Sierra McCormick & Dermot Mulroney Leading Action Caper ‘Killing Mary Sue’ With Bleiberg Launching Sales; First Look Revealed
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Bleiberg Entertainment has picked up international rights to action caper Killing Mary Sue, starring Sierra McCormick (American Horror Stories) Dermot Mulroney (My Best Friend’s Wedding), Sean Patrick Flanery (The Boondock Saints), Jason Mewes (Clerks), Martin Kove (Cobra Kai) and Kym Whitley (Rango).
The film, which is currently in post-production, will be on sale at the upcoming American Film Market in Las Vegas. Written and directed by James Sunshine, Killing Mary Sue is about a corrupt senator who arranges for the murder of his biggest liability, his erratic burnout stepdaughter, only for her to unwittingly discover her natural talent as an untouchable killer.
Below is a first-look image. Pic is produced by Larry Layfield for Arck Productions, Jonathan Sachar for Morningstar Films, Patrick Durham and Dave Lugo.
Executive producers are Rosy Sultana and Abdul Bhuiyan. “This absurdist film takes inspiration from the heated online debates surrounding the infamous ‘Mary Sue’ character trope and seeks to satirize the discourse in a new way,” said writer/director James Sunshine. “We’re very excited to be representing this action-packed film with a terrific cast and non-stop thrills.
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