Michaela Coel is starring opposite Anne Hatheway in Mother Mary directed by A24’s The Green Knight helmer David Lowery.
The film will be an ambitious pop melodrama that follows the story of a fictional musician portrayed by Hathaway and her relationship with an iconic fashion designer played by Coel.
The movie will be produced by Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, and James M. Johnston, alongside Jeanie Igoe of Homebird Productions and Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, and Jonathan Saubach of Cologne-based augenschein Filmproduktion. Jack Antonoff and Charli XCX will collaborate to write and produce original songs for the film, with an original score composed by Daniel Hart.
Mother Mary marks A24’s third collaboration with Lowery after The Green Knight and A Ghost Story, and the company will oversee the global distribution of the film. The production will take place in Germany, with funding from Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the DFFF.
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Michaela Coel, who recently starred in Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the Amazon series Mr. and Mrs. Smith, made history as the first black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology series for her hit show I May Destroy You.
David Lowery, on the other hand, most recently wrote and directed Peter Pan & Wendy, featuring an ensemble cast including Jude Law, Alan Tudyk, Molly Parker, and Yara Shahidi, set to release on Disney+ on April 28.