Oscar winner J.K. Simmons has formally signed on to affix the 109 Billion Followers solid for the upcoming comedy-drama film. Simmons might be main the undertaking alongside his daughter, Olivia Simmons. This comes after the duo just lately starred within the thriller film You Can’t Run Forever. The Whiplash actor is anticipated to play a homeless man, who turns into the primary topic of a pupil documentary movie directed by Olivia Simmons’ character.
“”It follows a movie pupil who makes a documentary a few homeless man, who’s satisfied that he’s the Grim Reaper,” reads the synopsis. “Her cameraman and unlikely love curiosity (Jake Ryan) provides laughs and coronary heart, whereas her damaged however loving mom provides drama and mess.”
Who’s within the 109 Billion Followers solid?
Along with the father-and-daughter duo, 109 Billion Followers will even star Jake Ryan (Asteroid Metropolis) and Nina Arianda (Goliath). The latter beforehand labored with J.Okay. Simmons in 2021’s Being the Ricardos biopic. Described as a magical realism dramedy, the movie hails from author and director Ela Thier, who can be producing together with Nicholas Tabarrok. Manufacturing is anticipated to start this November in New York Metropolis.
“I wrote this script particularly for father-daughter crew, J.Okay. and Olivia Simmons, as a result of I do know that their relationship will mild up the display screen and steal hearts,” Thier stated in a press release. “Our reference to our mother and father or caregivers might be fraught with ache and complexities, and affect all of our subsequent relationships in life. This movie is my love letter to all mother and father, together with my very own.”
Supply: Variety
