‘Cowgirl’s Last Ride:’ Scoot McNairy, Julia Sweeney & Jill Scott Join Geena Davis Comedy, Hanway Launching For AFM
deadline.comScoot McNairy (Argo), Julia Sweeney (Pulp Fiction), and Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Jill Scott have joined the cast of Cowgirl’s Last Ride, led by Oscar-winner Geena Davis.
Hanway Films is handling the film and will take it to the upcoming AFM. The film will be directed by Leena Yadav, whose debut feature film, Parched, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2015 and went on to feature.
Her 2018 feature Rajma Chawal, which screened at London, was snapped up by Netflix. Cowgirl’s Last Ride is the latest production from Susan Cartsonis and Suzanne Farwell, the producers behind films such as What Women Want and The Holiday.
The pair will produce with their Resonate Entertainment partner, Brent Emery, with whom they made the recent Amazon pic Sitting In Bars With Cake.
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