Leah McKendrick (Voicemails for Isabella) is set to write, direct, and star in Delulu.

Maddie Ziegler (Pretty Lethal) will also star.

Deadline describes that the film as a “bloody showdown about fame, envy, and the strange intimacy of girlhood,” and that McKendrick “will play a washed-up millennial pop singer who kidnaps a rising Gen Z influencer (Ziegler) and makes one deranged demand: get her a million followers in two weeks or die.”

McKendrick said of casting Ziegler, “I have been a die-hard fan of Maddie since she was a little girl dancing her heart out on our TV screens – and I’m beyond blown away by the multifaceted artist she has grown into. I’m fired up to watch her devour a role that demands every color of her insane talent. Temple Hill and XYZ are fearlessly championing my vision to make my rawest, bloodiest, most ferociously female film yet.”

“Leah is a bold storyteller with a voice and vision that transcends genre,” Laura Quicksilver, EVP of Development, Temple Hill Entertainment, shared of the project. “We are thrilled to be collaborating with her on Delulu, a film that is outrageously funny, emotionally vulnerable, and just wickedly twisted. Leah has revealed herself as a real talent both behind and in front of the camera and we can’t wait for audiences to see her go head-to-head with Maddie Ziegler, who brings a magnetism and fearlessness to all that she does. This role finally weaves together Maddie’s immense talents in both acting and dance in a way we’ve all been clamoring for.”