EXCLUSIVE: Palm Springs arrived with a bang at January’s Sundance Film Festival, when the romantic comedy with an existential twist (and turns) was acquired for a fest-record $17.5 million.
Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti star in the pic, which Max Barbakow directed from a screenplay by Andy Siara.Barbakow and Siera met at the American Film Institute, where they teamed to make the short film The Duke, a dark comedy about football and concussions.
Palm Springs marks the pair’s follow-up, and centers on what happens when carefree Nyles (Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Milioti) have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding.
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