Mckenna Grace & Jesse Williams To Star In Opioid Drama ‘Spider & Jessie’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated actress Mckenna Grace and Tony-nominated Jesse Williams are set for Dan Kya’s Spider & Jessie.
The movie follows two scrappy sisters, who after discovering their mother has fatally overdosed, are terrified they’ll be separated by an overburdened foster care system.
As such, they conceal the body. However, the local police chief, mom’s drug counselor, and her volatile ex-boyfriend get closer to uncovering the truth, and the girls must decide just how far they are willing to go to keep their secret buried.
Kay in addition to directing, wrote the script which he developed with Julia Keller. Jojo Regina of Where the Crawdads Sing also stars with Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things), Forrest Goodluck (Cherry), Fernanda Andrade (Moon Knight) and Malia Baker (The Babysitter’s Club).
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