EXCLUSIVE: Abigail Spencer (Fits), Holt McCallany (Mindhunter), and Lucas Until (MacGyver) have been tapped for supporting roles in Clear Arms, the true-life drama from writer-director Jake Allyn on which we had been first to report final month.
The trio is ready to star reverse beforehand introduced leads Zach Braff and Esther McGregor, with manufacturing now underway.
Set in Hagerstown MD, a Baltimore suburb alongside the notorious “Heroin Freeway,” Clear Arms explores the American drug disaster by the lens of a father-daughter duo caught on opposing sides of the legislation, primarily based on the harrowing story of hero drug cop turned restoration advocate Kevin Simmers (Braff) and his daughter Brooke (McGregor).
Spencer will painting Kevin’s spouse Dana, whereas McCallany will play Maryland Congressman David Trone and Lucas Until will play Sheriff’s Deputy Dormer.
Producers embrace Conor Allyn of Margate Home Movies, Brian Loschiavo of Riverside Leisure, James Suttles and Jason Winn of WW / SF Leisure, and JR Rappaport of Glasshouse Footage. Braff is government producing, together with Jim Gladden, Scott and Linda Davis, Tony Herbert, Jonathan Beaulieu, Daniel Weaver, William Deasey, and Kevin and Dana Simmers of Brooke’s Home.
Beforehand, Spencer has been seen in movies like Oz: The Nice and Highly effective and Cowboys and Aliens, together with quite a few collection, together with Rectify, Mad Males, Gray’s Anatomy, Fits, True Detective, and extra. Just lately, she produced Duke Johnson’s The Actor by her and Johnson’s Innerlight Movies, alongside Paul Younger, Ken Kao, Ryan Gosling, and Neon. She is repped by UTA, Untitled Leisure, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Garnering widespread approval for his position as Detective Invoice Tench in David Fincher’s Mindhunter, McCallany returns to Netflix this summer season in crime drama The Waterfront. On the movie aspect, he’ll subsequent be seen in The Newbie and Mission: Not possible – The Ultimate Reckoning. Moreover, he’s set to make his directorial debut with an adaptation of Guiseppe Tornatore’s Oscar-nominated The Star Maker. He’s repped by Buchwald, Atlas Artists, and legal professional Rick Genow.
Until, well-known for his five-season run because the title character in CBS’s MacGyver, will subsequent star in Kurt Sutter’s Netflix collection The Abandons, alongside Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson. Different previous credit embrace the indie Son of the South and the position of Havok in a trio of X-Males movies. He’s repped by supervisor Tom Sullivan, Impartial Artist Group, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
