Sandra Mae Frank, Mekhi Phifer Be part of Brad Anderson’s ‘The Silent Hour’ – The Hollywood Reporter

Sandra Mae Frank and Mekhi Phifer have signed on to co-star alongside Joel Kinnaman and Mark Robust in Brad Anderson’s upcoming motion thriller The Silent Hour.

Anderson (Beirut, The Machinist) will direct the movie from an unique script by Dan Corridor, with precept images set to start in Malta and Toronto in late February. The Silent Hour is being financed and produced by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios with producer Eric Paquette’s Meridian Footage.

Kinnaman stars as a Boston police detective who suffers listening to loss after an on-the-job accident. Sixteen months later, he and his pal and associate (Robust) group as much as battle corrupt cops attempting to remove a deaf homicide witness within the condo constructing the place she lives.

Frank, who can presently be seen in NBC’s New Amsterdam, and appeared on the Netflix collection Dawn, will play Ava, the homicide witness. Phifer (8 Mile, Divergent), performs Lynch, the ringleader of the rotten cops. The veteran actor most lately appeared on the Disney+ collection Love, Victor.

Suicide Squad actor Kinnaman will subsequent been seen alongside Nicolas Cage within the crime auctioneer Sympathy for the Satan from The Operative director Yuval Adler. Robust might be seen in Todd Subject’s Oscar contender Tár, alongside Cate Blanchett.

AGC Worldwide, AGC Studios’ worldwide gross sales and distribution arm, launched The Silent Hour to patrons on the American Movie Market final November, the place it bought properly, closing a number of offers throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. Among the many main European offers, AGC closed all-rights agreements with Sq. One Leisure in Germany; Signature Leisure within the U.Okay., Eire, Australia and New Zealand; and Wild Bunch in France.

Katie McGrath of KMR & Associates negotiated the casting settlement on behalf of Frank; Gersh and Brookside Artist Administration on behalf of Phifer; and Anant Tamirisa, SVP of Authorized and Enterprise Affairs, on behalf of AGC Studios.  

Frank is repped by KMR & Associates. Phifer is repped by Gersh and Brookside Artist Administration.