Patrick Wachsberger’s new sales venture 193 has bulked up its Cannes sales slate with international rights to Lynne Ramsay’s Competition selection Die, My Love starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson.
Lawrence plays a passionate woman in a rural outpost who struggles with psychosis. The cast includes Lakeith Stanfield, Sissey Spacek, and Nick Nolte.
Ramsay co-wrote the screenplay with Enda Walsh, adapted from the book by Argentinian novelist Ariana Harwicz, which takes place in rural France where a woman has an affair and is tormented by marriage, motherhood, and loneliness.
Lawrence and her business partner Justine Ciarrocchi produced through Excellent Cadaver,...
Lawrence plays a passionate woman in a rural outpost who struggles with psychosis. The cast includes Lakeith Stanfield, Sissey Spacek, and Nick Nolte.
Ramsay co-wrote the screenplay with Enda Walsh, adapted from the book by Argentinian novelist Ariana Harwicz, which takes place in rural France where a woman has an affair and is tormented by marriage, motherhood, and loneliness.
Lawrence and her business partner Justine Ciarrocchi produced through Excellent Cadaver,...
- 4/25/2025
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive:193, the new sales joint venture from industry veteran Patrick Wachsberger and Legendary Entertainment, has bulked up its team with two hires heading into Cannes.
Sara Ghorra arrives from AGC Studios as VP, sales, while Tyler Knell is named VP, creative affairs. He joins from Picture Perfect Federation, which Wachsberger established in 2019 with backing from Pascal Breton’s Federation Entertainment.
Ghorra will report to Wendy Reeds, EVP, sales, as the team prepares for 193’s first Cannes since the company launched in January.Knell will report to Ashley Stern, EVP, head of creative affairs, with whom he worked at Picture Perfect.
Sara Ghorra arrives from AGC Studios as VP, sales, while Tyler Knell is named VP, creative affairs. He joins from Picture Perfect Federation, which Wachsberger established in 2019 with backing from Pascal Breton’s Federation Entertainment.
Ghorra will report to Wendy Reeds, EVP, sales, as the team prepares for 193’s first Cannes since the company launched in January.Knell will report to Ashley Stern, EVP, head of creative affairs, with whom he worked at Picture Perfect.
- 4/18/2025
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: A Quiet Place star Millicent Simmonds is leading a television adaptation of Sara Nović’s upcoming book True Biz – a coming-of-age story of a Deaf teenage girl.
Deaf actress Simmonds, who broke through in Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck before appearing in John Krasinski’s horror film and its sequel, will star in and exec produce the adaptation, which is produced by Circle of Confusion Television Studios.
True Biz tells the story of Charlie, played by Simmonds, a Deaf teenage girl struggling to access spoken language, and the hearing Coda (child of deaf adults) headmistress of a boarding school for deaf students, both of whom live in a blue-collar town in the present-day Midwest. Through Charlie, the story navigates the alternatingly thrilling, frustrating, terrifying, and captivating journey of finding one’s people and one’s place in the world amidst massive social and political upheaval, while also following a tireless school...
Deaf actress Simmonds, who broke through in Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck before appearing in John Krasinski’s horror film and its sequel, will star in and exec produce the adaptation, which is produced by Circle of Confusion Television Studios.
True Biz tells the story of Charlie, played by Simmonds, a Deaf teenage girl struggling to access spoken language, and the hearing Coda (child of deaf adults) headmistress of a boarding school for deaf students, both of whom live in a blue-collar town in the present-day Midwest. Through Charlie, the story navigates the alternatingly thrilling, frustrating, terrifying, and captivating journey of finding one’s people and one’s place in the world amidst massive social and political upheaval, while also following a tireless school...
- 7/7/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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