The festival circuit has treated writer, director, and actor Megan Park well. Her debut feature, “The Fallout,” made a big splash at the 2021 South by Southwest Festival. The drama film about a young girl and her friends recovering from a school shooting was both a grand jury winner and a special jury winner. (read our review).
“My Old Ass,” Megan Park’s most recent feature, premiered at this past January’s Sundance Film Festival. While not getting prizes, it did receive bidders. Amazon MGM Studios purchased distribution rights to the movie for an impressive $15 million dollars. The film will open in limited theaters on September 13, with a national rollout to follow.
“My Old Ass” stars Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes White, Maddie Ziegler, and Kerrice Brooks. It’s written and directed by Megan Park. Margot Robbie is also attached as a producer through her production company Lucky Chap.
The movie follows a young girl, Ellie (Stella), 18, who, while out camping with her friends, comes into contact with her 38-year-old future self (Plaza). This older Ellie offers advice about the importance of family. She also warns younger Ellie to avoid a boy named Chad (Percy Hynes White). Which is puzzling since she has never encountered a ‘Chad.’ The two versions of Ellie develop a unique friendship.
Here’s the official synopsis:
In this fresh, big-hearted take on the classic coming-of-age fable, free-spirited teenager Elliott (Maisy Stella) encounters her wisecracking 39-year-old future self (Aubrey Plaza)—and can’t escape her influence. On the cusp of leaving home for college, Elliott is determined to have one last summer packed with good times and girl crushes. To celebrate her 18th birthday, she boats off to a remote island with her best friends to trip on mushrooms. But just when Elliott thinks she’s not feeling a thing, she suddenly finds herself chatting with a woman who claims to be her literal “old ass” (Aubrey Plaza)—the person she is apparently destined to become in two decades. Prodded for advice, Elliott’s future self gives her one major warning: avoid anyone named Chad, which sounds easy enough. But when Elliott meets the very Chad (Percy Hynes White) she was supposed to dodge, things get complicated. Elliott starts to open herself to what her future self might have to show her…and vice versa. From director Megan Park (The Fallout).
Megan Park and Tom Ackerley are also attached as producers. Amazon MGM Studios will release “My Old Ass” in theaters on September 13. Watch the first trailer below.