Mckenna Grace to Star in Drama SPIDER & JESSIE Opposite Jojo Regina and Jesse Williams
Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Handmaid’s Tale) has joined the cast of a dramatic feature titled Spider & Jessie, in which she will star opposite Jojo Regina (Where the Crawdads Sing) and Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), as well as Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things), Forrest Goodluck (Cherry), Fernanda Andrade (Moon Knight), and Malia Baker (The Baby-Sitters Club).
Grace stars as Spider and Regina as her sister, Jessie. Grace and Williams will also serve as executive producers.
“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 and wrote the script, which he developed with Julia Keller.
Grace said of the project:
“I’m so grateful to be a part of this important story about addiction and how it affects not only the addict but those around them. I was aware of how prevalent drug use and addiction was, but in doing this film, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of just how big of a problem it is. Many of our own cast and crew have shared their experiences and it’s heartbreaking. Doing this is more than just making a film, it’s creating and being a part of something that is bigger than ourselves.”
This sounds like a heartbreaking story. The cast is great though, so it sounds like a movie I’ll want to check out. There’s no release date yet, but we will keep you posted.
via: Deadline