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Exclusive: Micaela Wittman, the multi-hyphenate behind indies like Clairevoyant and Remy & Arletta, has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation.

Wittman was recently announced to be starring alongside Julia Fox and Ashley Moore in Millicent Hailes’s queer romance, Perfect. In the film, Wittman will portray a town local who helps Moore’s character navigate the obstacles that arise during her fractured romantic experience with Fox’s character. Other cast members include Kate Moennig, Creed Bratton, and Lio Mehiel.

In addition to Perfect, Wittman was recently announced to lead Arthur de Larroche’s new ensemble drama We’re Already There opposite Truman Hanks, Jon Bass, Jonah Feingold, Elsie Hewitt, Marc Rebillet, and more. Besides starring, she wrote and produced the pic under her Manic production banner.

Wittman made her feature directorial debut with Clairevoyant, a well-reviewed mockumentary in which she stars as Claire, a spoiled 21-year-old aspiring guru who seeks...

Exclusive: Micaela Wittman and Arthur De Larroche, the indie filmmaking duo behind Remy & Arletta and Clairevoyant, are reteaming on We’re Already There, a dramedy currently in production in New York City.

De Larroche is directing from his script written with Wittman, who leads the cast. Others appearing include Truman Hanks (A Man Called Otto), Jon Bass (Miracle Workers), Elsie Hewitt (Industry), Kevin William Paul (Broadway’s The Outsiders), Jonah Feingold (At Midnight), Jessica Baglow (Gentleman Jack), electronic musician Marc Rebillet (80 for Brady), Francesca Keller (Anyone Else But Me), and Morgane Bensadoun (Blue Bloods).

A dialogue-driven film in the spirit of My Dinner with Andre, We’re Already There follows a disillusioned young artist (Wittman) as she navigates a single day in New York City, grappling with career setbacks, personal revelations, and industry politics, while juggling self-doubt and ambition in the cutthroat world of entertainment.

Joaquin Acrich and Lily Drew (Mike Birbiglia’s The Old Man & the Pool) are producing alongside Manic, the production company from Wittman & Larroche launched last summer.

The Manic duo comes to the project after collaborating on Remy & Arletta and Clairevoyant, which saw Wittman star with De Larroche directing. An adaptation of the same-name bestseller, which premiered at Outfest, the former is a coming-of-age drama that follows Wittman’s Remy as she attempts to balance her relationship with her alcoholic mother and her longtime best friend, Arletta. The film came on the heels of the duo’s 2021 mockumentary Clairevoyant, which follows a spoiled 21-year-old aspiring guru as she attempts to find the meaning of life while filming her journey with a makeshift camera crew.

As an actress, Wittman was recently announced to be starring opposite Julia Fox and Ashley Moore in the sapphic romance, Perfect. She has also been seen in Netflix’s Shirley Chisholm biopic Shirley, as well as such series as The Dropout, Sharp Objects, Atypical, Teen Wolf, and Modern Family.

De Larroche has also appeared as an actor in both Remy & Arletta and Clairevoyant, among other projects. Prior to Clairevoyant, he helmed the indie features American Bistro and If God Wants.

Focused on young adult, female-led and genre agnostic films, Manic’s initial development slate also included the action horror pic Rager, high-concept YA romance I Suck, and female buddy comedy Night on the Town, as we were first to report.

De Larroche is repped by Stewart Talent; Hanks by CAA; Bass by Gersh, Rise Management, and Ziffren Brittenham; Hewitt by Buchwald, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Myman Greenspan Fox; Paul by Artists & Representatives and Lasher Group; Feingold by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Baglow by Asteria Artists; Rebillet by UTA and Crush Works; Keller by Rebel Creative Group; and Bensadoun by Carol Shaginaw Talent Agency and Brave Artists Management.

Exclusive: Indie film producers Arthur de Larroche and Micaela Wittman on Friday announced the launch of Manic, a new U.S.-based independent production company.

The duo came to launch the banner following collaborations on the features Remy & Arletta and Clairevoyant, which saw Wittman star with De Larroche directing. In line with the duo’s prior films, Manic will be dedicated to developing and producing young adult, female-led and genre agnostic films, looking to cultivate fresh and untold passion projects with commercial appeal.

Currently, Manic already has several films in various stages of development. Among them is Rager, an action horror pic centered on an elitist 444-year-old fraternity, which former Disney+ exec Sam Mannetti has signed on to produce. Second on the list is I Suck, a high-concept YA romance about a man who goes on an online date with a woman who is hiding a dangerous secret.

Exclusive: Zero Gravity Management has signed Arthur de Larroche, the writer, director and producer behind acclaimed indies Remy & Arletta and Clairevoyant. Reps for the filmmaker there will include Cameron Cubbison and Elissa Friedman.

“I’ve waited a long time to find the right team. People who support my drive and passion for film,” said De Larroche in a statement to Deadline. “Cameron and Elissa are those people and I’m lucky to add them to my team.”

Most recently, De Larroche helmed Remy & Arletta, a coming-of-age drama based on the same-name bestseller by Micaela Wittman, which hit theaters in limited release this fall and will debut on streaming in the spring. Written by and starring Wittman, the film centers on her character Remy, who latches onto her best friend Arletta (Riley Quinn Scott) as a coping mechanism to deal with her alcoholic and abusive mother (Amy Benedict).

Inspired by a true story,...

Actress, writer, director Micaela Wittman (“Clairevoyant”) poses for the Winter 2023 issue of “Vestal” magazine, wearing Emporio Armani, photographed by Kevin Sinclair:

“…in the ‘mockumentary’ feature ‘Clairevoyant’, written and directed by Wittman…

“…Whitman stars as spoiled young woman ‘Claire’…

“…who hires a cameraman (Arthur De Larroche) from ‘Craigslist’ to document her journey…

‘…as she attempts to shed her ego and attain enlightenment…”

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Exclusive: The coming-of-age drama Remy & Arletta written by and starring Micaela Wittman (Shirley), which we were first to report on, has been acquired by indie distributor Synergetic for North America. Also starring relative newcomer Riley Quinn Scott (Apple’s Truth Be Told), the film will get a limited release in the U.S. starting October 13 before hitting VOD.

Watch the trailer above.

Based on Wittman’s same-name bestseller and the true story behind it, Remy & Arletta world premiered at Outfest last year. The film directed by Arthur De Larroche (American Bistro) follows Wittman’s Remy as she attempts to balance her relationship with her alcoholic mother (Amy Benedict) and her longtime best friend, Arletta (Scott). While Remy leans on her best friend as a coping mechanism, she learns that their co-dependent friendship is more than she realized.

Synergetic Head of Acquisitions Anatol Chavez described Remy & Arletta as “an honest, sensitive,...

Exclusive: Riverside Entertainment is expanding into scripted content with the coming-of-age LGBTQ+ drama Remy & Arletta, written by and starring Micaela Wittman (Clairevoyant), and the nihilistic thriller Manodrome, starring Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist).

The Los Angeles and Nashville-based production company, known for its unscripted success with the SXSW music doc Bluebird and the Magnolia Network series Making Modern with Brooke and Brice, came aboard both projects after production wrapped to assist with finishing funds and creative in post, also signing Wittman and her fellow multi-hyphenate Arthur De Larroche (Clairevoyant) to a first-look deal. Brian Loschiavo, Jeff Molyneaux and Pastor Alvarado will exec produce both Remy & Arletta and Manodrome on behalf of Riverside, which they lead as partners.

Adapted from Wittman’s bestselling novel of the same name, Remy & Arletta is based on a true story about two teens struggling to define their co-dependent relationship.

Exclusive: Micaela Wittman, the actress who recently made her feature directorial with the satirical mockumentary Clairevoyant, has signed with Untitled Entertainment for management. She will be represented there by Katie Rhodes and Dannielle Thomas.

In the indie feature released last year by Gravitas Ventures, which Wittman wrote, directed and produced with Arthur De Larroche, she stars as Claire, a Los Angeles socialite and so-called wellness practitioner who seeks to overcome her life of luxury and achieve nirvana after hiring a film crew to document a more authentic journey along the path of enlightenment.

Wittman is in the process of wrapping work on Remy & Arletta, an LGBTQ+ drama that she is also producing. She will soon be seen in the Hulu series The Dropout opposite Amanda Seyfried, and in John Ridley’s Netflix film Shirley, opposite Regina King.

She’s also guest starred on the television side in such notable series as A.

Kino Lorber has acquired distributor Artsploitation Films from its owner and president Ray Murray. Murray and his team will remain with the business as a Kino Lorber brand and division. The deal for Artsploitation, which releases international genre and cutting-edge specialty films, adds 100 titles to Kino Lorber’s library that now has more than 4,000.

Kino Lorber said its new Artsploitation division will acquire rights to 6-8 future theatrical titles per year to bring to market under the banner “Artsploitation, A Kino Lorber Company,” as well as direct to digital and home entertainment releases. It will take over exclusive distribution of all previous Artsploitation titles for all digital media, home video, educational and repertory theatrical markets.

Previously, Kino Lorber handled ancillary media distribution for Artsploitation as a third-party label, as it continues to do for the likes of Zeitgeist Films, Cohen Media Group, Greenwich Entertainment, Palisades Tartan, Virgil Films, Menemsha, Raro Video and others.