Hannah Leder and Alexandra Kotcheff will write, direct and also co-star in the feature.
\n\n“Mission: Impossible” star Simon Pegg is set to play a Hollywood agent in upcoming dark comedy “My Phone Died,” with Mark Duplass (“The Morning Show,” “Creep”) and Haley Joel Osment (“Sixth Sense,” “Blink Twice”) also attached to star.
\n\nSet to shoot in the spring of 2027. the film comes from filmmaking duo Hannah Leder and Alexandra Kotcheff, who will write, direct and also co-star. Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International has acquired all International rights ahead of the American Film Market.
\n\nAs per the synopsis for “My Phone Died,” when smart phones start exploding around the globe, it’s the end of the world as we know it. But for a few lucky survivors — a Hollywood agent, Amish woman, social media influencer, pregnant agoraphobic and her shotgun-wielding stoner mother — the apocalypse might just be a new beginning.
\n\nPegg will play agent Gus, who narrowly escapes the phone apocalypse, while Duplass plays one of his self-obsessed clients who doesn’t. Osment plays a recovering alcoholic and social media influencer, with Kotcheff as Francis, who has abandoned her Amish community for Osment’s character, and Leder as the agoraphobic and…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/