Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke Film ‘Wishful Thinking’

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Written and directed by Graham Parkes, the film had its world premiere at SXSW, where it took home the top Narrative Feature prize.

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Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the worldwide rights for Wishful Thinking, the surrealist romantic comedy starring Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke. Written and directed by Graham Parkes, the film had its world premiere at SXSW, where it took home the top Narrative Feature prize. It will arrive in theaters in 2027.

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The film follows Julia (Hawke), an ambitious game designer, and Charlie (Pullman), a struggling musician, who are at a loss for how to repair their volatile relationship. After attending a couples-therapy seminar run by mysterious twin healers, they find that the ups and downs of their relationship have supernatural effects on the world around them.

The cast also includes Amita Rao, Randall Park, Eric Rahill, Jake Shane, Kate Berlant, and Kerri Kenney-Silver. Wishful Thinking is produced by Lewis Pullman for Buckwild Pictures, Dan Gedman and Matt Smith for Highway 10, who also fully financed the film, and Kara Durrett for Pinky Promise, and executive produced by Alyssa Roehrenbeck, Sarah Mather, Jessamine Burgum, Cameron Fuller, and Graham Patrick Martin. This marks filmmaker Graham Parkes' debut feature.

Sony Pictures Classics said, “Audiences have been craving a film like Wishful Thinking — romantic, unpredictable and genuinely funny — and we can’t wait for them to experience Maya and Lewis in these deeply human and refreshingly hilarious leading roles.

“Sony Pictures Classics has been a singular champion of independent cinema for nearly 35 years, releasing some of my favorite movies of all time," added Parkes in a statement. "So to be included among the films first brought to an audience by them is truly the ultimate recognition for the passionate work our cast and crew put into making Wishful Thinking.”

Photo Credit: Christopher Ripley

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Lewis-Pullman-and-Maya-Hawke-Led-WISHFUL-THINKING-Acquired-by-Sony-Pictures-Classics-20260501)._