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Voltage Pictures has launched international sales on director Thor Freudenthal’s (Carnival Row, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) upcoming YA romance Words on Bathroom Walls, starring Charlie Plummer (“Looking for Alaska”, All the Money in the World), Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven, The Godfather Part III) and AnnaSophia Robb (“Little Fires Everywhere”, “The Act”), it was announced today by President and COO Jonathan Deckter.

Nick Naveda (Say You Will, Judi) adapted the script from Julia Walton’s novel of the same name, which won both the ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Book Award and the ILA Young Adults’ Book Award.

Freudenthal also produces with Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon. Executive producers are Jennifer Monroe, Scott Holroyd, Alison Semenza King, Michael Glassman, and Kick the Habit Productions’ Alexander Pall, Andrew Taggart, Adam Alpert, and Dan Marcus. The film marks the first original score by The Chainsmokers who worked with composer Andrew Hollander. Roadside Attractions is distributing in the US on August 7, 2020.

Words on Bathroom Walls tells the story of Adam (Charlie Plummer), who appears to be your typical young adult – a little unkempt with raging hormones and excited about a future pursuing his dream of becoming a chef. Expelled halfway through his senior year, Adam is diagnosed with a mental illness that he keeps a secret at his new school. Living in constant fear of being exposed, Adam finds a soulful, comforting connection in Maya (Taylor Russell), an outspoken and fiercely intelligent girl who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition. With the love and support of his newfound romance and his family, Adam is hopeful for the very first time that he can see the light and triumph over the challenges that lie ahead.

“We’re thrilled our friends at LD Entertainment have brought us on to represent the adaptation of this much-loved novel,” said Deckter. “The YA demographic is one we and our international partners know inside-out, and we look forward to replicating our past successes in this market on Words on Bathroom Walls.”

ABOUT VOLTAGE PICTURES

Voltage Pictures, established in 2005, is a privately held, film and television production, financing and sales entity. Voltage has won six Academy Awards including Best Picture for The Hurt Locker, and three Academy Awards for Dallas Buyers Club.

The current Voltage sales slate includes the highly anticipated action-thriller The Marksman starring Liam Neeson, the gangster crime biopic Lanksy starring Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington and Annasophia Robb and the horror feature film The Call starring Insidious’ Lin Shaye and Saw’s Tobin Bell.

Voltage represented worldwide rights on After, based on the internationally best-selling series of books by Anna Todd, debuted number one at the box office in 17 international territories including Germany and Italy when released in April 2019 and grossed over $70m worldwide. The highly anticipated sequel, After We Collided, is currently in post-production.

Voltage also produced the blockbuster comedy I Feel Pretty starring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams, Emily Ratajkowski, and Naomi Campbell, which generated nearly $100m in worldwide box office. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario, Jim Parsons, and John Malkovich premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to great acclaim.