EXCLUSIVE: Cliff “Technique Man” Smith (Energy Guide II: Ghost), Martha Kelly (Euphoria), and Will Value (After the Hunt) are the most recent additions to Maude Apatow’s directorial debut, Poetic License.
Character particulars are below wraps. Written by Raffi Donatich, the movie follows Liz, a former therapist and soon-to-be empty nester, as she turns into the surprising level of stress between two inseparable finest mates and school seniors, Sam and Ari. Liz is compelled to reexamine her life because the boys’ friendship unravels in a fierce competitors for her affection.
As beforehand introduced, Andrew Barth Feldman, Cooper Hoffman, Leslie Mann, Nico Parker, and Maisy Stella can even star. The venture is the primary from Jewelbox Photos, Apatow’s lately launched manufacturing firm with Olivia Rosenbloom, which produces alongside Apatow Productions and Levantine Movies.
A Grammy-winning musician and actor finest often known as a founding member of the hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, Smith has lately been seen starring on Starz’s Energy Guide II: Ghost, with further appearances in Godfather of Harlem and Kevin Smith’s The 4:30 Film. Upcoming, he’ll be seen in Lionsgate’s action-thriller Shadow Pressure, Michael Jai White’s action-comedy Hassle Man!, and Poker Face Season 2.
An Emmy-nominated standout on hit sequence like Baskets and Euphoria, Kelly has lately been seen in Prime Video’s rom-com Sitting in Bars with Cake, with further appearances on sequence like Gaslit, What We Do within the Shadows, and Hacks.
Value will subsequent be seen enjoying musician Paul Butterfield within the Bob Dylan biopic A Compete Unknown, out Christmas Day. Different buzzy upcoming initiatives for the actor embody Luca Guadagnino’s Amazon MGM thriller After the Hunt and the Scarlett Johansson-directed Eleanor the Nice.
Smith is repped by CAA, supervisor Shauna Garr, and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz. Kelly is repped by MGMT Leisure, TalentWorks, and Yorn Levine. Value is repped by Buchwald and Brillstein Leisure Companions.
