You're Not Alone

You're Not Alone is a British-American dramedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, produced and written by Drew Gars. The film stars Matt Smith, Shailene Woodley, Emma Watson, Chris Pratt, Anna Kendrick, Robert Downey, Jr., Kevin Hart, David Strathairn, John Turturro and Cedric the Entertainer. This marks Drew Gars film producing and screenwriting debut.

Plot
After five years of directing films in England and several award nominations he won, English film director Henry Franks (Matt Smith) gets a call from an film executive (Cedric the Entertainer) in America saying they want to work with him on a feature film. He and his assistant (Emma Watson) head to the States to start production. When he gets on the set, he finds out that they already found a director (Chris Pratt) and they tell him that he is put in the position of one of the film screenwriters. At first he's flattered, but as time went on in production, he becomes stressed out of being put in the position and adjusting to a new environment to the point where he loses his temper on the head producer (Anna Kendrick). The studio has him go into an anger management class to calm him down. When he gets there, he is assigned a partner Donna (Shailene Woodley), a former child star who fell into alcoholism and drugs when her career didn't take off, and the two start bonding, but then as they bond, they help each other with problems in their lives and secrets are revealed.

Synopsis
In 2009, Henry Franks (Matt Smith) has just won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer, thanking everybody involved. The following years lead to him being the most acclaimed director in all of England. He goes to different radio stations and talk shows to promote his films and sometimes visits.

Cut to modern day,

Cast
Main cast
 * Matt Smith as Henry Franks, a critically acclaimed film director from England. He is asked to come to America where he is put in the position of the script doctor.
 * Levi Miller as young Henry
 * Shailene Woodley as Donna Ackerman, a former child star who fell into alcoholism and drug use when her career didn't take off and hoping to revive her career by singing. She is one of Butler's anger management patients.
 * Emma Watson as Grace Pearchwood, Henry's assistant and his best friend since his childhood. Throughout the years being with Henry, she has developed a secret crush on Henry.
 * Raffey Cassidy as young Grace
 * Chris Pratt as Alex Dylan, the director of the film and executive producer.
 * Anna Kendrick as Miranda Walsh, the overbearing head producer of the film.
 * Kevin Hart as Ar-Jay, a rapper and Donna's only friend in show business who Henry befriend when he arrives in America. His real name is Arnold Jackson. He helps Henry adjust to him being in America.
 * Robert Downey, Jr. as Christopher Butler, an anger management therapist Henry goes to whenever he feels stressed out on set.
 * David Strathairn as Robert Carlton, the head writer of the film.
 * John Turturro as Jerry Clement, a booking agent who tries get books Donna in shows.
 * Cedric the Entertainer as Edgar Hampden, the head of Warner Bros. Studios who contacted Henry to come to America to help with the film.
 * Paul Dano as David Freichnegger, a sleazy journalist for TMZ who starts harassing Henry after Henry's mental breakdown.
 * Nick Kroll as Brett Cox, one of the film's screenwriters.
 * Jim Gaffigan as Jack Fuller, one of the film's screenwriters.
 * Timothy Simons as Scott Myers, the film's production manager.
 * Laura Ramsey as Natalie Gear, the film's casting director.
 * Ben Schwartz as Quentin Mora, the film's editor.
 * Danny Pudi as Johnny Garde, one of the film's editor.
 * Jake Johnson as Fredrick James, the film's cinematographer.
 * Anders Holm as George Savoy, the film's production designer.
 * Dan Bakkedahl as Howard Bensel, the film's head make up artist.
 * David Henrie as Seth Levinsby, a waiter at Applebee's and Grace's secondary love interest.
 * Ellie Kemper as Judy Freeman, Butler's shy but paranoid anger management patient.
 * James Badge Dale as Patrick Gill, Butler's former Navy Seal anger management patient with PTSD.
 * Ed Asner as Marcus Zeeler, Butler's grouchy erderly anger management patient.
 * Portia Doubleday as Lena Du Bois, Donna's more successful rival.
 * Patrick Stewart as Wendell Franks, Henry's father.
 * Helen Mirren as Felicity Franks, Henry's mother.
 * Hayley Atwell as Nora Franks, Henry's jealous sister.
 * Matthew Goode as Jim Lorringham, Nora's boyfriend.
 * Anthony Stewart Head as Wilfred Pearchwood, Grace's father.

Cameos
 * Martin Scorsese as himself
 * Edgar Wright as himself
 * Nick Grimshaw as himself
 * Jonathan Ross as himself
 * Audrey Plaza as herself
 * Jonah Hill as himself
 * Graham Norton as himself
 * Al Roker as himself
 * Matt Lauer as himself
 * Joss Whedon as himself
 * Michael Bay as himself
 * George Lucas as himself
 * Ben Affleck as himself
 * Quentin Tarantino as himself
 * Steven Spielberg as himself
 * Jimmy Fallon as himself
 * Tom Wilkinson as himself
 * Matthew Lewis as himself
 * Rose Byrne as herself
 * Natalie Morales as herself
 * Savannah Guthrie as herself
 * John Krasinski as himself
 * Emily Blunt as herself
 * Alicia Malone as herself
 * Neil Patrick Harris as himself
 * Channing Tatum as himself
 * Emily Ratajkowski as herself

Trivia

 * It will be distributed by Universal Pictures and BBC films
 * This was a dream project of Gars.
 * Most of the cast (expect for Downey) had to take singing lessons for the third act.
 * The producers ask the band Owl City for permission to use the song "You're Not Alone" for the trailer and the film's scenes.
 * Rated PG-13 for some nudity and language
 * 12A Certificate

The trailer

 * (audience cheering in the background)
 * (Universal Logo)
 * (BBC Films Logo)

The Call

 * (cell phone rings)
 * (Grace picks up phone)
 * Grace: Hello, Henry Franks office. Grace speaking.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Oh sorry, I didn't know he wasn't in.
 * Grace (as she's walks down the hall): No, he's in. May I ask who's calling?
 * Hampden (over the phone): Sure. My name is Edgar Hampden. I am the head of Warner Bros. Studios America. The board and I are asking if he'd like to partner up on a project we working on. Is it okay if we speak with him?
 * Grace: Sure.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Thanks sweet.
 * (Grace knocks on door)
 * (Grace opens door)
 * Grace (to Henry): Mr. Franks.
 * Henry (to Grace): Yes, Grace?
 * Grace (To Henry): You have a call.
 * Henry (To Grace): Okay.
 * (Grace give Henry the phone)
 * Henry: Hello?
 * Hampden (over the phone): Hey, Henry, how's it going over there in Britain?
 * (Henry covers phone speaker)
 * Henry (whispering): Who is this?
 * Grace (whispering): Edgar Hampden. Warner Bros. America.
 * Henry (whispering): Thank you.
 * (Henry puts phone back on his ear)
 * Henry: Sorry about that, Mr. Hampden, I was discussing with my assistant about your background. I'm gonna have you on speaker.
 * (Henry puts the phone on the desk)
 * (Henry presses the speaker button)
 * Hampden (over the phone): Can you hear me?
 * Henry: Yes, I hear you. Loud and clear.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Cool.
 * Henry: So what is that you want to talk to me about?
 * Hampden (over the phone): Well, we working on a period peace about the film about the life of Thomas Edison and we have everything we need for the film, but I feel like we need some charisma. So I was wondering if maybe if you would come to America to help us out with the production?
 * (Henry and Grace eyes widen)
 * Henry (shaking): S-sure. I'd love t-to come to America to help.
 * Hampden (over the phone): Thanks!!! See you soon.
 * (Hampden hangs up)
 * (Henry and Grace look up at each other in silence in shock)
 * Henry (to Grace): What did I just do?
 * Grace (to Henry): You were ask to help out on an American production... (smiles): And you said yes.
 * Henry (to Grace): Do you realize to what this means?
 * Grace (to Henry in excitement): Yes!
 * Henry and Grace (shouting): WE'RE GOING TO AMERICA!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!