Ayo Edebiri Joins Amazon MGM’s ‘After The Hunt’ From Luca Guadagnino
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) has signed on to star alongside Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield in Amazon MGM Studios‘ upcoming film After the Hunt from director Luca Guadagnino and Imagine, Deadline has learned.Details as to her role are under wraps.
Written by Nora Garrett, the film is an intense dramatic thriller about a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing alongside Guadagnino via his Frenesy banner, with Imagine Entertainment’s Karen Lunder exec producing alongside Garrett.
Production is scheduled to kick off this summer and the film will be released in theaters next year. One of today’s most in-demand actors, Edebiri is best known for starring opposite Jeremy Allen White in FX’s acclaimed comedy The Bear, which returns for its third season on June 27 and has already been renewed for a fourth.
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