‘Hacks’ Scene-Stealer Megan Stalter Finds First Leading Film Role In Hannah Pearl Utt’s Dark Comedy ‘Cora Bora’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Megan Stalter, one of the breakout stars of HBO Max’s Emmy-winning series Hacks, has found her first leading film role in the dark comedy Cora Bora, from director Hannah Pearl Utt (Disengaged).The indie centers on Cora (Stalter), who senses her open relationship is on the rocks.
When the struggling musician and messy millennial goes home to Portland to win her girlfriend back, she realizes it’s much more than her love life that needs salvaging.Jojo T.
Gibbs (Fresh), Manny Jacinto (Top Gun: Maverick), Ayden Mayeri (I Love That for You), Thomas Mann (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), Chrissie Fit (Pitch Perfect franchise), Andre Hyland (Big Time Adolescence) and Heather Morris (Glee) will also star in the pic, which is a co-production between the Los Angeles Media Fund and Neon Heart Productions, in collaboration with Almanor Films.The film written by Rhianon Jones marks Utt’s follow-up to the dramedy Before You Know It, which premiered in competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
Utt is reunited on the project with Sundance Creative Producer alum Mallory Schwartz (Before You Know It), who’s producing alongside Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman for the Los Angeles Media Fund (Shirley).
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