Greenwich Entertainment has scooped up North American rights to Love, Brooklyn, the indie drama marking the directorial debut of Rachael Abigail Holder. The film, which had its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year, is gearing up for a theatrical release later in 2025.
Led and produced by André Holland, Love, Brooklyn brings together a powerhouse cast that includes Nicole Beharie, DeWanda Wise, Cassandra Freeman, Cadence Reese, and Roy Wood Jr.
The film follows three longtime Brooklynites trying to keep up with life as their beloved borough changes all around them. Holland plays Roger, a writer struggling to maintain his creative integrity in a publishing world that’s more interested in profit than purpose. When he reconnects with his old flame Casey (Beharie), an art gallery owner fighting to keep her doors open amid gentrification, things get complicated. Though they’ve tried to downgrade their chemistry to friendship, that line starts to blur.
At the same time, Roger begins a cautious new relationship with Nicole (Wise), a recently widowed mother hesitant to open her heart again. As bonds shift and old feelings resurface, the trio finds themselves tangled in a web of love, grief, and unresolved pasts — all while Brooklyn, like their lives, continues to evolve.
Paul Zimmerman penned the script, with production handled by Harper Road, Daughter Films, Fireheart Entertainment, and Umbrelic Entertainment. In addition to Holland, producers include Maurice Anderson, Patrick Wengler, Kate Sharp, and Liza Zusman. Executive producers include Steven Soderbergh, Rachael Abigail Holder, Andy Steinman, Jeffrey Deary, Thomas Zambeck, Brian Katz, and more.
Soderbergh praised the project, saying, “It’s about passion and belief. The passion Greenwich has shown about the film is the kind of passion that got the film made in the first place.”
For Holland, Love, Brooklyn is deeply personal. “I wanted to make a movie that invited audiences into Black characters’ real lives — watching them navigate love, loss, work, and friendship without needing heightened circumstances to justify the story,” he shared. “We made an old-school, grown-up movie, and I think people will dig it.”
This marks the second Sundance pickup for Greenwich in recent weeks, following Cole Webley’s Omaha starring John Magaro. The deal for Love, Brooklyn was negotiated by Andy Bohn for Greenwich, with CAA Media Finance repping the filmmakers.