‘My Old Ass’: Read The Screenplay For Megan Park’s Spirit Awards-Nominated Coming-Of-Age Comedy

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series that spotlights the scripts from the year’s most talked-about movies continues with My Old Ass, Megan Park’s coming-of-age comedy about a teenager who encounters the adult woman she’s destined to turn into in 20 years.

The LuckyChap and Indian Paintbrush production stars Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler, Percy Hynes White and Kerrice Brooks. It follows the irreverent Elliott (Stella), who comes face-to-face with her older self (Plaza) — her self-proclaimed “old ass” — during a mushroom trip before heading off to college. The encounter spurs a journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home.

The screenplay has already scored a Spirit Awards nomination, where Stella scored a Breakthrough Performance nom. It also made the National Board of Review‘s Top 10 Independent Films list.

My Old Ass had its world premiere at Sundance, a first for Park, where the film was nabbed by Amazon MGM Studios in a bidding war. Coming away from the festival, My Old Ass scored 89% fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It hit theaters in mid-September and is now streaming on Prime Video.

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Producers are LuckyChap’s Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara and Indian Paintbrush’s Steven Rales. EPs are Dan Bekerman, Bronte Payne and Park.

Says Robbie: “What we’ve learned since sharing this movie with the world is that the themes are universal. No matter how old you are, or where you come from, everyone has asked themselves these questions about what it means to live authentically and in the moment. In a world that’s often so noisy and overwhelming, Megan has presented such a positive message, and we were happy to help bring a bit of joy to the screen.” 

Before switching gears to writer-director, Park portrayed Grace Bowman for seven seasons in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. My Old Ass is her second feature after writing and directing 2021’s The Fallout.

Check out the My Old Ass script below.