Alicia Silverstone, Karl Glusman Join ‘The Bird And The Bee’ Film – Deadline

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EXCLUSIVE: Reptile co-stars Alicia Silverstone and Karl Glusman have been set to steer The Bird and the Bee, a sexually charged thriller that marks Justin Kelly‘s third movie for Yale Productions, on the heels of Welcome the Stranger and homosexual porn world-set crime drama King Cobra.

Written by Atlantis actor Jack Donnelly, the movie was shot below a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement and wrapped manufacturing this week. Pic follows a profitable govt (Silverstone) as she fights again a scorned younger lover (Glusman) who takes his obsession too far.

Producers included Jordan Yale Levine (Becky, Bandit), Jordan Beckerman (Separation, Becky), and Jesse Korman (Separation, The Kill Room) of Yale Productions, in addition to Scott Levenson (King Cobra, G.B.F.) and Lexi Tannenholtz (Bad Things, Chestnut). Exec producers included Jason Kringstein, John Wollman, Michael J. Rothstein, Jeffrey Tussi, Jeremy Rothstein, and Jodie Lazar, in addition to Brian Unger, Gigi Lacks, Julie Foss, Andy Rich, Eric Broughton, John McMullan, Nicholas Donnermeyer, Robert V. Levine and Cavallino Entertainment. Joey Montenarello dealt with casting.

In an announcement to Deadline, Kelly described The Bird and the Bee as “a unique take on a twisted romance that I’m thrilled to bring to life because it’s not only a great story but also an exciting departure from my previous films.” While studying Donnelly’s “brilliant” script, he mentioned, “I immediately pictured the look and vibe of the many great 80s and 90s erotic thrillers—stylish, moody, and sexy.”

Continued the director, “I’m honored to work with the iconic Alicia Silverstone for the second time (after KING COBRA) as well as the uber-talented Karl Glusman— their on-screen chemistry is electric. A big thank you to Yale Productions for our third collaboration together, SAG for blessing us with an interim agreement, and my incredible cast and crew. I cannot wait to share this film with the world.”

Added producers Levine and Beckerman, “We are thrilled to be working with Justin on a third film. His presence is always a sure sign of an artistic and thought-provoking story with a depth to every shot that has become a signature of his work.”

Best recognized for roles in movies like Clueless and Batman & Robin, Silverstone can presently be seen starring reverse Justin Timberlake and Benicio Del Toro within the atmospheric crime thriller Reptile, which debuted on Netflix September twenty ninth after world premiering at TIFF. Among different upcoming initiatives for the actress is the A24 catastrophe comedy Y2K, marking the directorial debut of SNL‘s Kyle Mooney.

Glusman broke out because the star of the express Gaspar Noé pic Love, earlier than happening to roles in such acclaimed movies as The Neon Demon, Nocturnal Animals, and Watcher, and on collection like FX’s Devs. He was additionally a part of the forged of Netflix’s Reptile, options within the A-list ensemble of Jeff Nichols’ twentieth drama The Bikeriders, and also will quickly be seen within the A24 actioner Civil War from his Devs collaborator Alex Garland.

Kelly is a author, director and producer who, along with Welcome the Stranger and King Cobra, is thought for helming Universal’s J.T. Leroy, starring Kristen Stewart because the writer, and the starry Sundance-premiering romantic drama I Am Michael.

Among different upcoming titles from Yale is the crime pic Barron’s Cove starring Garrett Hedlund and Stephen Lang; detective thriller The Last Girl starring Alice Eve and Antonio Banderas; Italy-set potboiler Electra starring Maria Bakalova; espionage thriller Fog of War with John Cusack; and the recent SXSW prize-winner Parachute, marking the characteristic directorial debut of Brittany Snow.

Silverstone is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, and Gang, Tyre, Ramer; Glusman by Paradigm, Ilene Feldman Management, and Ziffren Brittenham; Kelly by Black Bear Management and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols; and Donnelly by Untitled Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham.