{"id":12697,"date":"2022-04-27T19:30:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/entertainment\/katie-aseltons-diane-keaton-starrer-mack-rita-acquired-by-gravitas-premiere\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T19:30:21","slug":"katie-aseltons-diane-keaton-starrer-mack-rita-acquired-by-gravitas-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/entertainment\/katie-aseltons-diane-keaton-starrer-mack-rita-acquired-by-gravitas-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Aselton\u2019s Diane Keaton-Starrer \u201cMack &#038; Rita\u201d Acquired by Gravitas Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p>Gravitas Ventures is launching a new theatrical release label, and the first title on its docket is Katie Aselton\u2019s third feature. Deadline reports that Gravitas Premiere has acquired Aselton\u2019s \u201cMack &amp; Rita,\u201d and is planning a theatrical release for the Diane Keaton-starrer in the U.S. and Canada August 12.<\/p>\n<p>Penned by \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u201d alums Madeline Walter and Paul Welsh, \u201cMack &amp; Rita\u201d follows Mackenzie Martin (Elizabeth Lail, \u201cYou\u201d), who \u201cis tired of doing all the things she has to do to keep up and get ahead in her 30s. Since she was a little girl, Mack\u2019s deepest wish has been to be just like her Grammie: comfortable in her own skin, great at saying \u2018no,\u2019 and largely unburdened by what others think of her \u2014 not to mention love for a good chunky sweater and being in bed by 8:00 p.m.! While at her best friend\u2019s bachelorette in Palm Springs, Mack stumbles into a sound bath regression pod and emerges a 70-year-old woman,\u201d the source teases. \u201cNow transformed as \u2018Aunt Rita\u2019 (Keaton), Mack thinks she will finally find self-acceptance, but quickly learns the reality of skipping to old age isn\u2019t quite what she imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s supporting cast includes Taylour Paige (\u201cZola\u201d) and Loretta Devine (\u201cWaiting to Exhale\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Nolan Gallagher, Gravitas Ventures\u2019 Founder and CEO, described \u201cMack &amp; Rita\u201d as \u201can excitingly fresh and insightful comedy that needs to be experienced on the big screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A four-time Oscar nominee, Keaton took home the prize for \u201cAnnie Hall.\u201d \u201cPoms\u201d and \u201cBook Club\u201d are among her recent credits.<\/p>\n<p>Aselton previously helmed 2012\u2019s \u201cBlack Rock\u201d and 2010\u2019s \u201cThe Freebie.\u201d She also acted in both. Her other on-screen credits include \u201cThe Morning Show,\u201d \u201cBombshell,\u201d and \u201cCasual.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/womenandhollywood.com\/katie-aseltons-diane-keaton-starrer-mack-rita-acquired-by-gravitas-premiere\/\">Women And Hollywood<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gravitas Ventures is launching a new theatrical release label, and the first title on its docket is Katie Aselton\u2019s third feature. Deadline reports that Gravitas Premiere has acquired Aselton\u2019s \u201cMack &amp; Rita,\u201d and is planning a theatrical release for the Diane Keaton-starrer in the U.S. and Canada August 12. Penned by \u201cBrooklyn Nine-Nine\u201d alums Madeline [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12698,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12697\/revisions\/12698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}