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With Pink Skies Ahead and Holler, Jessica Barden explored two very different perspectives on what it's like to come of age in America. Written and directed by Kelly Oxford, the former dramedy centers on Winona, a young writer struggling with an anxiety disorder that drops out of school, and is left to figure out how…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has your first look at IFC Film’s Holler. The coming-of-age drama, starring Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World), will be released in select theaters on Friday, June 11. Loosely based on the adolescence of writer/director Nicole Riegel, Holler centers on Ruth (Barden), a determined young…

EXCLUSIVE: “When a reluctant bare-knuckle boxer and his older brother rack up a hefty debt, they are forced to chaperone an unexpected travel companion cross-country for one last fight in search of their fortune.” That is the simple one-liner description for Jungleland, which has its world premiere Thursday night at…

Alex Wolff has been set to star in The Line, a thriller in the works that will be directed by Ethan Berger in his feature narrative debut. John Malkovich, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Barden and Lewis Pullman have also joined the cast of the movie. Lije Sarki, who won the SXSW audience award for Peanut Butter Falcon, is…

Ex-Warner Bros president Greg Silverman has set Pink Skies Ahead as the first film to be made through his Stampede label. Kelly Oxford wrote the script and will make her feature directing debut, and Jessica Barden will star. Pink Skies Ahead tells the story of a wild young woman whose life unravels after dropping out…

The End of the F**king World star Jessica Barden, Apostasy director Daniel Kokotajlo and Lady Macbeth producer Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly are among those named Breakthrough Brits by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The trio is among 19 of the most promising future stars of film, games and…

EXCLUSIVE: David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has boarded international sales rights to drama Jungleland, starring Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Charlie Hunnam (Sons Of Anarchy), Jessica Barden (End Of The F***ing World) and Jonathan Majors (White Boy Rick). CAA and Endeavor will rep U.S. In Jungleland, a…

EXCLUSIVE: Director Max Winkler has started production on Jungleland, the Romulus Entertainment, Big Red Films and Scott Free co-production that stars Charlie Hunnam, Jack O'Connell and Jessica Barden. Shooting began today in Massachusetts, with Winkler directing the script he wrote with Theodore B. Bressman and David…

Australian cable network Foxtel announced today that Emmy-winning actress Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale) and and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will star in Lambs of God, a four-part original drama series from writer Sarah Lambert and director Jeffrey Walker. Based on the Marele Day novel, Lambs of God is a dark, gothic…

Making her first feature with the atypical romantic comedy The New Romantic, writer/director Carly Stone brought the film to this year’s SXSW Film Festival, joining stars Jessica Barden (a breakout talent of recent vintage with Netflix series The End of the F***ing World), Hayley Law and Brett Dier at Deadline’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Graduating from college can be an exciting moment in one’s life. It also can be scary as hell. Director-writer Carly Stone brings the fear of post-college life in this clip from The New Romantic starring The End of the F***ing World standout Jessica Barden. The clip features aspiring journalist and college…