Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka and Billie Lourd team up in a new film from director Gio Coppola.
A stellar cast leads the way The last showgirlwritten by Kate Gersten and produced by Robert Schwartzman and Natalie Farrey. Deadline first reported the news on Thursday.
The upcoming feature film follows a seasoned entertainer in her fifties whose series abruptly ends after 30 years of running. She begins to struggle with what the future holds for her, all the while trying to mend her relationship with her daughter.
“I’ve always wanted to make a movie in Vegas,” Coppola, 37, said Deadline. “I am so proud of our cast and crew, especially Pamela. I can’t wait to share her bold and heartfelt performance!”
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Gia Coppola on October 20, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.
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“Dream project, dream cast,” Schwartzman shared with Deadline. “We couldn’t be more honored and grateful for the opportunity to tell an authentic Las Vegas story that pays tribute to the iconic Showgirl, told through Gia’s unique sense of style and visual storytelling.”
Production on the film has recently wrapped, but a release date has not yet been announced.
On Thursday, Coppola shared a post on Instagram confirming that filming has wrapped. In the signatures of the cast and crew, she included a photo of the clapperboard covered.
“That’s final! 🎲🪄💕 #TheLastShowgirl,” the director wrote.
Anderson, 56, commented, “🤍✨.”
Lourd (31) added “🎰👑❤️” and Shipka (24) wrote “Weeeee!”
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Curtis’ latest role follows her Oscar win for Best Supporting Actress in 2023 Everything everywhere and at once. In addition to her role in the film, which won seven Oscars, the 65-year-old actress starred in the series, which won ten Emmys. Bear as the mother of Jeremy Allen White’s character, Carmy.
Anderson was recently the subject of her producer son Brandon Lee’s documentary 2023. Pamela, a love story. The Netflix documentary was nominated for two Emmy Awards, including Best Documentary or Nonfiction Film and Best Documentary Music Composition.
Meanwhile, Bautista, 55, just wrapped up his stint with the Marvel franchise Guardians of the Galaxy, in which he played Drax the Destroyer. The former pro-wrestler-turned-actor also starred in the Oscar-nominated film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Kiernan Shipka, Brenda Song and Billie Lourd.
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Song, 35, returns to live-action production after lending her voice to the recent animated series Chibiverse, the blue-eyed samurai and Proud family: Louder and prouder during 2022 and 2023.
Lourd, like Song, also recently served as a voice actor for the 2023 series Strange planet. The actress also returned to American Horror Story: Delicate as a guest star alongside Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian.
Last year Shipka was a guest White House plumbers and The other two and starred in Totally killer and Maximum truth.
News of Coppola’s new feature follows her 2022 film. Seven faces of Jane.
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