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EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures has taken international rights to the Lina Roessler directed romantic comedy So Much for Love starring Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story, The Big Short), Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049, The Girl in the Spider’s Web) and Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning). Voltage will screen first look footage at AFM. The movie, which reteams Roessler with Best Sellers scribe Anthony Grieco follows, Sam Davies (Wittrock), a Hollywood trust-fund kid cut off from his fortune and dropped into small-town Kentucky. There, he meets Lindsey (Hoeks), a beautiful, quick-witted waitress whose independence and heart change his life in ways he never saw coming. The story is originally by Paul Robarts and Gigi Gaston (Nine Bullets). The movie, currently in post production, is being produced by Cassian Elwes’ Elevated Films (Dallas Buyers Club, Mudbound, The Butler) along with Paul Robarts (Nine Bullets), Arielle Elwes (Best Sellers) and Veronica Radaelli (Dead Man’s Wire). EPs are Gaston and Tom Culliver (In the Summers). Alexandra Cocean, President of Global Sales and Distribution at Voltage Pictures, says, “This film is a wonderful, heartfelt romance. With Finn and Sylvia delivering beautifully grounded performances and Lina, who captures both humor and humanity with equal grace, this story will resonate with audiences around the world.” Producer Arielle Elwes added “We couldn’t be more excited to team up with Voltage and bring So Much for Love into the marketplace.” Wittrock is repped by CAA, Mosaic, Weissenbach Management and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham LLP. Hoeks is repped by UTA, Untitled, Independent Talent, and Gang, Tyre. Morales is repped by Innovative Artists, Entertainment 360 and Vault Entertainment. Roessler is repped by Innovative Artists, Goldenberg and Co. Grieco are repped by Innovative Artists, Alexander, Lawrence, Frumes, and Labowitz.
