We’re all pretty much Julia Stiles superfans here at PDC (well, I know I am), and so we’re excited that her directorial debut Wish You Were Here is right around the corner. Lionsgate has debuted the first trailer for the film she also co-wrote with Renée Carlino, based on the latter’s bestselling novel.
Wish You Were Here sounds like a film that Stiles herself would’ve starred in some years ago. Instead, she’s cast Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) and Mena Massoud (Aladdin) to lead her romantic dramedy about perfect strangers, a perfect night, and the life-threatening illness that threatens to tear it all apart.
Also in the cast are Jimmie Fails, Gabby Kono-Abdy, Jennifer Grey, and Kelsey Grammer. Grammer and Stiles previously starred together in 2021’s The God Committee. Stiles is also reuniting with Fuhrman who she worked with on Orphan: First Kill.
Stiles is no stranger to romantic films , and as starred in more than her share of them including Save the Last Dance, Down to You, and 10 Things I Hate About You.
Wish You Were Here opens in theaters on January 17th.
SYNOPSIS: Julia Stiles makes her directorial debut in a brilliantly warm and romantic film based on the bestselling novel, Wish You Were Here. Isabelle Fuhrman, Mena Massoud, Jennifer Grey and Kelsey Grammer star in a fascinating movie about leaving the everyday world behind to take a chance on true romance. When the perfect night with a perfect stranger ends suddenly the next morning, Charlotte searches for answers and meaning in her disappointing life until she uncovers a secret that changes everything.
