EXCLUSIVE: Following her acclaimed performance in The Whale, which included a recent Critics Choice Awards nomination, Sadie Sink has found her next film. She is set to star in Searchlight’s O’Dessa, with Geremy Jasper directing.
Penned by Jasper, with original songs written and produced by Jasper and Jason Binnick, the film reunites producers Michael Gottwald for the Department of Motion Pictures, Noah Stahl, and Rodrigo Teixeira for RT Features as well as executive producers Jonathan Montepare, Dan Janvey, and Lourenço Sant’Anna. All worked on Jasper’s breakout hit Patti Cake$.
O’Dessa is next up for Sink, who will shoot this May in Croatia before the final season of Stranger Things Vol. 5. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the film is an original rock opera about a farm girl on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a strange and dangerous city where she meets her one true love – but in order to save his soul, she must put the power of destiny and song to the ultimate test.
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“We are so excited to be collaborating with Geremy again,” said Searchlight presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum. “With O’dessa, he brings extraordinary and visceral energy to a whole new cinematic landscape.”
SVP Taylor Friedman and creative executive Cornelia Burleigh will oversee the project for Searchlight Pictures, reporting to Heads of Production and Development Katie Goodson-Thomas and DanTram Nguyen.
SInk had herself quite a 2022 on both the big and small screens, beginning with the fourth season of global hit series Stranger Things. The season earned Sink high marks and had her in the Emmy-season conversation all summer. She followed that up with A24’s The Whale, earning another round of accolades including the Critics Choice nom for best young star. She also most recently played the lead role in Taylor Swift’s short All Too Well: The Short Film. Other credits include Dear Zoe, the Emmy-winning series The Americans, NBC’s American Odyssey and the Broadway production of Annie as the titular role.
O’dessa marks Jasper’s follow-up to his feature directorial debut Patti Cake$, which earned him Directors Guild of America and Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations. The commercial and music video director also won the Directors to Watch award at the 2017 Palm Springs Film Festival.
Sink is repped by WME, Mara Entertainment and Peikoff Mahan. Jasper is represented by WME and Range Media Partners.
Eugene Pikulin of Bruns Brennan Berry Pikulin & Jacobs is production legal on O’dessa.