Ethan Embry and Margarita Levieva star in the indie drama The Gymnast

EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Embry (Grace and Frankie) and Margarita Levieva (The two) is produced in Pittsburgh The gymnast, a new indie that marks the narrative feature film debut of writer-director Charlotte Glynn. Joining them is newcomer Britney Wheeler, a gymnast from upstate New York who was discovered after a nationwide casting search.

Played in Pittsburgh in 1993. The gymnast follows an aspiring Olympic gymnast and her single father, who is dedicated to his daughter’s success. When the young athlete suffers a potentially career-ending injury, their relationship suffers as they struggle to figure out who they are without gymnastics.

The producer of Pic is Ricky Tolleman (Manage this city, Jonathan). Max Mooney is co-producing with Randy Manis (Murder ball, The vocation), Luke Spears, Henry Simonds, Offer Egozy, Liesl Wilke and Kate Geller serve as executive producers. In addition to the Sundance Institute’s Catalyst program, the project is supported by the Gotham Film & Media Institute.

After completing a seven-season run on Netflix Grace and FrankieEmbry can be seen on The CW Gotham Knightsand pictured by Gerard Butler Last seen alive. In addition to series like star girl And Smart PeteIn recent years he has also appeared in critically acclaimed films such as: First man And Blind spotsby Damien Chazelle and Carlos López Estrada respectively.

Best known for roles in films such as Adventureland And The invisibleLevieva has also appeared in notable titles such as: The Lincoln Lawyer, For Ellen, James White, Sleep with other people And The diary of a teenage girl. Most recently he appeared on HBO The twoShe will be featured next time war of stars series The Acolyte and Disney+s Daredevil: Reborn.

Glynn most recently wrote and directed The Immaculate Conceptionn, a short film that was named a Vimeo Staff Pick after its world premiere at Sundance and won the Special Jury Award at the New Orleans Film Festival. Previously she was also responsible for film documentation Rachel iswhich screened at the True/False Film Festival and was shown on PBS. America Remade.

Embry is represented by Independent Artist Group, Mosaic and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Levieva of Paradigm, Silver Lining Entertainment, Subtitle Entertainment in the UK/Europe and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Wheeler of Manis Rapkowski LLP; and Tolleman of Writ Large.