A dark comedy titled “My Phone Died” has assembled a cast featuring Simon Pegg, Mark Duplass, and Haley Joel Osment, with Hyde Park International acquiring international sales rights ahead of the American Film Market. The project is being written and directed by Hannah Leder and Alexandra Kotcheff, who will also appear in the film.
The premise follows five survivors after smartphones begin exploding worldwide. Pegg portrays Gus, a Hollywood agent who escapes the phone catastrophe, while Duplass plays one of his clients who does not survive it. Osment takes on the role of a recovering alcoholic and social media influencer. Kotcheff and Leder round out the cast as Francis, who has left her Amish community, and Lillie, a pregnant agoraphobic aspiring actress, respectively.
“My Phone Died” is produced through Fire Tiger Films and Thank You So Much, the respective production companies of Kotcheff and Leder. Production is scheduled to commence in spring 2027. This marks the second feature-length collaboration between the two filmmakers as writer-directors, following their 2019 indie comedy-drama “The Planters.” Hyde Park International’s Carl Clifton praised the project as original and distinctive, highlighting its combination of humor and warmth. Leder and Kotcheff described the film as an exploration of contemporary concerns about technological innovation and societal fragility, blended with a sense of nostalgia for less complex times.
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