashford also act as executive producers alongsideDaniel HankandGino Falsetto.
There is currently no release date forCat Person.
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