Screen Media Acquires Greta Gerwig's 'The Dish and also the Spoon' (Exclusive)

Screen Media Films, recognized for little movies with large talents (like Maggie Gyllenhaal in Laurie Collyer's Sherrybaby), has acquired Alison Bagnall's The Dish and also the Spoon, which star Greta Gerwig shot soon after her Spirit Award-nominated breakout performance in Greenberg.our editor recommendsThe Dish & the Spoon: Movie ReviewGreta Gerwig, Adam Brody to star in 'Damsels in Distress'Greta Gerwig, Alison Pill Join Woodsy Allen Movie Olly Alexander (Vibrant Star) also stars within the movie, which focuses on a lady who, after her husband confesses for an affair, embarks with an unconventional romance having a stranded British teenage she finds out stranded around the beach. "A fragile brief-encounter indie occur the aftermath of unfaithfulness," authored The Hollywood Reporter's John DeFore from the Dish and also the Spoon's March SXSW premiere. "The film has art-house potential and may enhance the profile of costar Olly Alexander." Bagnall, an AFI alum who started because the author of Zoysia ཾ, will screen the film in AFI's 2011 Youthful People in america section. After NY Occasions critic Manohla Dargis'Greenberg review stated Gerwig "may be the definitive screen actress of her generation," Gerwig started landing roles such high-profile films as Nero Fiddled by Woodsy Allen, also on the career upswing. The Dish and also the Spoon can come on VOD and DVD at the begining of 2012. The offer was brokered with Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment and Suzanne Blech, leader of Screen Media Films. Related Subjects Greta Gerwig