Kirsten Dunst is set to star Flora Birnbaum’s debut feature “Self Help,” which is being produced by Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell at Gloria Sanchez Prods., whose credits include “Booksmart,” “May December” and “Will & Harper.”
Dunst will star as Sage, who is lost in Los Angeles and in life when she witnesses a hit-and-run and gets sucked into a far-reaching conspiracy. “This turns out to be a few notches above her — non-existent — pay grade. L.A. is in flames, tensions mount and bodies pile up as she plays detective and finds herself caught between a shady real estate tycoon and a dubious wannabe actor,” according to press materials.
MK2 Films will be handling sales.
Birnbaum is a 2017 Sundance New Voices Fellow who recently served as a writer and co-executive producer on Hulu’s “Tell Me Lies,” with additional writing credits on FX’s “American Crime Story: Impeachment” and Netflix’s “Russian Doll,” which earned her two WGA award nominations. Birnbaum is also behind the SXSW digital series “Cleansed.”
MK2 Films’ managing director Fionnuala Jamison said, “Gloria Sanchez Prods. has an excellent track record with new talent, and Flora Birnbaum is no exception. She has crafted a smart, darkly comic, and explosive script, and we can’t wait to see Kirsten Dunst bring Sage, the burned-out millennial sound healer turned private detective, to life,” Jamison continued.
Dunst was most recently seen “Civil War” by Alex Garland. She will next appear in Ruben Östlund’s “The Entertainment System Is Down” and Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman” opposite Channing Tatum.
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