The term may entice a groan to some, but Lynn Shelton truly is a pioneer of “mumblecore,” the low-budget, bootstrapping indie genre. Her most recent feature, Humpday, was a pristine example of how to do it right. Her next film, Your Sister’s Sister, starring Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark Duplass and Mike Birbiglia will have a premiere at TIFF next month (with the first still revealed a few days ago), but we now have word on what her next (next) film may be.
Variety reports Shelton is attached to a new indie titled Laggies,”which follows a woman who, unsure of how to respond to her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, pretends to go on a retreat but actually ends up spending a week with her new friends, all of whom are in high school.”
Andrea Seigel wrote the script, it being her first credit, with the lead described as a woman in her late 20s who can’t seem to progress to adulthood. They also let us know that this project is said to shoot before her reported adaptation of Joshua Ferris‘ Then We Came to the End. I think Shelton is a strong talent and greatly look forward to checking out Sister in Toronto this September.
Are you a fan of Shelton’s work? What do you think about the plot of Laggies?