Uncut Gems director Benny Safdie and Succession star Sarah Snook have signed on to join Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby in the indie drama Pieces of a Woman, Collider has learned. LaBeouf and Kirby will play a couple who lose a child during a tragic home birth, which thrusts them on an emotional journey to come to terms with the loss. Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn will co-star as Kirby's estranged mother, and the rest of the cast includes Emmy nominee Molly Parker, comedian Iliza Shlesinger and The Last Black Man in San Francisco star Jimmie Fails, as Collider …
Fresh off his acclaimed feature debut in The Last Black Man in San Francisco, rising star Jimmie Fails has signed on to join Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby in the indie drama Pieces of a Woman along with Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn and Emmy nominee Molly Parker, Collider has exclusively learned. Kornél Mundruczó (White God) will direct from a script by his frequent collaborator Kata Wéber (Jupiter’s Moon), while Kevin Turen (Waves) and Ashley Levinson (Bombshell) will produce for Little Lamb Productions, along with Aaron Ryder (The Prestige). The film’s executive producers are Viktória Petrá…
Vanessa Kirby has made quite a name for herself in the action genre the past two years, but she’s coming back to drama in Pieces of a Woman. According to Variety, the Mission: Impossible - Fallout and The Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw star will head the cast as a character coping with a tragedy of some sort. Kirby is no stranger to drama, having portrayed Princess Margaret on Netflix’s The Crown, in addition to her recent strong supporting roles in Me Before You and Genius. The film will be helmed by Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó, …