Mckenna Grace & Louis Partridge Cast In ‘Official Mistress’
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a enjoyable one becoming for the Cannes market. McKenna Grace (Regretting You), Paul Walter Hauser (The Naked Gun) and Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes) have been set to star in revisionist rom-com The Official Mistress in regards to the last days of the French monarchy.
Matt Brown (The Man Who Knew Infinity) is because of direct from his personal script about King Louis XVI (Walter Hauser) – the final king of France – and his pursuit of Comtesse Madeleine de Vascone (Grace) as La Maîtresse-en-Titre aka the Official Mistress to be able to quell ideas of impotence by nation and court docket — and the common-or-garden, lowly prepare dinner Rene Rennault (Partridge) who dangers treason to change into the King’s Taster in an try to save lots of his past love, Madeleine.
The producers are at work casting the fourth key function of Marie Antoinette, alongside the broader ensemble, together with the roles of De Conte, D’Artois, Jacques and Luc.
Producers are Oscar nominee Brunson Green (Regretting You, The Help) for Harbinger Pictures, Laura Rister (Margin Call) of Esme Grace, Matt Brown and Berlin-based Laura Bull (Blame) of PreparedMade Films.
Production is about for September in Europe. North.Five.Six is launching world gross sales on the cannes market. Michael Rothstein, Samuel Hall, and Warren Goz will exec-produce for North.Five.Six.
The producers describe the “female-oriented” challenge as “opulent, erotic, dangerous and wickedly fun,” combining tones of Wuthering Heights, Shakespeare in Love and Dangerous Liaisons.
Hauser mentioned: “I couldn’t be more excited to play King Louis XVI. Matt Brown has written a screenplay that honors the historical nature of Louis’ waning political favor and controversial marriage, while weaving a charming tale chockfull of levity, romance, and colorful characters. It’s a story that dares to face death, for a chance at life’s greatest gift: love.”
Brown added: “Set against a tumultuous period in history not entirely dissimilar to our own, The Official Mistress embraces love, food, sensuality, humor and revolution in equal measure. I’ve long wanted to tell an upstairs-downstairs story, and there is no more extreme world to set it than the ridiculous decadence of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette’s court — to play irreverently with history while telling a deeply human tale at its core. Beneath the spectacle lies a story about longing, ambition, connection and the courage to challenge a broken system. “I could not ask for more inspiring collaborators than Paul Walter Hauser, Mckenna Grace, Louis Partridge, and the exceptional producers Brunson Green and Laura Rister as we bring this ambitious and richly cinematic world to life.”
Brown is repped by Artists First, and Schreck Rose. Grace is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, CAA and Hansen Jacobsen. Partridge is repped by Independent Talent Group and WME. Hauser is repped by Artists First, WME and Schreck Rose.
