, JANUARY 31, 2014 – Atlas Independent, the affiliate company of Charles Roven’s Atlas Entertainment, announced today that Golden Globe® nominee Jessica Alba has signed on to star in THE WRIGHT GIRLS. Kevin Connolly (Dear Eleanor, 30 for 30) is set to direct the feature from Bert V. Royal’s (Easy A) screenplay. Atlas Entertainment’s Alex Gartner will join William Green and Aaron Ginsburg of Atlas Independent to produce. Highland Film Group (HFG) will introduce the film to international buyers at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.
“I’m excited for the opportunity to work with Jessica again and re-imagine this great story for a new audience,” said Kevin Connolly. “It’s been great working with everyone at Atlas as we gear up for production.”
Inspired by the Japanese film, 2LDK, THE WRIGHT GIRLS is slated to begin production in the second quarter of 2014 in Los Angeles. The story centers around Kate and Vanessa, costars on a past-its-prime sitcom and roommates in real life. When they realize they are both up for the same lead role in a big movie that could catapult their careers into stardom, the roommates will go from best friends to worst enemies over the course of one action-packed night.
Alba and Connolly are represented by CAA and 3 Arts Entertainment. Bert V. Royal is represented by Paradigm.
Atlas Independent recently announced SANCTUARY, to be directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego (APOLLO 18, OPEN GRAVE), which HFG will also begin selling at EFM.
ABOUT ATLAS INDEPENDENT
Atlas Independent is comprised of a hands-on team of film-makers working under the umbrella of Charles Roven’s Atlas Entertainment. Led by William Green, Atlas Independent produces indie-minded movies with budgets of $10 million or less, betting on the potential high profit margins of smaller films. The company has creative control on its projects and looks for independent financing, finding distribution after production. Atlas Independent’s first film, REVENGE FOR JOLLY!, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April of 2012 and shortly after was acquired by Sony Pictures World Wide Acquisitions. The film was released in May of 2013. Atlas Independent is currently in post-production on William Monahan’s MOJAVE which stars Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Louise Bourgoin, and Walton Goggins. Additionally, Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego’s OPEN GRAVE which starred Sharlto Copley and Thomas Kretschmann was released this past December.
ABOUT HIGHLAND FILM GROUP
Highland Film Group is an independent film sales company which was founded in 2010 by Arianne Fraser, who recently partnered with Delphine Perrier. The film slate includes: the box office phenomena INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED released by Pantelion and Lionsgate starring Eugenio Derbez, Jessica Lindsey and Karla Souza; the Brett Ratner produced teen action comedy BARELY LETHAL, starring Hailee Steinfeld, Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica Alba: and YOUR RIGHT MIND starring Katherine Heigl.
