Amazon MGM Studios’ Untitled ‘Cyrano Pop’ Movie Sets Michael Showalter As Director

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios’ The Big Sick and The Idea of You filmmaker Michael Showalter is back with the theatrical streaming studio for an untitled pop movie inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac.

Showalter will direct the untitled Cyrano Pop movie, which Andrea Seigel will write based on a Cyrano de Bergerac-type story by her and Showalter about a behind-the-scenes songwriter in the world of pop stars.

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Catherine Davis of Nine Lives Entertainment, John Davis of Davis Entertainment, and Showalter and Jordana Mollick of Semi-Formal Productions are producing. Emily Crook is overseeing the project for Semi-Formal.

Showalter and Mollick’s Semi-Formal recently signed a multi-year first-look deal with Amazon MGM for narrative features. Showalter’s latest film,The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, became Amazon’s most successful romantic comedy debut. His upcoming projects include Amazon’sOh. What. Fun., a holiday comedy starring Michelle Pfeiffer, streaming December 3; andVerity, reuniting him with Hathaway and Amazon MGM for a theatrical release in 2026. His previous feature films includeSpoiler Alert; The Eyes of Tammy Faye, for which Jessica Chastain won the Academy Award for best actress; andThe Big Sick, which received an Oscar nomination for Original Screenplay. Further film credits includeHello, My Name Is Doris, andThe Lovebirds.

On the TV side, Showalter directed and produced Hulu’sThe Dropout, which earned six Emmy nominations including Outstanding Directing, as well as a best actress win for Amanda Seyfried. Other recent television directing and producing credits includeHappy Facefor Paramount+,The Pradeeps of Pittsburghfor Amazon MGM,I Love That For Youfor Showtime,Search Partyfor HBO Max,In the Darkfor CW andThe Shrink Next Doorfor Apple TV+.Semi-Formal is represented by UTA, Artists First and Goodman Genow.

Seigel recently wrote the screenplay for Focus Features’The Silent Twins, which stars Letitia Wright and premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Seigel also wrote the 2014 filmLaggies, starring Keira Knightley and Chloë Grace Moretz. She is represented by UTA and Curate.

Nine Lives Entertainment is a production company founded by producer Catherine Davis. Davis is currently producing several high-profile film and television projects including a biopic of funk icon George Clinton, frontman of Parliament Funkadelic, starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon for Amazon MGM.

Upcoming Davis Entertainment releases include Amazon MGM’sThe Pickup starring Murphy, Pete Davidson and Keke Palmer, releasing August 6; Amazon MGM’sFake Wedding starring Lili Reinhart; Netflix’s72 Hours starring Kevin Hart; Focus Features’Song Sung Blue,starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, releasing on Christmas Day; Netflix’s Murphy documentaryEddie; Paramount Pictures’Vertigo starring Robert Downey Jr.; Universal Pictures’Blood Runs Coal starring Cillian Murphy; and Sony’sOn Your Feet!, a feature adaptation of the Broadway musical telling the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan.

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