Logan Lucky

Logan Lucky is a 2017 American heist comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh, based on a screenplay by unknown newcomer Rebecca Blunt. Soderbergh came out of retirement to direct the film, and to distribute it independently through his own company Fingerprint Releasing. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Hilary Swank, Katherine Waterston and Sebastian Stan, and follows the Logan family, who plan to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway and must avoid getting caught by the FBI.

Logan Lucky premiered in Knoxville, Tennessee on August 9, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 18, 2017, by Bleecker Street. The film received positive reviews, with many critics praising the cast’s performances and Soderbergh’s direction, and grossed $48 million worldwide.

There has been media speculation regarding the identity of the film’s screenwriter, Rebecca Blunt. The film’s production notes state that she is a native of Logan, West Virginia who now lives in New York City, and that she is a first-time screenwriter.^[12] No one other than Soderbergh and Adam Driver^[13] has personally vouched for her existence.

Some people involved with the film have exchanged emails with a person they believed to be her, and think that she lives in the United Kingdom. Sources speculated that “Rebecca Blunt” was actually a pseudonym for Soderbergh’s wife Jules Asner, for comedian John Henson, or for Soderbergh himself.^[14] According to The Playlist, Asner was the sole screenwriter and chose to use a pseudonym because she did not want the perception of the film to be that “Soderbergh was directing his wife’s script.

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