THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE - A CHAT WITH THE STARS and DIRECTOR JOSEPHINE DECKER

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Get out your kleenex! A best selling young adult novel comes to life on the small screen!

“The Sky is Everywhere,” a new Apple Original Film based on Jandy Nelson’s best-selling YA novel of the same name, arrives on Apple TV+ this Friday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The film stars Grace Kaufman, Pico Alexander, Jacques Colimon, Julia Schlaeper, Ji-young Yoo, Havana Rose Liu, Emmy-Award winner Cherry Jones and Jason Segel.

Tucked among the magical redwood trees of Northern California and surrounded by her grandmother’s gargantuan roses, 17-year-old Lennie Walker, a radiant musical prodigy, struggles with overwhelming grief following the sudden loss of her older sister, Bailey. When Joe Fontaine, the charismatic new guy at school, enters Lennie’s life, she’s drawn to him. But Lennie’s complicated relationship with her sister’s devastated boyfriend, Toby, starts to affect Lennie and Joe’s budding love. Through her vivid imagination and honest, conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss to create a song of her own.

You will see gut wrenching performances from the cast, but lead Grace Kaufman is a standout given the roller coaster of emotions she displays in the film.

Here are 5 reasons to fall in love with “The Sky is Everywhere”:

  1. Director Josephine Decker - The acclaimed filmmaker has built a singular filmography of beautifully impressionistic and experimental films (“Shirley,” “Madeline’s Madeline”)

  2. Magical Realism - Lennie Walker’s extreme emotions of love and grief are given the magical realism touch through “Lenniescapes,” imaginative depictions of how she sees the world around her.

  3. From Book to Screen - Best-selling author Jandy Nelson wrote the original novel, but also adapted the screenplay, working directly with Josephine Decker to bring her work to life.

  4. Unexpected Inspiration - Josephine Decker pulled aesthetic and practical effect inspiration from some unlikely sources: among them The Wizard of Oz, Babe, Amélie and Björk.

  5. New Kids on the Block - Be among the first to discover young acting powerhouses Grace Kaufman, Jacques Colimon and Pico Alexander. These are Grace and Jacques’ first major film roles but you may recognize Pico as Henry Shipley in Dickinson.

“The Sky Is Everywhere” premieres globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, February 11, 2022.

I spoke with director Josephine Decker and the talented young cast, Grace Kaufman, Jacques Colimon and Pico Alexander about working on the film.