‘1883’ Star Isabel May in Talks to Lead Revenge Thriller ‘Wild World,’ Cornerstone Selling at AFM (EXCLUSIVE)
Isabel May, best known for Taylor Sheridan’s mini-series “1883” for Paramount+, is in final discussions to star in “Wild World,” the upcoming revenge thriller from Emmy-nominated husband and wife duo Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (“Queenpins.” “Beneath the Harvest Sky”).
The feature — based on a script by Gaudet and Pullapilly — follows a young woman who must use her survival skills to track down her little sister and exact revenge on the men who abducted her. Principal photography is expected to start in Fall/Winter 2025 in Australia.
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International sales on “Wild World” are being launched at the American Film Market next week by Mark Gooder and Alison Thompson’s Cornerstone Films. CAA Media Finance is handling the North American rights.
The producing team for “Wild World” includes Gary Foster (“Finestkind,” “Denial,” “Sleepless in Seattle”) and Russ Krasnoff under the Krasnoff/Foster Productions banner; Joe Micucci, Dan Crown and Yoni Liebling from Red Crown; and Kim Hodgert and Jeff Okin from Anonymous Content.
May, who returned after “1883” as the narrater for “1923” and has also been seen in “Run Hide Fight” “I Want You Back” and has been cast alongside Casey Affleck in “The Smack,” repped by CAA, Principal Entertainment and Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson.
Pullapilly and Gaudet’s 2020 comedy “Queenpins” starred Kristen Bell, Kirby Howell Baptiste, Vince Vaughn, and Paul Walter Hauser. In 2022, they directed”David Armstrong,” produced by 101 Studios and starring Jeremy Renner and Billy Bob Thornton. Two two are represented by Anonymous Content, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich, Goodell & Gellman.
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