EXCLUSIVE: Mary Stuart Masterson (Five Nights at Freddy‘s) has signed on for a role in Sunny, the mafia thriller from Norwegian filmmaker Eva Sørhaug.
No word on the role to be played by Masterson. As we reported exclusively, the film is led by Angelina Jolie and will also star Charlie Plummer, Jason Schmidt, and Cliff “Method Man” Smith.
Hailing from Gramercy Park Media, A Higher Standard, and Nickel City Pictures, Sunny follows a female gangster who fights to protect her sons — and herself — from an abusive drug kingpin. But when a devastating event occurs, she only has a matter of hours to plot their permanent escape.
Pic is written by William Day Frank, who conceived the story with Sørhaug. Gramercy Park Media’s Nathan Klingher is producing alongside Jolie, Nickel City Pictures’ Mark Fasano and A Higher Standard’s Jeffrey Greenstein, in association with Choice Films, with Sørhaug exec producing. A Higher Standard is handling worldwide sales, with WME Independent co-repping domestic.
Known for roles in classic films like Some Kind of Wonderful, Fried Green Tomatoes, and Benny & Joon, Masterson has recently been seen opposite Josh Hutcherson in in the Universal/Blumhouse hit Five Nights at Freddy’s, based on the video game of the same name, which grossed over $291M worldwide. She can also be seen in the Rod Lurie-directed feature The Senior opposite Michael Chiklis, Brandon Flynn, and Rob Corddry and leading the indie Borrowed Time opposite Diane Ladd. In television, Masterson’s recent credits include ABC’s For Life and NBC’s Blindspot. She is repped by Paradigm and Untitled Entertainment.
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