Overview
- Archewell Productions is partnering with Beautiful Stories and AJNA Films, in association with Artemis Rising Foundation and Good Gravy Films, on the documentary.
- The film follows four Girl Scouts, ages 5 to 12, and their families during cookie season, exploring ambition, entrepreneurship and the pressures behind sales goals.
- Meghan Markle, a former Girl Scout whose mother was a troop leader, said her personal connection drew Archewell to the project.
- Alysa Nahmias directs and produces alongside Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw and Jennifer Sims, with Chanel Pysnik as an executive producer for Archewell and Qadriyyah Shamsid-Deen as co-producer.
- Cookie Queens is listed for acquisition at Sundance, with Dan and Josh Braun representing sales for Submarine and Maggie Pisacane for WME, and the exact screening date and any premiere attendance by the Sussexes remain unannounced.