Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julia Fox, Eli Roth and Randall Park Among Ensemble Cast Joining Vanessa Kirby in Netflix Thriller ‘Night Always Comes’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAlex Ritman Vanessa Kirby has amassed an impressively starry ensemble cast for the first feature out of the gates for Aluna Entertainment, the production company she established in 2021 with former Film4 exec Lauren Dark. “Night Always Comes,” which Oscar nominee Kirby will lead, is set to star Jennifer Jason Leigh (“The Hateful Eight,” “Fargo”), Zack Gottsagen (“The Peanut Butter Falcon”), Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Julia Fox (“Uncut Gems”), Eli Roth (“Inglourious Basterds,” “The Idol”), Randall Park (“Always Be My Maybe,” “WandaVision”) and Michael Kelly (“House of Cards,” “Jack Ryan”).
Shooting is now underway in Portland on the thriller, which is based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin (who also wrote “Lean on Pete,” adapted and directed by Andrew Haigh).
Benjamin Caron (“The Crown,” “Andor”) directs from a script by Sarah Conradt (“Mother’s Instinct”). As per the logline, “Night Always Comes” follows Lynette, a woman who risks everything to secure a future for herself and her brother by setting out on a dangerous odyssey in Portland, in doing so confronting her own dark past over one propulsive night.
Kirby and Dark are producing for Aluna Entertainment alongside Benjamin and Jodie Caron for Square Eyed Pictures and Gary Levinsohn and Billy Hines for H2L Media Group.
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