Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Abby Ryder Fortson, Judy Blume, Author/Producer, Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams - "Barbara Simon"

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret -BRoll

Kelly Fremon Craig - Writer/Director

Katherine Kupferer - "Gretchen"

Judy Blume - Novelist/Producer

Julie Ansell - Producer

Amy Brooks - Producer

Elle Graham - "Nancy"

Amari Price - "Janie Loomis"

Abby Ryder Fortson - "Margaret"

For over fifty years, Judy Blume’s classic and groundbreaking novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. has impacted generations with its timeless coming of age story, insightful humor, and candid exploration of life’s biggest questions. In Lionsgate’s big-screen adaptation, 11-year-old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the messy and tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, Barbara (Rachel McAdams), who is also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her adoring grandmother, Sylvia (Kathy Bates), who isn’t happy they moved away and likes to remind them every chance she gets. The film also stars Benny Safdie (Licorice Pizza, Good Time) and is written for the screen and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig (The Edge of Seventeen), based on the book by Judy Blume, and produced by Gracie Films’ Academy Award® winner James L. Brooks (Best Picture, 1983 – Terms of Endearment), alongside Julie Ansell, Richard Sakai, Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume, Amy Lorraine Brooks, Aldric La’auli Porter, and executive produced by Jonathan McCoy.

Written for the Screen and Directed by: Kelly Fremon Craig

Based on the Book by: Judy Blume

About the Author

Amy McCracken

The founder of Variety Radio Online, Amy has a love for all things entertainment from television shows and movies to music and plays.

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