EXCLUSIVE: EGOT winner Rita Moreno has been cast in a starring role in the feature film The Prank, to be directed by Maureen Bharoocha (Golden Arm), opposite Connor Kalopsis (Outmatched, The Grinder) and Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever).
Filming begins this month in and around Los Angeles.The Prank follows two high school students who play a prank on their physics teacher, Mrs.
Wheeler, played by Moreno. When she fails them on a test; they teach the imperious, demanding, insulting instructor a lesson by falsely accusing her of the murder of a missing student.Other cast in The Prank includes Keith David, Meredith Salenger, Jonathan Kimmel, Nathan Janak and Kate Flannery.The dark comedy is written by Rebecca Flinn-White & Zak White.
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