Lionsgate has tapped Ant-Man star Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams to star in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, an adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic novel of the same name.
Ryder Fortson will play Margaret Simon and McAdams will play Margaret’s mother, Barbara, in the studio’s book-to-screen adaptation.
The film, which begins production in April, is written and will be directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, who is reteaming producer James L.
Brooks and his Gracie Films banner. They collaborated on the film The Edge of Seventeen. "Abby is the kind ofextraordinarilyrare talent that comes along once a generation.
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