Synopsis:
Quintessential eternal bridesmaid Nellie Robinson (Leah McKendrick) constantly finds herself between weddings, baby showers, and bad dates. When she begins to feel like the clock is ticking and is faced with bleak romantic prospects, Nellie decides to freeze her eggs — setting her on an empowering journey to a brave new world where she ultimately discovers “the one” she’s looking for might be herself. Lionsgate presents, a Megamix production, in association with BondIt Media Capital.
Leah McKendrick Bio (“Nellie Robinson”, Writer, Director):
Leah McKendrick is a Latina American multi-hyphenate filmmaker and actress from San Francisco. Her directorial debut, SCRAMBLED, which she also wrote and stars in, premiered at SXSW 2023 and is based on Leah’s real journey through egg freezing and 30-something singledom.
McKendrick has multiple projects in various stages of development including the Paramount
romantic comedy BETTER LATE THAN NEVER which she is attached to direct, and penning the screenplay for TriStar’s reboot of the 80s cult classic, TROOP BEVERLY HILLS. Up next she’ll be writing the legacy sequel to the 90s slasher, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.
McKendrick previously wrote, produced and co-starred in the vigilante thriller M.F.A. alongside
Francesca Eastwood which premiered at SXSW in 2017 and was dubbed “the first horror movie
to speak to the #MeToo era” by The New York Times. McKendrick’s romantic comedy
VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE was preempted by Sony Pictures and landed her on the Black
List in 2019. McKendrick also wrote the GREASE prequel SUMMER LOVIN’.
