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Two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth is among the cast starring in Don't Say Good Luck, a new comedy film for Netflix, Deadline reports. The movie follows high school student Sophie Birenbaum, played by Sunny Sandler, who is preparing to star as the lead in her high school musical. However, she soon realizes that she is facing more drama at home than she is in her show after her mother's cancer unexpectedly returns. Julia Hart will direct the movie from a script she co-wrote with Laura Hankin and Jordan Horowitz, who is also set to executive produce. In addition to Neuwirth and Sandler, Don't Say Good Luck will star Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, and Steve Buscemi. Character...

Exclusive: Filmmaker Julia Hart (Miss Stevens) has set the cast for Don’t Say Good Luck, a new comedy for Netflix. Pic will star Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Sunny Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), and Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire).

Written by Laura Hankin, Hart & Jordan Horowitz, the film follows Sophie Birenbaum (Sandler), who is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the stage.

Horowitz will produce for Original Headquarters, alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger for Range, and Happy Madison. Michael Roiff and Barry Weissler are EPs.

Prior to Don’t Say Good Luck, Hart has helmed features including the acclaimed dramedy Miss Stevens; genre-bender Fast Color starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw; Prime Video’s crime...

Exclusive: The mysterious world of billionaire girlbosses and tastemakers in Laura Hankin’s A Special Place for Women is coming to television.

In a competitive situation, Paramount Television Studios has acquired the rights to develop Hankin’s upcoming mystery novel into a television series, with the author set to adapt and executive produce. Samantha Bee and Kristen Everman will also executive produce via their Swimsuit Competition banner.

A Special Place For Women centers on a club like no other. Only the most important women receive an invitation. But one daring young reporter is about to infiltrate this female-run secret society, whose bewitching members might be far more powerful than she ever imagined. A Special Place For Women, published by Penguin Random House, hits shelves Tuesday, May 11.

Hankin is a writer and performer based in New York City and Washington D.C. In 2020 she published her comedy novel Happy & You Know It.