Matt Kallish
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters, Handmaid’s Story) will star in and government produce the brand new psychological thriller Straight Lies with Alex Kalymnios set to direct and Mandalay Footage to provide. Manufacturing is slated to start this summer season in North Carolina.
The movie is about in 1990 surrounding the hysteria of the conflict on medication. Written by Ren Trella and impressed by true occasions from her life as an adolescent, the script was a semi-finalist within the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowship in screenwriting.
In Straight Lies, a teen woman falsely accused of drug use is held towards her will and should escape a cult-like drug rehab that’s backed by the US Authorities, whereas her covert CIA agent father turns into so misplaced in political affect that he’s unaware of the hazard his daughter is in.
“I’m so honored to convey this compelling story to the display. After talking with our superb author Ren and listening to her true story of what she endured and based mostly the script, I knew this was going to be a heartbreaking, however mandatory mission to make,” Grace stated in an announcement to Deadline.
“I’m so honored to be directing this haunting and compelling story impressed by true occasions and I’m thrilled Mckenna Grace shall be main us by way of this stunning and emotional nightmare of 1 woman’s combat to outlive STRAIGHT,” stated director Kalymnios.
Mandalay Footage and Valor Media Group are producing. David Zelon will produce for Mandalay. Mandalay’s newest film Air starred Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Zelon lately produced Massive George Foreman for Sony Footage. Grace government produces. Financing is supplied by Unity Leisure and Princess Gates Leisure.
With breakout performances in Marc Webb’s function Gifted reverse Chris Evans, and Amazon’s Troop Zero alongside Viola Davis, Grace has amassed quite a lot of credit together with the Hulu sequence The Handmaid’s Story, during which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Excellent Visitor Actress in a Drama Collection.
She is going to subsequent be seen on March 22 as one of many leads in Sony’s Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire alongside Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon and Finn Wolfhard, and directed by Jason Reitman. Further movie credit embrace I, Tonya, Malignant, Captain Marvel, Anabelle Comes House, Amityville: The Awakening and Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill Home.
She is represented by CAA, Leisure 360 and Stewart Brookman.
Kalymnios is a longtime director working each within the UK and the USA with current credit together with The Recruit starring Noah Centineo for Netflix and Three Households for the BBC and the BAFTA-nominated Changing into Human. She has directed episodes of Titans, Impulse, S.W.A.T., Timeless, The White Princess and The 100.
She is represented by CAA and Artists First.
