Deadline: Maddie Ziegler & Avantika Cast In ‘Ballerina Overdrive’ From 87North & Gulfstream Pictures

EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Ziegler (Fitting In, My Old Ass) and Avantika (Mean Girls) have joined the cast of the indie action feature Ballerina Overdrive from 87North and Gulfstream Pictures.

From Vicky Jewson, who is directing from a script by Kate Freund, Ballerina Overdrive follows a troupe of ballerinas who find themselves fighting for survival as they attempt to escape from a remote inn after their bus breaks down on the way to a dance competition.

As Deadline revealed exclusively last year, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow and Millicent Simmonds also star. Previously attached stars Lena Headey, Yara Shahidi and Isabela Merced have since departed the project. Jenny Jue cast the film, which is currently in production in Budapest.

Kelly McCormick and David Leitch (The Fall Guy, Bullet Train) produce through their 87North banner with Bill Bindley and Mike Karz for Gulfstream Pictures alongside Piers Tempest. Gulfstream Pictures (Upgraded, One Fast Move) is fully financing. Max Jacoby is supervising for 87North.

CAA Media Finance is handling domestic sales, with Vincent Maraval and Kim Fox’s The Veterans handling international sales.

Ziegler most recently starred in the feature Fitting In. She will next be seen co-starring in the Sundance Film Festival breakout film My Old Ass, which will premiere on Prime Video in September. That film was directed by Megan Park, who also directed The Fallout which Ziegler appeared in alongside Jenna Ortega in 2022. Other credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and The Book of Henry. She is repped by WME, Rothman/Andres Entertainment and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.

Avantika made her U.S. debut in the Disney Channel original movie Spin (2021), which she followed with the Rebel Wilson-led comedy film Senior Year (2022) for Netflix. Her breakout role was in the musical comedy feature Mean Girls (2024), based on the stage musical of the same name. She played Karen Shetty, a member of the Plastics. Most recently, she starred as Paige in the horror feature Tarot, written and directed by Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg. Avantika is repped by UTA, ColorCreative and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Ballerina Overdrive marks the fifth film Gulfstream has fully financed following the recently wrapped Falling starring K.J. Apa, Isabel May, Archie Renaux and Emma Laird, and three titles picked up by Prime Video for distribution including One Fast Move starring KJ Apa, Maia Reficco, Eric Dane and Edward James Olmos; the recent comedy Upgraded starring Camila Mendes, Marisa Tomei, Renaux, Andrew Schultz and Lena Olin; and the romantic comedy The Other Zoey starring Josephine Langford, Drew Starkey, Renaux, Andie Macdowell and Heather Graham.

Source: Deadline

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Maddie Ziegler For Euphoria Magazine

Let’s cut to the chase: Maddie Ziegler is the epitome of starbound It girl material. Largely by virtue of her ability to attract any camera with near magnetic force, the 19-year-old Pittsburgh native is dominating worldwide screens one pivotal role at a time. As if it was ever a question that one of the most pronounced dancers of the 2010s would find herself working within the big leagues, she continues to affirm her rightful place as one of Gen-Z’s in-demand rising scene stealers.

A decade ago, Ziegler was dancing her way into our hearts across television screens on Lifetime’s hit series Dance Moms; nowadays, she’s hardly the doe-eyed 8-year-old we were introduced to in years past. In a transition from the competition stage to movie marquees, she traded in her rhinestoned costumes for scripts and studios on some of the most coveted Hollywood lots. Today, the name “Maddie Ziegler” stuns through the credits for monumental titles from Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story to HBO Max’s The Fallout.

On an evident artistic roll, Ziegler is constantly outdoing herself — every new project added to her résumé is somehow even better than the last. To that, she credits her innate determination and early drive for success discovered at the dance studio. “Dancing helped me so much going into acting,” she says, “It’s partly the reason I even had interest. I realized that I was playing a lot of different roles in all of the dance pieces.”

What’s clear to anyone familiar with Ziegler’s dance background is that she makes it look a little too easy. From endless fouetté turns to soaring leaps, it became obvious that commanding the stage is second nature, but despite every pointed toe, the true star of the show was always her ability to convey a response from the crowd. If a dance is sad, Ziegler makes us cry. If we need to laugh, rest assured she delivers. “Dancing really helped me realize there’s intention behind a specific emotion,” she shares. “It’s not just, ‘Oh, I’m sad here.” It’s ‘let’s build why you’re sad.’ If you can internalize it, then you can portray that when you’re dancing.”

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“How Do You HUGO” Campaign

HUGO BOSS has launched two simultaneous star-studded global campaigns for its BOSS and HUGO brands, and Maddie is part of it!

“Once I started breaking off and doing my own solo dance work, I really found myself.”

The Drew Barrymore Show

Performer Maddie Ziegler sits down with Drew to talk about when she first met Drew, what she learned from Sia, and what it was like to work with Steven Spielberg on West Side Story!

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Maddie Ziegler talks about auditioning for her role in West Side Story in front of Steven Spielberg, refusing to sing in front of people and improvising scenes in The Fallout.

The Fallout: Official Trailer

“The Fallout,” the new movie from Maddie Ziegler and Jenna Ortega, has been acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures, and will premiere on HBO Max in all available markets on January 27.

The movie follows high schooler Vada (Ortega) as she navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family and friends, as well as her view of the world, are forever altered.

Also starring in the film are Niles Fitch, Shailene Woodley, Will Ropp, Lumi Pollack, John Ortiz and Julie Bowen.

Be sure to watch the trailer here below!

Head over to the gallery for some screen captures, a new movie poster, promotional stills and behind the scenes.