“Issa Rae, Dan Stevens, Zach Cherry and Kate Berlant have joined Anna Kendrick and Seth Rogen in Babies, the new comedy drama from writer-director Lauren Miller Rogen now shooting in Los Angeles. The film, produced by AGC Studios and Monarch Media, follows Annie (Kendrick) and her husband Aaron (Rogen), a couple wrestling with whether to”, — write: www.hollywoodreporter.com
The film, produced by AGC Studios and Monarch Media, follows Annie (Kendrick) and her husband Aaron (Rogen), a couple wrestling with whether to have children who are unexpectedly thrust into co-parenting when a newly divorced friend moves in with her four-year-old.
Rae, Stevens, Cherry and Berlant join the ensemble in supporting roles. Miller Rogen, who previously directed Like Fatheris shooting the film on location in Los Angeles with backing from the California Tax Credit program.
AGC Studios and CAA Media Finance are co-representing worldwide rights, with AGC handling sales at the American Film Market.
Babies is produced by Miller Rogen and Jen W. Ray for LYLAS Pictures, Stuart Ford for AGC Studios and Steve Barnett for Monarch Media. Executive producers are Miguel A. Palos Jr. and Zach Garrett for AGC, Alan Powell and Vicky Patel for Monarch, and Sophie Høegh for LYLAS.
Rae is best known for creating and starring in HBO’s Insecure and has recently appeared in Barbie and American Fiction. Stevens, who came to prominence in Downton Abbeywas most recently seen in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire and the Netflix series Zero Day. Cherry is a regular on Apple TV+’s Severance and co-hosted The Great American Baking Show on Roku. Berlant co-created and starred in the A24/Peacock special Would It Kill You to Laugh? and appears in the future Maddie’s Secret.
Rae is represented by CAA and 3 Arts Entertainment; Stevens by CAA, Julian Belfrage Associates and Players; Cherry by CAA, Edna Cowan Management and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP; and Berlant by UTA, Rise Management and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP.
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