Ahead of its world premiere as a Gala Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival, Roadside Attractions and Vertical acquired the U.S. Rights to Babies , writer/director Lauren Miller Rogen’s (Like Father, For A Good Time, Call…) sharply observed ensemble that deliberates one of modern adulthood’s biggest questions: “Should we have children?”
The Roy Thomson Hall World Premiere of Babies on September 12th will mark exactly one year since AGC and CAA launched worldwide sales on the film at a distributor presentation during TIFF 2025 – a yearly cycle that the Festival organizers hope will become a familiar one for indie films following the launch of an official market at the festival this year.
Starring Academy Award® nominee Anna Kendrick (Woman of the Hour), Golden Globe® and Emmy Award® winner Seth Rogen (The Studioe), Golden Globe® and Emmy Award® nominee Issa Rae (Insecure), Dan Stevens (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), Emmy Award® nominee Kate Berlant, Emmy Award® nominee Zach Cherry (Severance), SAG® Award nominee Ed Helms (The Hangover), Tony Award® nominee Ashley Park (Emily in Paris), with Academy Award® nominee Sharon Stone and Academy Award® nominee David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck), Babies will be released theatrically in 2027.
A happily married couple (Anna Kendrick, Seth Rogen) surrounded by friends with kids are forced to confront their indecision about becoming parents when their divorced friend (Kate Berlant) and her daughter move in with them.
Babies is an honest and heartfelt comedy about defining what we really want for ourselves and the truths about parenthood that most people are too polite to say out loud.
Lauren Miller Rogen stated, “Every woman I know has been asked around 1 billion times if they’re going to have children. For some, the answer is obvious. For me, it was a lot more complicated. Babies is the exploration of the funny, weird, and life-changing things that happened to me along the way to the answer. I feel so fortunate that Roadside and Vertical believe in the movie as much as I do and am thrilled to have them as partners in bringing it to theaters.”
In a joint statement, Roadside Attractions co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff and Vertical chairman Rich Goldberg and CEO & partner Peter Jarowey said, “Lauren has made the kind of smart, perceptive comedy theatrical audiences rarely get anymore—one that stands in the tradition of the great Hollywood films that dare to examine the way we live now. Babies taps into a conversation happening everywhere, finding humor in the pressures, expectations, and contradictions of modern adulthood. It’s poignant, hilarious, deeply relatable, and brought to life by an extraordinary ensemble cast.”
Monarch Media and AGC Studios co-financed and produced Babies with LYLAS Pictures. The film was produced by LYLAS Pictures’ Lauren Miller Rogen and Jen W. Ray, Monarch’s Steve Barnett and AGC’s Stuart Ford, and executive produced by Monarch’s Vicky Patel and Alan Powell, AGC’s Miguel A. Palos, Jr. and Zach Garrett, and LYLAS’ Sophie Høegh. Additional below-the-line talent includes Goya Award®-winning cinematographer Eduard Grau (The Room Next Door), Academy Award® nominated editor Joi McMillon (Moontlight), Emmy Award®-winning production designer Julie Berghoff (The Studio), and Academy Award® nominated costume designer Danny Glicker (Milk), with casting by Emmy Award® nominees Lindsay Graham and Mary Vernieu (Remarkably Bright Creatures) and music by Nami Melumad (Griffin in Summer).
The deal was negotiated by Roadside Attractions co-president Howard Cohen, CEO and partner Peter Jarowey on behalf of Vertical, and AGC’s Anant Tamirisa. CAA Media Finance negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers.
