{"id":68499,"date":"2023-02-18T07:40:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T07:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/18\/sophie-kargmans-susie-searches-lands-at-vertical\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T07:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T07:40:34","slug":"sophie-kargmans-susie-searches-lands-at-vertical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/18\/sophie-kargmans-susie-searches-lands-at-vertical\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Kargman\u2019s \u201cSusie Searches\u201d Lands at Vertical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSusie Searches\u201d has discovered a house. A press launch introduced that Vertical scored rights to Sophie Kargman\u2019s function debut, a thriller comedy a couple of podcaster that premiered on the 2022 version of the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Slated for a day-and-date launch later this yr, \u201cSusie Searches\u201d follows Susie (Kiersey Clemons, \u201cDope\u201d), an \u201cawkward college student with a failing true-crime podcast [who] seizes the opportunity to boost her campus and online popularity by solving the mysterious disappearance of Jesse (Alex Wolff), a campus heart-throb. With her star on the rise, events take a dark turn as Susie digs out the truth and soon finds herself in over her head,\u201d the movie\u2019s synopsis teases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was interested in making both an elevated genre film and detailed character study that speaks to our universal drive for love and validation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/womenandhollywood.com\/tiff-2022-women-directors-meet-sophie-kargman-susie-searches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kargman advised us.<\/a> \u201cOn the surface, \u2018Susie Searches\u2019 is a darkly comedic mystery. But the story is really a cautionary tale about our society\u2019s current fixation with insta-celebrity\u2014and how it can even damage good people with positive intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vertical\u2019s SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi commented, \u201cSophie has pulled off a remarkable tonal balancing act, crafting a film in which the chilling twists and hilarious comedy beats are equally startling and keep the audience on their toes. This is anchored by the endearing and layered performance from Kiersey Clemons, and we\u2019re excited for audiences to be plunged into the mystery with her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cSusie Searches\u201d has discovered a house. A press launch introduced that Vertical scored rights to Sophie Kargman\u2019s function debut, a thriller comedy a couple of podcaster that premiered on the 2022 version of the Toronto International Film Festival. Slated for a day-and-date launch later this yr, \u201cSusie Searches\u201d follows Susie (Kiersey Clemons, \u201cDope\u201d), an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}