If you’re anything like us, you were living for Book Club when it came out last year; a fully delightful over-60s rom-com that served as a reminder of just how inimitable Diane Keaton is. And when she’s not setting the internet ablaze with the sartorial choices she models on Instagram—those glorious wide-leg pants!—Keaton is busy working on new projects, including one that’s shaping up to be this year’s Book Club. Here’s everything we know so far about POMS.
What’s POMS about?
Inspired by true events, the movie casts Keaton as Martha, a woman who starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents at the retirement community she just moved into. Martha and three other women, Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), Olive (Pam Grier) and Alice (Rhea Perlman) discover a renewed sense of purpose as they work on their cheer routine, proving–per the movie’s official synopsis–that you’re never too old to “bring it!”

When does POMS come out?
POMS will be released in theaters on May 10, 2019.
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Can we see the trailer?
Of course!
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Okay, so who is in the POMS cast?
Besides Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, and Rhea Perlman, Alisha Boe, Phyllis Somerville, Charlie Tahan, Bruce McGill and Celia Weston also star.
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And how about the director?
So glad you asked! British filmmaker Zara Hayes, known for directing documentaries The Battle of the Sexes and Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist, wrote the script and directed the movie, which marks her narrative directorial debut.
“It’s like a masterclass in acting to work with any one of them,” Hayes has enthused of her female-dominated cast of legends. “But to have the whole group of them together at any one time, a lot of the scenes are all the women together, and they just had a blast.
Is POMS a comedy?
Here’s a few snippets you can glean from the trailers that have been released so far.
Martha reveals to Sheryl that she gave up cheerleading when she was younger in order to take care of her sick mom. Sheryl then encourages her to pick her passion back up again, even though the pessimistic Martha says she’s only coming to Sun Springs Retirement Community “to die.”
Martha and Sheryl team up to get a cheerleading squad together with a few of their fellow residents–the trailer offers a pretty hilarious glimpse at the tryouts–and enlists the help of a young cheerleader (13 Reasons Why‘s Alisha Boe) to help them prepare for a competition. But Martha really is dying, so you’re probably going to want to bring your Kleenex along for this one. “You were dying yesterday, and you’re going to be dying next week,” Sheryl tells her. “In the meantime, you should be dancing your ass off.”
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