Award-winning actress, Allison Janney has been cast in J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot thriller ‘Lou’ which will be made independently from Paramount Pictures.
The story follows a young woman and her landlord, Lou, who team up to track down the former’s child after the girl is kidnapped by the woman’s estranged husband. The story has been described as being a tonal mix of ‘Thelma and Louise’ and ‘Taken’.
Janney will play the landlord, a hard-shelled and rule-breaking woman that has unexpectedly impressive tracking abilities, among other skill sets.
Also in the news – Ridley Scott dives into development on a Gladiator sequel
Outlander and Jessica Jones’s Anna Foerster will take the helm on a script by Maggie Cohn with revision by Jack Stanley. Abrams and Braden Aftergood (‘Hell or High Water’) are producing. At the moment, Janney is the only star attached but expect further casting news in the coming weeks.
The story follows a young woman and her landlord, Lou, who team up to track down the former’s child after the girl is kidnapped by the woman’s estranged husband. The story has been described as being a tonal mix of ‘Thelma and Louise’ and ‘Taken’.
Janney will play the landlord, a hard-shelled and rule-breaking woman that has unexpectedly impressive tracking abilities, among other skill sets.
Also in the news – Ridley Scott dives into development on a Gladiator sequel
Outlander and Jessica Jones’s Anna Foerster will take the helm on a script by Maggie Cohn with revision by Jack Stanley. Abrams and Braden Aftergood (‘Hell or High Water’) are producing. At the moment, Janney is the only star attached but expect further casting news in the coming weeks.
- 11/6/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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