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Kelly Fremon Craig is again with one other coming-of-age comedy. \u201cThe Edge of Seventeen\u201d filmmaker\u2019s second characteristic sees her adapting an iconic novel, Judy Blume\u2019s \u201cAre You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret.\u201d The pic tells the story of Margaret Simon (Abby Ryder Fortson), a sixth grader who strikes from NYC to the suburbs of New Jersey.<\/p>\n
A brand new trailer for the movie, which is ready within the \u201970s, introduces us to Margaret, who’s within the midst of a prayer. \u201cLet me just be normal and regular like everybody else,\u201d she begs. The 11-year-old is consumed with ideas about God and her altering physique. We see her becoming a member of a \u201csecret club\u201d that requires her to put on a bra and shopping for pads with a buddy for the primary time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about this kid who\u2019s trying to figure out if there\u2019s something greater beyond us,\u201d Fremon Craig advised EW<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s making sure that she\u2019s going to be okay in this time when she feels so alone and uncertain. There\u2019s something about these two things that you would never think would go together \u2014 a girl who\u2019s praying for boobs and then asking, \u2018Does God exist? And do I believe it? And what do I believe?\u2019 She\u2019s asking life\u2019s biggest questions inside this coming-of-age journey.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGirlfriends\u201d creator Mara Brock Akil additionally has a venture primarily based on one in all Blume\u2019s novels within the works, <\/a>a Netflix collection that reimagines \u201cForever.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAre You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret\u201d opens April 28. Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates co-star.<\/p>\n