Be careful who you flirt with. Our first look at “Cat Person” is finally here. The highly anticipated film, starring CODA’s Emilia Jones and Succession’s Nicholas Braun – aka Cousin Greg – is based on him The December 2017 New Yorker short story by writer Kristen Roupenian, which went viral immediately. The film is directed by The Flight Attendant’s Susanna Fogel, and production company Studiocanal describes it as a “genre-bending thriller.” On December 7, the company released two first-look images of the film, along with news that it will premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
As Studiocanal describes the film’s plot, “When Margot, a sophomore, dates the older Robert, she realizes that Robert isn’t doing justice to the Robert she’s been flirting with over the text. ‘Cat Person’ is a knife-edge exploration of the gender gap, the quagmire of navigating modern dating, and the dangerous projections we make in our minds of the person on the other end of our phones.” Alongside “Cat Person,” Roupenian wrote also the story that served as the basis for the horror film “Bodies Bodies Bodies”.
Cat Person isn’t Braun’s first film to spring from a viral internet moment. In 2021, he appeared in “Zola,” based on a true story told on Twitter. Braun is also gearing up for the fourth season of “Succession,” which is set to return this spring.
Ahead, here’s what we know about Cat Person so far.