We have a release date for Teen Spirit!… Sort of. The musical drama premiered at TIFF a couple of months ago, and was acquired for distribution in the United States by Bleecker Street, which has partnered with LD Entertainment to release the movie in the Spring of 2019. The news comes from Variety.

Bleecker Street has partnered with LD Entertainment for a spring 2019 release of the Elle Fanning drama “Teen Spirit.”

The film, which is Max Minghella’s directorial debut, follows a shy teenager living in a small European town who dreams of pop stardom as an escape from her dismal surroundings and shattered family life. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters an international singing competition. The film also stars Rebecca Hall, Zlatko Buric, and Agnieszka Grochowska.

“Teen Spirit” was produced by Fred Berger (“La La Land”) and executive produced by Jamie Bell.

Interscope Records, which handled the soundtrack on “La La Land,” co-produced with Automatik and Blank Tape, and will release the official soundtrack featuring contemporary pop songs. LD Entertainment bought the rights from the producers during the Toronto Film Festival.

Mickey Liddell, CEO of LD Entertainment, said, “This is the perfect film to reunite us with our friends at Bleecker Street. Max’s directorial debut is nothing short of amazing… He is a true visionary. Audiences are going to come back to see Elle Fanning’s magnetic performance again and again.”

The film’s U.S. deal was co-repped by CAA and Mister Smith Entertainment, which is also selling “Teen Spirit” internationally and co-financing.

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Elle has been busy promoting Teen Spirit at the Toronto International Film Festival. Over 120 images have been added to our gallery and you can view a couple of videos below of Elle promoting the film.

While attending the Miu Miu Fashion Cruise in Paris a few nights ago, Elle talked to WWD about her upcoming movie Teen Spirit, set to be directed by Max Minghella. She plays an aspiring pop star who enters an international singing competition.

Elle Fanning is getting ready to test her pipes.

“Yes, I sing. It’s something that people are kind of surprised by because I haven’t gotten to utilize it,” the 19-year-old actress said Sunday night at the Miu Miu show, whose soundtrack included such singing actresses as Marilyn Monroe.

Fanning is about to start filming Max Minghella’s “Teen Spirit” in London, in which she plays an aspiring pop star who enters an international singing competition. The costumes are still being finalized, but are likely to have an “English vibe,” she noted. “We’re still finalizing her look when she performs.”

Guests including Stacy Martin, Gwendoline Christie and Anna Brewster marveled at the venue, the Automobile Club de France, with its gilded rooms overlooking the Place de la Concorde and a vast library where the cabaret-style fashion spectacle took place.

“They said the first car in the world is here — somewhere,” Fanning noted.