Dakota Fanning plays a woman with autism who writes a fan-fiction ‘Star Trek’ screenplay in 'Please Stand By,' a comic drama directed by Ben Lewin ('The Sessions').

This kind of makes sense with the tweet, seeing as how the "Please Stand By" screen shows bits of color. Typically, these images are usually in black and white.

On screen, however, ... Please Stand By takes its title from the TV-related phrase that Scottie uses to calm Wendy down when she freaks out.

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As the Sundance Film Festival begins its wind-down to this weekend’s awards, the remaining attendees will get a preview of Specialty titles that should make their way to big screens later this year.

Helen Hunt and Dakota Fanning have signed on to play the leads in “Please Stand By,” the next drama from “Sessions” director Ben Lewin. Fanning (“The Twilight Saga”) is playing a ...

Please Stand By is a poingainat, heartfelt film for Star Trek fans and the people who love them. Check it out on Amazon Video here . And if you’re in New York or LA here’s where it’s playing .

In Ben Lewin’s twee coming-of-age comic drama Please Stand By, a young woman on the spectrum becomes obsessed with entering her Star Trek spec script into a contest. Dakota Fanning, who plays ...