Hairspray director John Waters is looking to start production on his first feature film for 20 years, with Aubrey Plaza as the lead.
According to World of Reel, Emily the Criminal and The White Lotus star Plaza is confirmed for Liarmouth, Waters’ adaptation of his own 2022 novel. Subtitled “A Feel-Bad Romance” and described by its publishers as a “hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, and family dysfunction”, Liarmouth centres on a scammer and compulsive liar called Marsha Sprinkle who splits from her partner Daryl and steals from both her daughter and her mother. The project was first announced in 2022 but appears to have been delayed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes.
