Marta Balaga Scottish actor Alastair Mackenzie, recently spotted in “The Crown” and “Andor,” Jessica Frances Dukes and Debi Mazar have been added to the cast of Filip Jan Rymsza’s feature film “Object Permanence.” They join previously announced star Millie Brady, who plays Brooke Brooks: a former supermodel who becomes a successful lifestyle mogul and is the first person to IPO herself.

Production is currently underway in Poland and will continue in Thailand and Germany. “Apples” DoP Bartosz Świniarski is lensing the film.

Set in the near future, “Object Permanence” is produced by Friends with Benefits Studio, with co-financing by the Polish Film Institute.

Marta Lewandowska and Rymsza – the latter also behind “Mosquito State” – are producing, while CAA is handling North American sales. “Filip’s script is an inspired study of the perils of celebrity and the conflictual relationships that exist within the system built up around it,” says Mackenzie, opening up about his role as Barry, Brooke’s longtime manager. “[He] must protect his friend and client whilst also having an acute eye on safeguarding her currency as the first publicly owned global superstar.” “Ozark” alumni Dukes, who portrays TV personality Diana Westwood, is also “excited” to explore “the ideas of self, identity, and privacy in our very public world,” while Mazar praises the up-and-coming director. “He is a detail fanatic,” she tells Variety from her home in Florence. “I didn’t know his previous work but when we met, I was impressed.

Jessica Frances Dukes, Alastair Mackenzie, Debi Mazar Join ‘Object Permanence’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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