Jurnee Smollett has had a pretty good year, coming off her performances in Birds of Prey, an episode of The Twilight Zone, and her starring role in the HBO series Lovecraft Country. The actress will next be seen starring in the film Escape From Spiderhead alongside Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller later this year, and now we know which project she is headed for after that.
Smollett has signed on to star in the Netflix original film Lou, opposite Allison Janney. The film is going to be directed by Anna Foerster (Outlander, Carnival Row, Westworld) from a script by Maggie Cohn (American Crime Story). The project is being produced by Smollett and Janney, as well as J.J. Abrams, Jon Cohen and Hannah Minghella of Bad Robot.
In the film, “A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother, with no other option, teams up with the mysterious older woman next door to pursue the kidnapper – a journey into the wilderness that will test their limits and expose dark and shocking secrets from their pasts.”
This sounds like an interesting story, and a great project for Smollett and Janney to take on.
via: Deadline