Here for the Weekend

A HOT, FUNNY, CINEMATIC ROMCOM STARRING TRANS WOMEN -- FROM THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKSMART

https://wefunder.com/herefortheweekend

Total raised on Wefunder: 0

Total investors: 0

Quick facts

  • The project was selected for the renowned Sundance Labs and awarded their coveted Comedy Fellowship.
  • We are 90% financed! We are just looking for the final piece -- from you.
  • Will Ferrell (ANCHORMAN) and John August (writer of CHARLIE’S ANGELS) are executive producers
  • Starring Jennifer Grey (DIRTY DANCING) and Noah Centineo (TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE).
  • Production starts this fall in California and the film will be completed in 2026.

Team profiles

Here for the Weekend

A HOT, FUNNY, CINEMATIC ROMCOM STARRING TRANS WOMEN -- FROM THE PRODUCERS OF BOOKSMART

$2,500

of a $50,000 goal
INVESTMENT TERMS
Film Financing Agreement
After expenses are paid, investors receive 120% of their investment back plus 50% of net profits
$1K, $20K, $50K, $100K, $250K

Highlights

1
The project was selected for the renowned Sundance Labs and awarded their coveted Comedy Fellowship.
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We are 90% financed! We are just looking for the final piece -- from you.
3
Will Ferrell (ANCHORMAN) and John August (writer of CHARLIE’S ANGELS) are executive producers
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Starring Jennifer Grey (DIRTY DANCING) and Noah Centineo (TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE).

Team

HERE FOR THE WEEKEND is a stylish, sexy and hilarious film that will make waves.

"I wrote HERE FOR THE WEEKEND to feel like a whirlwind week spent with the coolest girls I could imagine, in one of the most beautiful places on earth, and situated within the unvarnished, hilarious vernacular of trans women. This film is the party that I would most want an invitation to." -- J. Casey Modderno (writer-director)

Our producers have a proven track record of breakout indie hits that go from festival to sales/distribution deals and awards – including a near 10 million sale at Sundance, Oscar nominations for Best Picture among others, and the Camera D’Or at Cannes. Credits include BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, BOOKSMART, HUSTLERS, THEATER CAMP, DIDI 弟弟, THE LIGHTHOUSE, PATTI CAKE$, MONSTERS & MEN, HIGH MAINTENANCE, SOFT AND QUIET, UNCLE FRANK, WENDY, WILL AND HARPER, AND MORE!

There is a massively underserved audience for good ol’ ROMANCE FILMS and COMEDIES. People deserve joy! They deserve love in their hearts! They deserve pure unadulterated pleasure!

The film takes its style cues from Palm Springs itself. Think lit-from-below palm trees. Think mid-century futurism. Think vertical blinds, seahorse decor, wall-to-wall carpeting, desert hideaways, cowgirl boots, and pickup trucks.

You know how people have been dressing up as Cher Horowitz for Halloween for like, thirty years? We believe our costumes, designed by Jocelyn Pearce of ANORA, will be that iconic. 

We have an award-winning roster of much sought-after department heads!

With an investment of just $ 1,000 or more, you recoup alongside all other investors equally (pro rata, pari passu) until you have made 120% of your initial investment. At that point, you split further profits 50/50 with the filmmaking team.

Future projections are not guaranteed.

Also! Just so you know: the film will receive in-kind support from ECHOBEND post services, as well as the DISNEY GRANT that Casey received, in addition to tax-deductible donations from supporters. Finally, we have been chosen to benefit from the much sought-after CALIFORNIA TAX INCENTIVE! All this adds up to a film with so much support that its value goes well beyond the equity investment.  

INVESTMENT TIERS:

$1,000 — Minimum Investment. 

< $20,000 - Made with the Support of in credits, alongside institutions like the Sundance Institute.

$20,000 + — Contributing Producer in credits

$50,000 + — Co-Executive Producer in credits

$100,000 + — Executive Producer in credits

$250,000 + - “In Association With” credit at the start of the film + 2x Executive Producer credits

Overview