Going to Harvard at age 14 and writing “several strongly worded letters to oil companies” at age 6 doesn’t classify as normal, and from The Orchard’s newly released trailer for its upcoming film Carrie Pilby, Carrie’s life does indeed seem anything but conventional. The Susan Johnson-directed coming-of-age comedy is…

Carrie Pilby, the Bel Powley-starring pic that The Orchard acquired in the fall after its bow at the Toronto Film Festival, will hit theaters March 31, the distributor said today. It will be followed by a digital and VOD release April 4. The movie, directed by Susan Johnson and written by Kara Holden who adapted Caren…

The Orchard has acquired North American rights to Carrie Pilby, the Susan Johnson-helmed comedy that stars Bel Powley and bowed at the Toronto Film Festival. The Orchard plans an early 2017 release. Radiant Films International is repping foreign rights this week at the American Film Market. Based on Caren Lissner’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off the TIFF world premiere of her acclaimed Carrie Pilby, director Susan Johnson has signed with Gersh. The pic is about a brilliant young woman who graduates from Harvard at 18 but has no street sense and struggles in areas of morality, relationships, sex and leaving her New York City apartment. It…