EXCLUSIVE: Author-director Jessica Barr has wrapped manufacturing on The Plan, an formidable thriller starring Eve Lindley (Dispatches from Elsewhere), Ryan Simpkins (The Home), Jordan Hull (The L Phrase: Technology Q), Frank Mosley (Some Beasts), Percy Hynes White (Wednesday), and An-Li Bogan (The Intercourse Lives of School Women).
The Plan takes place inside a modest Los Angeles residence over the course of a single day, watching as a gaggle of disillusioned younger adults prepares for a radical act they consider will change the world. As paranoia builds and fractures deepen, the strains between objective, worry, and identification blur. The movie, shot in L.A. in simply three days, unfolds in a single, 90-minute unbroken take.
Pic is produced by Alexander Gould (Weeds), Sarah Whelden (who additionally served as DP), Kelly Wilcox, and Madhouse Movies (Forbidden Fruits, Lengthy Pork). Ryan Ward and Mariah Leath exec produced.
Mentioned Barr, “The Plan was all the time about what occurs between individuals when the stakes get impossibly excessive. Taking pictures it as a one-take meant we needed to stay inside that strain—in actual time. I wrote a purposely unfinished script so the actors may take possession of their characters and let the story unfold by way of improvisation. From rehearsal to shoot day, each a part of the method reshaped the movie itself.”
Presently unrepped, Barr is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker from Portland, Oregon whose work typically explores themes of loss and coming of age. Her characteristic Sophie Jones, which she wrote, produced, and starred in, premiered on the 2020 Deauville Movie Competition and was later acquired by Oscilloscope Laboratories. The movie screened at quite a few festivals and holds a 100% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes. Her 2024 quick movie Tight had its world premiere at SXSW and was named one of many prime 10 movies to see by Harper’s Bazaar. It later premiered on-line as a Vimeo Employees Choose. Her most up-to-date quick drama, Personal Moments, is at the moment on the competition circuit.
Lindley is repped by CESD, Station 3, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Simpkins by Buchwald, Cover Media Companions, and Jackoway Austen; Hull by CESD and Levity Leisure Group; Mosley by SMS Expertise, The Appearing Group Expertise Company, and BAM Administration; White by Revolutionary Artists, OAZ, and Sloane, Provide, Weber & Dern; and Bogan by Gersh and Brillstein Leisure Companions.
