look and Bliss Star Nesta Cooper is set to add screenwriting to her resume, adapting and starring in the film MEM, A science fiction thriller based on the young adult novel of the same name by Bethany C. Morrow.
Los Angeles-based Marginal MediaWorks and Sphere Media are behind the film adaptation of the book, which will be shot in Montreal next year. this MEM The project, which marks Marginal’s first international co-production, centers on a Montreal scientist who discovers how to extract memories from people and transform them into zombie-like creatures called Mems.
Cooper’s recent works include cold copyRoxine Helberg’s Tribeca News thriller and Mike Cahill’s bliss, Co-starring Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek. She also stars in the Apple TV+ show look and will appear in Ridley Scott’s upcoming crime drama Sunken spring.
“I am truly grateful to be working with a writer as prolific as Bethany,” Cooper said in a statement. “Despite the profound and often horrifying themes of her work, her voice is indescribably comforting. Her stories are so profound and dynamic that you become completely immersed in their world.
Sanjay M. Sharma and Milan Chakraborty are producing MEM Based on Marginal, Jennifer Kawaja and Peter Van Auker will produce for Sphere Media. Cooper and Morrow will serve as executive producers.
Marginal’s film slate includes KaminariIt is a Japanese production co-produced with Bandai Namco, written and directed by Mako Kamitsuna, signalis a thriller starring Tierra Whack, which won the Tribeca U.S. Feature Film Jury Prize.
upcoming movies she taught love It will be released in theaters and Hulu on September 27, 2024.
