# Sundance Breakout ‘Thelma’ Set for Mandarin Remake by Stars Collective, Titled ‘Grandma, Please’ (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sundance-breakout-thelma-set-for-mandarin-remake-by-stars-collective-titled-grandma-please-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-08-18T08:11:15+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/sundance-hit-thelma-mandarin-remake-stars-collective-1236836962/
- Topics: AI, Celebrity, Entertainment, Film, Music, Technology

## Summary

Stars Collective has acquired the Mandarin-language remake rights to “Thelma,” the 2024 Sundance Film Festival breakout that became Magnolia Pictures’ highest-grossing narrative feature, and is developing an adaptation titled “Grandma, Please.” In “Grandma, Please,” an 80-year-old grandmother is swindled out of her life savings by a scammer who uses AI to clone her late husband’s…

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