{"id":657685,"date":"2026-10-26T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/657685\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:36:09","slug":"juno-temple-joey-king-and-james-mcavoy-join-sci-fi-comedy-almost-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/657685\/","title":{"rendered":"Juno Temple, Joey King and James McAvoy Join Sci-Fi Comedy Almost You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJuno Temple<\/a> (\u201cTed Lasso,\u201d \u201cFargo\u201d), Joey King<\/a> (\u201cWe Were the Lucky Ones,\u201d \u201cThe Act\u201d) and James McAvoy<\/a> (\u201cThe Last King of Scotland,\u201d \u201cAtonement\u201d) are set to star in the upcoming \u2014\u00a0and somewhat timely \u2014\u00a0sci-fi AI comedy movie \u201cAlmost You.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, currently shooting in Glasgow, is being directed by Matt Lipsey, whose credits include multiple episodes of the Emmy-winning \u201cTed Lasso\u201d as well as \u201cInside No. 9\u201d and \u201cLittle Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBankside Films has acquired the feature for worldwide sales and is co-repping for the U.K. and North America with UTA Independent Film Group.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAlmost You\u201d follows Phoebe, a brilliant robotics engineer struggling to come to terms with the death of her younger sister, Edie. Defying all the protocols of the tech company she works for, Phoebe uses years of messages, videos and social media posts to create a lifelike AI replica of her sister, at first bringing her a great deal of joy and comfort. However, as per the synopsis. Phoebe\u2019s extraordinary invention soon forces her to confront one impossible question: if you could bring someone back, should you?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAlmost You\u201d reunites McAvoy with Danny Page, who produced his directorial debut \u201cCalifornia Schemin\u2019,\u201d which recently released in the U.S., and his latest feature \u201cFaith,\u201d which debuted in Toronto. Page produces for Homefront Productions and Blazing Griffin alongside Matt Schichter (\u201cMother Father Sister Brother Frank,\u201d \u201cCFNY: The Spirit of Radio\u201d) of Scared Goose Entertainment and Rory Stewart. the film is being produced in association with Parker Films (James McAvoy and Lisa Liberati) with financing by Blazing Griffin and Homefront Productions. Finance is also being provided by Yeti Entertainment and Head Gear Films.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s never been a movie that needed to be made more than this one,\u201d said Lipsey. \u201cWe thought we were making a film about the future. It turns out it\u2019s about right now. Juno, Joey and James will make you laugh, then break your heart, then make you laugh about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdde Stephen Kelliher of Bankside Films said: \u201cWe are incredibly excited to be working with Matt Lipsey and this exceptional cast on \u2018Almost You.\u2019 Combining a wonderfully original premise with genuine emotional depth and humour, the film explores the very human desire to hold on to the people we love, in a world where technology increasingly challenges the boundaries of what is possible. It is a funny, moving and thought-provoking story which we believe will resonate strongly with audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMatt Lipsey is repped by Curtis Brown Group, Juno Temple is repped by UTA, Maison 2, B-Side, Relevant and Lichter, Grossman; Joey King is repped by WME, Brillstein, The Lede Company and Hirsch Wallerstein; and James McAvoy is repped by United Agents, UTA, The Lede Company and Sloane Offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juno Temple (\u201cTed Lasso,\u201d \u201cFargo\u201d), Joey King (\u201cWe Were the Lucky Ones,\u201d \u201cThe Act\u201d) and James McAvoy (\u201cThe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,8324,253529,154912,397],"class_list":["post-657685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-james-mcavoy","tag-joey-king","tag-juno-temple","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}