Sony Pictures Classics will open its Sundance pickup Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass on July 10. The movie was one of several that the arthouse distributor picked up out of Park City. Gail Daughtry was directed by David Wain, who co-wrote with his longtime collaborator Ken Marino.
The pic follows small town hairdresser Gail Daughtry, who is engaged to her devoted high school sweetheart, Tom. Her life takes a turn when a trip to a book signing leads to Tom meeting - and sleeping - with his "celebrity pass." Reeling from the betrayal, Gail impulsively joins her friend Otto on a trip to Los Angeles, where a psychic convinces Gail that the only way to save her marriage is to "even the scales" with her own celebrity pass: Jon Hamm. Thus begins an epic journey through Tinseltown as Gail and Otto join forces with a talent agency assistant, a paparazzo, and actor John Slattery, all in the search for Jon Hamm. Pic stars Zoey Deutch, Marino, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Ben Wang, Joe Lo Truglio and Sabrina Impacciatore along with several celebrity cameos.
Pic is produced by Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Ken Marino, David Wain, Crystine Zhang, and Charles Zhong. EPs include Robert Herjavec, Chenchen Dong, Tom Griffin, Amanda Chang, Adrian Politowski, Jamie Canniffe, Franny Baldwin, Deutch, Hamm and Slattery.
