‘Wishful Thinking,’ SXSW Top Prize Winner Starring Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke, Lands at Sony Pictures Classics
"Wishful Thinking," the romantic dramedy with a supernatural twist directed by Graham Parkes, has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics after winning the top Narrative Feature jury prize at SXSW. The film stars Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke as a couple whose relationship impacts global events following encounters with mysterious twin healers. SPC plans a theatrical release but has not yet announced a date.
- ▪"Wishful Thinking" won the top Narrative Feature jury prize at the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival.
- ▪The film was written and directed by Graham Parkes as his debut feature.
- ▪Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide rights to the film in a deal negotiated with UTA Independent Film Group.
- ▪The cast includes Lewis Pullman, Maya Hawke, Randall Park, Kate Berlant, and Kerri Kenney-Silver.
- ▪The film was produced by Buckwild Pictures, Highway 10, and Pinky Promise, with full financing from Highway 10.
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The top jury prize winner from this year’s SXSW Film & TV festival has found a home. Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “Wishful Thinking,” the film from director Graham Parkes which won the top Narrative Feature jury prize from SXSW back in March. Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke star in the romantic dramedy with a supernatural twist, in which a couple going through couples’ therapy find that after meeting mysterious twin healers, the ups and downs of their relationship has legitimate global effects, including causing earthquakes, stock market surges, or the threat of entire nations at risk.
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