TriCoast Worldwide Boards International Sales For Coming-Of-Age Film ‘Dear Zoe’ Starring ‘Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink Ahead Of Cannes Bow

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EXCLUSIVE: TriCoast Worldwide has locked down international sales rights to the coming-of-age film Dear Zoe, starring Stranger Things‘ Sadie Sink, with plans to screen the pic for potential buyers and festival reps at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.The indie from director Gren Wells (The Road Within) is based on Philip Beard’s novel of the same name, which was selected by Booklist, a magazine of the American Library Association, as one of the ten best debut novels of 2005.

It centers on Tess (Sink), who suffers an unimaginable loss alongside her family, and finds support from two surprising sources: her biological father (Theo Rossi)—a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks—and the charming but dangerous juvenile delinquent next door (newcomer Kweku Collins).Marc Lhormer and Melissa Martin adapted the screenplay for the film, which also stars Jessica Capshaw (Grey’s Anatomy), Justin Bartha (Godfather of Harlem) and Vivien Lyra Blair (The First Lady).

Brenda and Marc Lhormer (Bottle Shock) produced Dear Zoe under their Zin Haze Productions banner, alongside Peter Phok and Christopher H.

Warner. Megan Goedewaagen co-produced, with Susan Cartsonis, Brent Emery, Suzanne Farwell, Lizzie Friedman, Keith Blodgett and Leslie Blodgett serving as executive producers.“We are super excited to be representing Dear Zoe,” said Daisy Hamilton, Executive Vice President of TriCoast Worldwide. “The film has so much heart and soul, with Sadie Sink leading the way with her powerful, phenomenal performance.