Matrix co-creator Lilly Wachowski has boarded writer-director Molly Ratermann’s murder-bachelorette comedy Making a Bridesmaid as executive producer.
Wachowski’s production company, Anarchists United, is also joining the completed feature, which will launch worldwide sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Written, directed, and starring Ratermann, Making a Bridesmaid is a satirical, ’80s-inspired “sleepover from hell” that collides the increasingly ubiquitous world of bachelorette culture with the obsessive appeal of true crime.
The ensemble cast also includes Serra Naiman, Wilder Yari (The Lincoln Lawyer, Quantum Leap), Alex Sgambati (The Walking Dead, Tracker, Love, Simon), Gina Su (Trüebadour), Maya Butler (The Offer), April Kelley (Plainclothes) and Cynthia Aileen Strahan (The Offer).
The film follows two outcast sisters, played by Ratermann and Emily Kincaid (Hard Miles, Succubus), who arrive at a picture-perfect bachelorette weekend expecting a celebration — only to discover they have been dropped into a real-life murder game. As the weekend spirals into chaos, the guests are forced to compete for four coveted bridesmaid spots… just to stay alive.
“Lilly has built a career telling bold, unconventional stories that challenge the way we see ourselves and the world around us,” said Molly Ratermann. “That’s something I’ve always admired and tried to bring to my own work. Making a Bridesmaid is a pretty outrageous film on the surface, but underneath is a story that questions the roles women are expected to play and the lengths we’ll go to belong. Having Lilly, who’s spent her career pushing against convention, champion this film is an incredible honor and a dream come true.”
Produced by 741 Films and Ratermann’s Little Hand Productions, the film was shot on location in Lake Tahoe, California, and has completed post-production ahead of a planned festival run.
“Making a Bridesmaid is exactly the kind of bold, offbeat genre storytelling that excites us,” said Anarchists United. “Molly Ratermann takes the familiar world of bachelorette culture and turns it into something wildly unpredictable, using horror and dark comedy to explore identity, social expectations and the pressure to belong. We’re excited to support a filmmaker with such a distinctive voice and help bring this unconventional film to audiences worldwide.”
Wachowski made her feature directorial debut with the neo-noir thriller Bound before creating the cultural phenomenon The Matrix, which launched one of the most influential franchises in modern cinema. The Wachowskis subsequently wrote and directed The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, while expanding their filmmaking careers through projects including V for Vendetta, Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Ascending.
Wachowski also co-created and executive produced the acclaimed Netflix series Sense8 and later served as showrunner and executive producer of Showtime’s Work in Progress, further establishing her reputation for championing distinctive voices and stories centered on identity, community and outsiders.
Ratermann is an award-winning writer-director named one of ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch. Previously Head of Development at London-based Film Soho, her work explores female identity, counterculture, and the American Dream through a nostalgic, offbeat lens. Her award-winning Western short, The Cosmopolitan West, received a special screening at the Autry Museum and won Twin Cities Film Fest.
Ratermann’s creative team includes American Cinema Editors President Sabrina Plisco (Doctor Strange, Strays, Ms. Marvel), who serves as editor and makes her producing debut on the project, and cinematographer David Newbert (Willy’s Wonderland).
Executive producers are Justin Gray (Sisters, Oz the Great and Powerful), Finn Bruce (Sumotherhood, Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break), Michael D. Whitfield, Sonny Marler, Keith Rosmarin, Darren Cogan and Emily Kincaid.
Making a Bridesmaid will be presented to buyers at the American Film Market with Finn Bruce and Belstone Pictures handling global sales.
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