Jenna ortega joins martin freeman in lionsgate & point grey’s ‘miller’s girl’

EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Ortega has boarded Lionsgate and Point Grey’s _Miller’s Girl _opposite Martin Freeman, Deadline has learned. The pic reps the directorial debut from writer-director Jade

Halley Bartlett, whose screenplay for the project ranked on the 2016 Black List. In _Miller’s Girl_, a creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented

student. Point Grey has been attached to the project ever since it arrived on the Black List. Mary-Margaret Kunze is producing with Point Grey. Josh Fagen is overseeing the project for Point

Grey, with Chelsea Kujawa and Scott O’Brien overseeing for Lionsgate. Erin Westerman, President of Production for the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, tells Deadline, “While we are excited

for the movie to speak for itself, the level of talent assembled for this special film is a testament to Jade, whose screenplay lures you in with her dazzling voice. And then eats you

alive.” Ortega will next star in the title role of the Tim Burton Netflix series _Wednesday_, centering on the Addams Family character. In January she starred in the $140M-global grossing

_Scream_ and is set to reprise her role in the hit franchise’s sixth installment. She recently wrapped production on the crime thriller _Finest Kind_ directed by Oscar winner Brian

Helgeland, was last seen starring in A24’s_ X_ and HBO’s _The Fallout_. She is represented by CAA, Gilbertson Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein

Trattner & Klein. WATCH ON DEADLINE Bartlett is repped by UTA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment, and attorneys Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman. The film is currently

shooting in Georgia. Lionsgate is handling global sales.