Lauren Miller Rogen has added Issa Rae (Insecure), Dan Stevens (Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire), Zach Cherry (Severance), and Kate Berlant (Maddie’s Secret) to the cast of her sophomore feature Babies.
Miller Rogen is directing from a screenplay she also wrote for AGC Studios and Monarch Media. Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour) and Seth Rogen (The Studio) signed on to star earlier this year.
The film will shoot on location in Los Angeles with the support of the California Tax Credit. Producers include LYLAS Pictures’ Lauren Miller Rogen and Jen W. Ray, AGC’s Stuart Ford, and Monarch’s Steve Barnett, with AGC’s Miguel A. Palos, Jr. and Zach Garrett, Monarch’s Alan Powell and Vicky Patel, and LYLAS’ Sophie Høegh serving as Executive Producers. AGC and CAA Media Finance are co-repping worldwide rights.
The film’s synopsis reads: Struggling with the decision of whether or not to bring a child into the world, Annie (Kendrick) and her husband Aaron (Rogen) become instant co-parents when their newly-divorced friend moves into their home with her 4-year-old.
Miller Rogen’s credits include writing, directing, and producing the Netflix original film Like Father, starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer, and writing, starring in, and producing the indie comedy For a Good Time, Call…, which was released by Focus Features. She is also attached to direct the horror comedy Be Mine with Project X/Radio Silence for MRC and the action comedy Sky Dancers for Original Film.
