Superstar singer and her assistant in a juncture of their career
One of the latest Hollywood comedy dramas that got delayed release due to Covid-19 pandemic will be released at the Scope cinemas, PVR, Liberty and other theatres in Colombo and outstation theatres from October 9.
Directed by Nisha Ganatra and written by Flora Greeson, the film stars Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Zoë Chao, Bill Pullman, Eddie Izzard, and Ice Cube. The film follows a famous singer’s personal assistant who wants to become a music producer.
A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Maggie Sherwoode is the long time personal assistant to legendary R&B singer Grace Davis who still has a successful touring career despite not releasing new material for a decade. Maggie is also an aspiring music producer, remixing Grace’s songs in her free time. Grace’s manager, Jack Robertson, believes that her time has passed and she should accept a Las Vegas residency and continue releasing live albums rather than record new material.
At a grocery store, Maggie meets aspiring musician David Cliff and watches him perform outdoors. He invites her to a party at his place, where to her surprise she learns that despite slumming it as a musician he is quite wealthy. Impressed by his voice, she lies about being a professional producer and offers to work with him on an album. He accepts and the two begin work together with Maggie coaching him through his nerves.
Grace is displeased when a popular music producer remixes one of her songs to modernise it with excessive synths and pop elements. Appalled, Maggie shows Grace her own version of the song, and Grace decides to release Maggie’s version, without payment or credit. While Maggie is pleased to be producing for Grace, Jack pulls her aside to reveal how her tactlessness ruined potential future deals. Grace later expresses her interest in recording a new album to her record label. They discourage the idea and push her towards the Vegas residency to Grace’s embarrassment. Maggie encourages Grace to disregard the label and create new material but Grace lectures her on how women of her age and race rarely succeed in music.
Maggie and David begin a romance as recording for his demo comes to a close. At the same time, Maggie learns that Ariana Grande has backed out of opening for Grace’s album launch. She initially books Dan Deakins to open for Grace before realising the album launch would be the perfect place for David to perform his songs. She enlists Dan’s assistant to help but is surprised when Dan himself, after listening to David’s songs, decides to step away to allow him to perform.