Teyonah Parris Joins Apple's Running, Which Already Has Brian Tyree Henry and Rhea Seehorn
Teyonah Parris is joining Running, the Apple Original Films project from director Gavin O'Connor, per Deadline. She joins a cast that includes Spike Fearn, Brian Tyree Henry and Rhea Seehorn.
Bill Dubuque wrote the script, from a story he developed with O'Connor. The film is a co-production between Makeready and Apple.
The people involved
- Gavin O'Connor directs. His filmography runs from Warrior to The Accountant, and he's reliably good at physical performance and men who cannot articulate anything.
- Bill Dubuque created Ozark and wrote The Accountant. Expect structure and a body count.
- Rhea Seehorn just won her second TCA Award for individual achievement in drama, for Pluribus.
- Brian Tyree Henry remains one of the best actors working and is still owed a lead role that fully uses him.
- Teyonah Parris was extraordinary in If Beale Street Could Talk and carried a substantial chunk of WandaVision.
What it's about
Not saying. The logline hasn't been released, which for an O'Connor-Dubuque collaboration usually means somebody is running from something and it will get violent.
A cast this specific doesn't assemble around a bad script. That's usually the most reliable signal available.