‘Thelma’: Read The Screenplay For Josh Margolin’s Comedy That Made June Squibb An Action Star
deadline.comDeadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s buzziest movies continues with Thelma, starring June Squibb doing most of her own stunts in a action comedy that marks Josh Margolin‘s featuring directing debut and his first screenplay.
Magnolia Pictures beat out other bidders to acquire Thelma after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It whizzed into theaters June 21 and has now topped $9 million at the domestic box office, making it one of the year’s highest-grossing indie releases.
The film has since has picked up a Critics Choice nomination for Best Comedy and was named a Top 10 Independent Film by the National Board of Review.
Squibb was nominated for Best Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards, where producer Zoë Worth is nominated for the Producer’s Award.
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