Sumith Prasad
Ciara Bravo, Kyanna Simone, Chelsey Crisp, and Mike O’Malley are set to star in Hulu’s heist thriller ‘Eenie Meanie,’ alongside Samara Weaving, Karl Glusman, and Elle Graham. The shooting of the film will begin in Cleveland, Ohio, this month. Shawn Simmons is directing the movie based on his screenplay.
The film follows Edith Meaney (Weaving), a former teenage getaway driver who is determined to finish community college and get out of the slums of Brockton, Massachusetts. Her life takes a turn when she finds out that she is pregnant and the father of her baby is her deadbeat ex-boyfriend John (Glusman), who is about to get killed by Nico unless he can pull off a $3 million heist that he cannot do without her.
Simmons is known for creating and co-writing YouTube Premium’s action-comedy series ‘Wayne.’ His other credits include ‘School of Rock,’ ‘Kirby Buckets,’ ‘Mr. Pickles,’ ‘Man Up!’ and ‘Miss Guided.’
Bravo previously worked with Simmons by playing Delilah “Del” Luccetti in ‘Wayne.’ She portrayed Emily in Anthony and Joe Russo’s ‘Cherry‘ and Crystal Romanowski in ‘Small Engine Repair.’ Simone’s popular credits include Yvonne in ‘Chambers,’ Tracy in ‘Project Power,’ and Nhani Patterson in ‘All American.’ Crisp played Honey in over a hundred episodes of ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ and Casey in ‘Young Rock.’ O’Malley recently featured as Captain Robinson in ‘Abbott Elementary‘ and Charlie Gully in ‘Heels.’
Weaving delivered a stellar performance as Grace le Domas in Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s horror film ‘Ready or Not.’ The Australian actress made her breakthrough with her performance as Indi Walker in ‘Home and Away.’ After moving to the US, Weaving appeared in ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’ as Heather and ‘SMILF’ as Nelson Rose. Since then, she featured in famed shows such as ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ as Irma Leopold, ‘Hollywood’ as Claire Wood, and ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ as Jessica Chandler.
Weaving’s feature film credits include Melanie in ‘Mayhem,’ Penelope in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Bee in ‘The Babysitter,’ Marie-Josephine de Montalembert in ‘Chevalier,’ Colleen Moore in ‘Babylon,’ and Laura Crane in ‘Scream VI.’ Glusman is becoming a part of the movie after playing Spotter in ‘Civil War,’ Sam Gifford in ‘Reptile,’ and Rob in ‘The Idol.’ Graham made a mark in the industry with her performances in ‘Secrets of Sulphur Springs,’ ‘Swamp Thing,’ and ‘She Said.’
Rhett Reese, who is known for writing the ‘Deadpool’ trilogy, ‘Spiderhead,’ ‘6 Underground,’ ‘Life,’ and ‘Zombieland’ produces the film with Paul Wernick, a frequent collaborator of the former. Reese and Wernick had previously written the third episode of Simmons’ ‘Wayne’ and served as the executive producers of the same series.
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