Wildcat Movie Details:
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography, Drama |
| Release Dates | September 1, 2023 (Telluride) May 3, 2024 (Limited) |
| Running Time | 1hr 43min |
| Age rating | TBA |
| Cast | Maya Hawke Laura Linney Philip Ettinger Rafael Casal Cooper Hoffman Steve Zahn |
| Directed by | Ethan Hawke |
| Written by | Ethan Hawke Shelby Gaines |
| Produced by | Ethan Hawke Ryan Hawke Joe Goodman Cory Pyke Karri O’Reilly |
| Cinematography by | Steve Cosens |
| Edited by | Barry Poltermann |
| Music by | Shelby Gaines Latham Gaines |
| Production Companies | Renovo Media Group Under the Influence Productions Good Country Pictures |
| Distributor | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
Wildcat Movie Cast & Characters:
- Maya Hawke as Flannery O’Connor
- Laura Linney as Regina
- Philip Ettinger as Cal Lowell
- Rafael Casal as O.E. Parker
- Cooper Hoffman as Manley Pointer
- Jan Falk as Mrs. Freeman
- Steve Zahn
- Vincent D’Onofrio
- Alessandro Nivola
- Christine Dye
- Willa Fitzgerald
- Levon Hawke
Storyline:
Directed and co-written by four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, WILDCAT invites the audience to weave in and out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O’Connor’s mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, Flannery (Maya Hawke) visits her mother Regina (Laura Linney) in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling with the same disease that took her father’s life when she was a child and desperate to make her mark as a great writer, this crisis pitches her imagination into a feverish exploration of belief. As she dives deeper into her craft, the lines between reality, imagination, and faith begin to blur, allowing Flannery to ultimately come to peace with her situation and heal a strained relationship with her mother. — Oscilloscope Laboratories
About Wildcat Movie:
Wildcat is an American biographical drama film directed by Ethan Hawke and written by Hawke and Shelby Gaines. The film stars Maya Hawke, Laura Linney, Philip Ettinger, Rafael Casal, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Alessandro Nivola, and Willa Fitzgerald.
The film is about American novelist Flannery O’Connor struggling to publish her first novel.
Principal photography took place in Louisville, Kentucky from January 10 to February 11, 2023. Filming also took place in Shelbyville and Frankfort of central Kentucky.
It is Cooper Hoffman’s second film after his acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza (2021).
In January 2024, Oscilloscope acquired US distribution rights to the film
Wildcat premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2023. The film was also shown at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2023. It is scheduled for a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on May 3, 2024, with wide release to follow.
