Filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke is underway in Los Angeles on Street Smart, an indie drama said to mark a return to the gritty, immersive storytelling of her films Lords of Dogtown and Thirteen. Cast for the ensemble piece includes Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan), Yara Shahidi (Sitting in Bars with Cake), Michael Cimino (Never Have I Ever), Daniel Zovatto (Woman of the Hour), Sylvester Powell (All American: Homecoming), Kaitlyn Kemp (The Razor’s Edge), Miles McKenna (Goosebumps), and pro skateboarder Isiah Hilt.
Co-written by Hardwicke and 13 Reasons Why‘s Nic Sheff, Street Smart offers a look into the lives of a lively group of unhoused young adults in the iconic beach town, who come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.
Poster Child Pictures’ Natalie Marciano (Freud’s Last Session, How to Build a Truth Engine) is producing alongside New Dimension’s Jamie R. Thompson (97 Minutes, Old Henry) and Hardwicke. Executive producers include Gerard Butler & Alan Siegel of G-BASE, Jamie Marshall (Den of Thieves, The Foreigner), Furhman, Zovatto, David Lasky, Michael Arata, and Rebel Entertainment’s Rock Jacobs and Batia Parnass.
Charitable partners of the production include Covenant House and Safe Place for Youth, both of which focus on assisting unhoused and at-risk young individuals.
“In the wake of the recent tragedies that have profoundly impacted Los Angeles and the Hollywood community, we feel incredibly fortunate to be working in LA,” said Hardwicke. “We’re working together with a crazy cool group of actors and filmmakers to make an intensive, provocative and joyful film.”
Fuhrman is represented by UTA and Luber Roklin; Shahidi by CAA and Ryan Nord; Cimino by CAA, Megan Silverman Management and attorney Christopher Abramson; Zovatto by CAA and Luber Roklin; Powell by Pakula/King & Associates and The Rosenzweig Group; Kemp by Innovative Artists; McKenna by UTA, Atlas Artists and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Hardwicke by CAA and Manage-ment; and Sheff by CAA and Manage-ment.
