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EXCLUSIVE: David Weil has commenced accumulation connected Tyrant, pinch 4 caller additions to nan L.A.-lensed Amazon MGM culinary thriller: I May Destroy You‘s Paapa Essiedu, Heated Rivalry breakout Hudson Williams, musician Omar Apollo (Queer), and manner and manner creator Nara Smith.
Character specifications are nether wraps. The actors subordinate an ensemble led by Charlize Theron, Julia Garner, and Demi Moore.
One of nan fewer high-profile films shooting successful Los Angeles this year, Tyrant‘s logline is being kept nether wraps, but it’s said to beryllium a high-stakes thriller successful nan vein of Wall Street and Whiplash group wrong New York City’s elite good eating scene. Weil is directing from his ain script, based connected a communicative conceived pinch Cody Behan.
The Picture Company partners Alex Heineman & Andrew Rona are producing on pinch Theron and her Secret Menu partners Beth Kono & A.J. Dix. Weil is besides producing pinch producing partner Natalie Laine Williams. Stan Wlodkowski is serving arsenic executive shaper connected nan film.
A caller Olivier Award victor known for his breakout capacity successful HBO/BBC One’s I May Destroy You, which earned him Emmy and BAFTA nominations, Essiedu will soon beryllium seen taking connected nan iconic domiciled of Severus Snape successful HBO’s Harry Potter series, retired Christmas Day. He is represented by WME, Curtis Brown, and Johnson, Shapiro, Slewett & Cole.
Williams is 1 of nan breakout stars of HBO Max and Crave’s taste arena Heated Rivalry, nan queer lucky romance bid now heading into its 2nd season. He’s presently successful accumulation connected nan movie Apparatus and will besides beryllium seen coming up successful Netflix’s The Altruists and Crave’s Yaga. He is repped by CAA, Red Management, and Hansen Jacobson.
Apollo is simply a signaling creator whose debut album, Ivory, earned a Grammy information for Best New Artist and produced nan Billboard Hot 100 deed “Evergreen.” On screen, he is champion known for his domiciled other Daniel Craig successful Luca Guadagnino’s A24 romance Queer. He is repped by CAA, Open Door Management and Carroll Guido Groffman.
A exemplary and manner creator known for her serene, ASMR-style cooking videos, Smith is repped by Range.
