Cat Person

Cat Person (2023)

Based on the sensational New Yorker short story.

When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts.

Date of release
2023-10-06
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (129)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Thriller, Comedy
Director
Susanna Fogel

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Cat Person
  • Filmed in: Jersey City and Newark

Cat Person is a 2023 psychological thriller film directed by Susanna Fogel from a screenplay by Michelle Ashford, based on the 2017 short story of the same name by Kristen Roupenian. The film stars Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, and Isabella Rossellini.

Production

The film is an adaption of the 2017 short story of the same name written by Kristen Roupenian for The New Yorker. See also Alexis Nowicki's characterisation of the source material.

On June 20, 2021, StudioCanal and Imperative Entertainment announced they would be partnering in adapting the short story into a psychological thriller, with Susanna Fogel directing from a screenplay by Michelle Ashford, and starring Nicholas Braun and Emilia Jones. In October 2021, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Michael Gandolfini, Liza Koshy, Fred Melamed, Isaac Cole Powell, Isabella Rossellini, and Donald Elise Watkins joined the cast.

Production began on October 14, 2021. Principal photography took place in Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey.

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