Bleecker Street announced today that it has acquired U.S. rights to Audrey Ellis Fox’s debut feature NDA starring Golden Globe winner Rachel Zegler (West Side Story, Evita),
Penn Badgley (“You”) and Academy Award nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone, ‘The Wire’). The psychological-thriller stems from Ellis Fox’s original script, which was featured on the 2024 Black List and was selected for the 2023 Women in Film X Black List’s Feature Residency program. The film is currently in production in New York.

NDA follows Dana (Zegler) during a maddening day of mediation for an office harassment claim she filed, and as the clock ticks towards an immutable deadline, she questions the price of her silence, sanity, and the truth.

The film will be produced by Jared Ian Goldman and Zola Elgart Glassman for Mighty Engine, Keith Calder and Jess Wu Calder for SNOOT, Caitlin Gold for Tanbark Pictures, and Daniel Ginsberg for In The Cut Productions. Executive producers include Ellis Fox, Bleecker Street’s Kent Sanderson, Tyler DiNapoli, and Miranda King, as well as Christian Hall.

“NDA was one of the best scripts I’ve read and is exactly the kind of bold, filmmaker-driven cinema we’re passionate about championing'” said Kent Sanderson, CEO of Bleecker Street. "Audrey is a tremendous talent, and we’re honored to collaborate with her and the equally talented Rachel to bring this story to life.”

“I’m thrilled to be collaborating with Rachel, Penn, Amy, Bleecker, and the rest of this exceptional team to bring my film to screen,” said Ellis Fox. “NDA is a story about power and perception, and it’s incredibly exciting to work with partners who so fiercely believe in its vision.”

Ellis Fox is a narrative and commercial filmmaker, with experience directing projects for Nike, Netflix, McLaren, Gatorade, Amazon, Nestle, Adidas, and more, and collaborating with talent including Salma Hayek, Hailey Bieber, and Simu Liu, amongst others.