From The Hollywood Reporter · Etan Vlessing · · 1m 20s
Fina Strazza teams up with her mom for a 1950s romance
A rising horror star is producing and headlining a New England love story directed by her own mother.
In brief
A rising horror star is producing and headlining a New England love story directed by her own mother. Fina Strazza is moving from studio horror into producing, starting with a family project shooting in Toronto and selling at TIFF's market. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
A star steps behind the camera
Fina Strazza, known from Fear Street: Prom Queen and Paper Girls, will both produce and star in a new romantic drama called Any Way You Want Me.
Directed by her mother
Rana Strazza is directing, making this a mother-daughter production rather than a standard first-look deal.
A dress shop and a diner
Strazza plays Billie Blake, who comes home after her mother inherits a dress shop right next door to the diner run by her high school sweetheart, Calvin Wilkes.
The truth and the lies
Stuck facing Calvin again, Billie has to reckon with what really broke them up, and with the story she told herself about it.
“Billie must contend with the truth, and lies, that ended their romance”
Who else is in it
The cast includes Cobie Smulders, Iris Apatow, Brian Altemus and Callan Potter.
Shooting now, selling at TIFF
Set in 1950s New England, the film is already in production in Toronto and is being shopped to international buyers this week at TIFF: The Market.
In short
Fina Strazza is moving from studio horror into producing, starting with a family project shooting in Toronto and selling at TIFF's market.
