SPIDER & JESSIE: Mckenna Grace cast in Opioid Drama directed by Dan Kay

Mckenna Grace cast in Spider & Jessie

Mckenna Grace has been cast in Spider & Jessie. Grace has been cast as Spider, one of two sisters whose mother has fatally overdosed.

Spider & Jessie‘s plot synopsis: “The movie follows two scrappy sisters who, after discovering their mother has fatally overdosed, are terrified they’ll be separated by an overburdened foster care system. As such, they conceal the body. However, the local police chief, mom’s drug counselor and her volatile ex-boyfriend get closer to uncovering the truth, and the girls must decide just how far they are willing to go to keep their secret buried.”

Dan Kay is directing the film. Kay wrote the script for the film.

Jesse Williams, Jojo Regina, Dacre Montgomery, Forrest Goodluck, Fernanda Andrade, and Malia Baker have also been cast in the film.

On the Production

“Hungry Bull Productions led by Joseph Restaino (Pig) and Jeff Hoffman (Lansky) from Above the Clouds are producing and co-financing. Production is underway in Florida.

Also producing Spider & Jessie are Tony Stopperan, Kay, and Dan Sima with EPs Grace, Williams, Russell Gray, Yaniv Hoffman and Leal Naim. WME Independent is repping the project’s worldwide rights.”

On Casting in the Entertainment World

In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, a casting (or casting call) is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra for a particular role or part in a script, screenplay, or teleplay. This process is typically utilized for a motion picture, television program, documentary, music video, play, or television advertisement, etc. This involvement in a dramatic production, advertisement, and or industrial video is intended for an audience, or studio audience.

Actors are selected to play various types of roles. Main cast, also called starring roles, consist of several actors whose appearances are significant in film, theatre, or television. The largest role who plays protagonist is called a leading actor (or leading actress for a woman). When there is not a single leading actor, the main roles are called ensemble cast which comprises multiple principal actors and performers who are typically assigned roughly equal amounts of screen time. A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s).

The casting process involves a series of auditions before a casting panel, composed of individuals within a theatrical production such as theatrical producer, and theater director. However, within a given television production a casting panel can consist of a television producer, or within film production a casting panel could contain a film producer, film director, and/or choreographer. Usually, in nearly all areas of show business, a casting director is on this panel as well. In the early stages of this process performers often may present, or are presented with prepared audition pieces such as monologues, songs, choreography, scripts and or sides.

In Closing

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Spider & Jessie has no U.S. distributor or theatrical release date yet.

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