Mel Poole to Direct Cherry Sisters Film About the World's Worst Sister Act

We're thrilled to announce 18 Degrees has optioned a script written by Steve Gottlieb for the can't-believe-it's-true story of the Cherry Sisters - blundering trailblazers of the stage who said Nah to being told no. And they got told no a lot. | Before American Idol and Popstars, there were The Cherry Sisters from Iowa, who started off terrible and made a fortune staying that way. | 18 Degrees founder Mel Poole will helm the project following a string of awards, most recently for her short film Sock and Buskin. The script and film marries heart and humour to tell an extraordinary and highly entertaining untold story. | The film asks the questions - What is success? What is art? If you sell out the theatre are you a success even if everyone hates it? | The sisters from Iowa had chutzpah and believed in themselves. Performing in the 1890s, their delusion helped them persist and they broke ground for other female performers' right to strut the stage on their own terms.