EXCLUSIVE: Frankie Shaw (SMILF) will star opposite Jeff Ward (Danny and the Deep Blue Sea) in Strangers, a romantic crime thriller he’s directing from a script by Dan Schimpf.
Currently in production, the film follows two lonely strangers who, after a chance encounter at a bar, fall in love while hatching a plan to rob the bank she’s being laid off from. Further details are under wraps, but the project has been described as Before Sunrise descending into Good Time.
Others set for key roles include Eric Lange (Escape at Dannemora) and Katie Finneran (The Gilded Age).
Producers on the project include Billy Hines, Bailey Jones, Ward, Schimpf, Allison Friedman, and Jayne Sherman. Ruth Shaber, Glenn Barnes, and J. Andrew Greenblatt are exec producing, with Lynette Aslanian associate producing, and Co Created Media serving as the production company.
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