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EXCLUSIVE: Frankie Shaw (SMILF) will prima other Jeff Ward (Danny and nan Deep Blue Sea) successful Strangers, a romanticist crime thriller he’s directing from a book by Dan Schimpf.
Currently successful production, nan movie follows 2 lonely strangers who, aft a chance brushwood astatine a bar, autumn successful emotion while hatching a scheme to rob nan slope she’s being laid disconnected from. Further specifications are nether wraps, but nan task has been described arsenic Before Sunrise descending into Good Time.
Others group for cardinal roles see Eric Lange (Escape astatine Dannemora) and Katie Finneran (The Gilded Age).
Producers connected nan task see Billy Hines, Bailey Jones, Ward, Schimpf, Allison Friedman, and Jayne Sherman. Ruth Shaber, Glenn Barnes, and J. Andrew Greenblatt are exec producing, pinch Lynette Aslanian subordinate producing, and Co Created Media serving arsenic nan accumulation company.
Golden Globe-nominated for her starring domiciled successful nan Showtime dramedy SMILF, which she besides created, wrote and directed, Shaw much precocious made her characteristic directorial debut connected 4 Kids Walk into a Bank, a forthcoming acheronian drama starring Liam Neeson to beryllium released by Amazon MGM’s Orion Pictures. She is represented by WME, Entertainment 360, and Ziffren Brittenham.
Known for roles successful Escape astatine Dannemora, Marvel’s Thunderbolts, Narcos, Lost and more, Lange conscionable wrapped connected Greyhound 2 other Tom Hanks. He is repped by Innovative and Trademark Talent.
Finneran is simply a two-time Tony Award victor who has been seen connected surface successful shows for illustration Netflix’s Bloodline and HBO’s The Gilded Age. She is repped by Innovative and Principal Entertainment LA.
Ward is coming disconnected directing nan critically lauded and sold-out Off-Broadway tally of Danny and nan Deep Blue Sea, starring Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott, and produced by Sam Rockwell. As an actor, he gained nickname for his activity successful Hacks, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Brand New Cherry Flavor, PEN15, and One Piece. He is repped by Range Media Partners and Schreck Rose Dapello.
Best known for creating, showrunning and directing Big Time successful Hollywood, FL, a Comedy Central bid exec produced by Ben Stiller, Schimpf has besides directed connected nan bid Miracle Workers (TBS) and Man Seeking Woman (FXX). He is repped by Mosaic, CAA, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.
