The highly coveted indie package is moving at breakneck speed to ensure cameras can roll on the low-stakes narrative by the end of the decade.
Hyde Park International has boarded global sales for the Hannah Leder-helmed dark comedy “My Phone Died,” a project moving at unprecedented velocity to ensure cameras can roll on the low-stakes indie at some point in the next three years. Simon Pegg, Mark Duplass, and Haley Joel Osment are attached to star, clearing massive swaths of their calendars at the tail end of the decade to tell the harrowing story of a device running out of juice.
The package—which sees the “Mission: Impossible” veteran playing a Hollywood agent who presumably cannot locate a charger—is already generating deafening buzz among buyers at the European Film Market. Studio heads are reportedly scrambling to lock down regional distribution rights for a film that requires a grueling 36 months of intensive pre-production just to accurately render the psychological toll of dropping below 10 percent battery. Insiders note that securing the rights to a truly dead-phone narrative has become a top priority for streamers looking to pad out their Q4 2028 slates with prestige anxiety.
Sources close to the production indicated the extended three-year runway is entirely necessary to accommodate the complex logistics of an indie film featuring three men looking at a black piece of glass. "The rollout strategy here is highly calibrated," noted an anonymous executive familiar with the deal. "You don't just rush a Duplass brother into a room without a working outlet. You need time to let the cultural resonance of a forgotten lightning cable really steep before you ever yell action."
We are looking at a global theatrical event that demands an unprecedented level of patience from our equity partners to get the uncharged vibes exactly right.
Osment’s reps at UTA declined to comment on whether his character possesses a portable power bank, though tracking suggests the script’s entire second act hinges on a faulty USB-C port. The package is currently seeking a mid-eight-figure green light, with Hyde Park aggressively assuring foreign buyers that a feature film about a dead smartphone shot in 2027 will not feel completely incomprehensible by the time it finally hits streaming platforms in late 2029. At press time, producers were scouting locations in Los Angeles that can convincingly double for a coffee shop where all the wall outlets are currently in use.