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about the film
16-year old Eva (Fivel Stewart) is as overachieving as they come. Running for student class president while juggling a heavy academic schedule and planning the upcoming school dance, Eva dreams of becoming a comic book artist – something she knows her helicopter mom would never support. Since elementary school, Eva and her BFF Liz (Brenna D’Amico) have cosplayed their alter-egos, “Vicky” and “Veronica,” as a way to release the pressure they feel. Together, they imagine Vicky and Veronica doing highly questionable, even illegal, acts that the real Eva and Liz would never do... acts they document in “The Never List.” When Liz dies in a tragic accident, Eva is filled with anger and regret thinking about all the things Liz never did out of fear of risking her future… a future she ultimately would never have. Eva decides the best way to honor her best friend’s memory is to complete The Never List. At first this journey leads her to romance and adventure, but as the list progresses, her actions begin threatening the very foundations of her carefully planned teenage life and even her own future.
cast
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Fivel Stewart
Eva Jeffries
FIVEL STEWART is the breakout star of the Netflix series Atypical. She is best known for her roles in Hansel and Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft, Freeze and Pit Fighter, as well as for her leading role in the pilot for Freeform’s Close Up. Later in 2020 she will begin filming the new Sam Raimi-produced supernatural horror Pic Umma, which stars Sandra Oh and Dermot Mulroney.
Keiko Agena
Jennifer Jeffries
KEIKO AGENA is currently a series regular on the FOX show Prodigal Son, where she plays Dr. Edrisa Tanaka. She is also known for her role as Lane Kim on the WB/CW series and Netflix revival series Gilmore Girls. Agena has been a series regular on Hulu’s The First, recurred On Better Call Saul, Dirty John and 13 Reasons Why and guest starred on Shameless, Scandal, and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Jonathan Bennett
Mr. Snyder
JONATHAN BENNETT is known for his roles as Aaron Samuels in the 2004 comedy film Mean Girls, Bud McNulty in 2005’s Cheaper by the Dozen 2, the title character in the 2009 comedy Van Wilder: Freshman Year, and has recurring roles as Casey Gant in the UPN mystery drama Veronica Mars and JR Chandler in the ABC soap opera All My Children. He has also been a celebrity contestant on Dancing With The Stars, and he is the host of the Food Network series Halloween Wars. He previously hosted Cake Wars.
BooBoo Stewart
Lead Singer
BOOBOO STEWART is an actor, singer and visual artist. He is known for playing Seth Clearwater in The Twilight Saga, Warpath in X- Men: Days of Future Past, and Jay in the Disney television film franchise Descendants. He also appears in American Satan as Vic Lakota.
Andrew Kai
Joey
ANDREW KAI is a model and actor known for his work on Valley Girl (2020), All About Nina (2018) and Lethal Weapon (2016).
Brenna D’Amico
Liz
BRENNA D’AMICO (Liz) is best known as Jane from the Descendants movie and TV franchise. Her work has also been seen in the TV shows Keys, Overnights and Chicken Girls.
Drew Droege
Principal Greer
DREW DROEGE is an actor and writer best known for his online parody videos of downtown indie darling Chloë Sevigny, featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Advocate, TimeOut New York, OUT magazine’s Out 100, Marc Jacobs’ 2016 Spring campaign, and HBO’s Wigstock documentary, Wig. His work has also been seen in Heathers, Bob’s Burgers, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015), Masc Only (2016) and The Circle (2017).
MariNaomi
MariNaomi
MARINAOMI is the award-winning author and illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial), Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books), Turning Japanese (2dcloud), I Thought YOU Hated ME (Retrofit Comics), and the Life on Earth trilogy (Graphic Universe). Her work has appeared in over eighty print publications and has been featured on websites such as The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast and BuzzFeed.
about the filmmakers
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Michelle Mower
director
Michelle Mower is a writer, director, producer and independent film distributor. Her 2012 debut feature The Preacher’s Daughter, starring Andrea Bowen (Desperate Housewives), premiered on Lifetime Movie Network to garnern the highest ratings of any movie on LMN for that year and launched a franchise of “preacher” themed films for the network. Michelle is president and CEO of Imagination Worldwide, an international sales and distribution company based in Los Angeles.
Anna Margarita Albelo
producer
Anna Margarita Albelo is a Cuban-American award-winning writer, director, and Spirit award nominated producer. She has produced films for Guinevere Turner, Amy Adler, Michelle Mower, and most recently, Madeleine Olnek with Wild Nights with Emily starring Molly Shannon, which earned Anna a Cassavetes’ 2020 Spirit Award nomination.
Ariadne Shaffer
writer / co-producer
Montana born and Seattle raised, ARIADNE SHAFFER is a graduate of the University of Washington and is a veteran of the Seattle theater scene. Since moving to LA, her work as an actor has been seen at Cannes, Sundance and the Toronto Film Festival. Her screenwriting has placed at the Nicholl Fellowship, Page Awards, Write Movies, Tracking B, Cinestory and Story Pros screenwriting contests. She has also produced a short for ITVS, the internet wing of PBS.
Brandon Ray
animator
In 2013, Brandon Ray launched his full-time animation production company, Paper Brain Productions, specializing in stylized paper-based animation. Since then, Paper Brain has made animations for a permanent museum exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and created animations for three seasons of the Amazon Original Series Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, Season 47 of Sesame Street on HBO, and recently, an episode of the Disney Channel’s Bizaardvark.
Press
King 5 Seattle Interviews Writer & Co-Producer Ariadne Shaffer • KING5 Seattle
Conversation between Costume Designer & Co-Producer Shawna Trpcic & Director & Executive Producer Michelle Mower
Fivel Stewart on starring in the coming-of-age film ‘The Never List’ • KTLA5 Los Angeles
Jonathan Bennett, Keiko Agena to Star in Indie ‘The Never List.’ ‘Atypical’ star Fivel Stewart will lead the comedy.”
…A ‘welcome addition’ to the teen movie genre and a story that is both an ‘engaging trip’ and a ‘sweetly serious film about friendship, trauma and not letting yourself get lost.”
“The Never List is part of the revolution in the movie world to tell more female-driven narratives…It’s just funny enough to deliver on the laughs.”
