Mark Pellington To Direct Action-Thriller ‘MOM’ For Roundtable Entertainment
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Roundtable Entertainment has set the action thriller MOM, with filmmaker Mark Pellington (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies) signed on to direct.
Billed as an “adrenaline-fueled” story, the pic follows a single mother who embarks on a daring cross-country rescue mission, piecing together clues in the search for her teenage daughter who has fallen victim to the horrors of human trafficking.
Casting Director Lisa Zagoria, best known for her work on Best Picture winner CODA, is casting this film, based on a script by Brent Jordan.
Roundtable’s Head of Scripted, John Baldecchi, will produce alongside executive producers Dominic Ianno, Jason Resnick, Sarah Donnelly, Gabe Torres, and Mark Pellington. “We had been looking to do a movie that felt like a throwback to a movie like Rolling Thunder – something real, gritty, and of the moment; we were thrilled that Gabe Torres brought us this harrowing tale which is based on true events – and straight out of screenwriter Brent Jordan’s life experience.
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