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\n\tEXCLUSIVE<\/strong>: Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody<\/a> (The Brutalist<\/em>) and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler<\/a> (West Side Story<\/em>) have been set to star in Brazilian filmmaker and Cannes<\/a> habitu\u00e9 Karim A\u00efnouz\u2019s (Firebrand<\/em>) father-daughter story Last Dance<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tTony, Emmy, and Grammy winner\u00a0Ben Platt<\/a>\u00a0(Dear Evan Hansen<\/em>) will co-star and write original music for the film, and fresh off her Olivier-winning performance in\u00a0Evita<\/em>, Zegler will sing original music. <\/p>\n \n\tEmily Ziff Griffin\u00a0wrote the screenplay, based on her 2021 autobiographical\u00a0New Yorker\u00a0<\/em>article The Last Dance with My Dad<\/em>. The project is the first known movie role accepted by Brody since he won his second Best Actor Oscar for The Brutalist<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tIn\u00a0Last Dance<\/em>, \u201ccelebrated Broadway composer Elliot (Brody) invites his daughter Emma (Zegler) on a gay cruise through the Caribbean in 1991 \u2013 a dazzling, liberating world of music, celebration, and chosen family where Emma, the only straight woman on board, experiences an unexpected first love with a young crew member. But beneath the joy and abandon, the AIDS crisis casts an ever-deepening shadow. As Elliot retreats from the devastating reality of his illness, father and daughter are forced to confront the unspoken truths between them. In the fleeting time they have left together, can they rediscover each other before the music finally fades?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFifth Season\u00a0and Oscar-nominated Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor\u2019s (A Star Is Born<\/em>)\u00a051 Entertainment\u00a0are producing. Griffin also executive-produces.\u00a0FilmNation<\/a> Entertainment\u00a0will launch international sales at the upcoming Cannes market<\/a>.\u00a0Fifth Season\u00a0and\u00a0CAA Media Finance Group\u00a0are handling domestic rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tDirector\u00a0Karim A\u00efnouz\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cI am thrilled to bring to the screen such a unique and moving portrait of a time where hope and celebration allowed our queer community to overcome one of the worst crises of last century. When many were dying of AIDS there was a sense of solidarity and fury that made us stronger.\u00a0Last Dance<\/em>\u00a0is a universal and urgent tale where joy is taken up as resilience, where the dance floor becomes a pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance. It is an honour to collaborate with such exquisite talent in order to bring this movie to life in a time where, more than ever, we need fables of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tGlen Basner, CEO FilmNation Entertainment added: \u201cEmily Ziff Griffin\u2019s unfiltered remembrance of her father and her unconventional upbringing is powerful in both its\u2019 crystal-clear specificity, and in its\u2019 relatability to all children \u2013 in all types of families \u2013 who look back on seminal, life moments.\u00a0Last Dance\u00a0<\/em>vividly recreates New York in the nineties; the outsized joy and sorrow of that period and also presents a universal and deeply moving father daughter story.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tA\u00efnouz is repped by CAA, Lark, and Granderson Des Rochers. Brody is repped by CAA, and Kopeikin Law P.C. Zegler is repped by WME, The Initiative Group, and Freundlich Law. Platt is repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, Immersive Management, and Jackoway Austen. Griffin is repped by WME and Greenberg Glusker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) and Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (West Side Story) have been set to star in Brazilian filmmaker and Cannes habitu\u00e9 Karim A\u00efnouz\u2019s (Firebrand) father-daughter story Last Dance. 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