EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard) and Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight franchise) have wrapped on Liz Right here Now, a brand new indie drama from director Sterling Macer Jr.
Shot in Lexington, KY, the movie relies on the novel of the identical title by Todd Connor. The story follows Liz Baxter (Ellis-Taylor), who works as a nanny for a outstanding, white household in Oakland, California throughout the rise of the Black Panther Celebration in 1967. When Liz discovers that the Connor kids are struggling underneath the hand of their mom, Jane (Lefevre), and makes an attempt to step in to guard the kids, she’s accused of taking part in a Black Panther conspiracy.
In a press release on the venture, Macer Jr. instructed Deadline, “Our strategy to LIZ HERE NOW is a sort of deconstruction of the black maid’s story, and to a level, bends the style of the civil rights period home drama, borrowing a few of its cinematic language from the world of suspense and even horror.”
Hailing from The Humble Image Firm and Clandestine Leisure, the movie is written by Macer Jr., Grant Nieporte (Seven Kilos) and Caleb G. Brown (Blue Ridge). Macer Jr., Nieporte and Zachary Weil (Useless Mail) served as producers, whereas Todd Connor, Jeremy Mann, Ellis-Taylor, and Bob Smiley (Atypical) exec produced.
Nominated for an Oscar for her work reverse Will Smith in sports activities drama King Richard, Ellis-Taylor will subsequent be seen starring in RaMell Ross’s drama Nickel Boys, primarily based on the novel by Colson Whitehead, which Amazon MGM releases in December. Different notable latest credit embody The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, The Deliverance, Exhibiting Forgiveness, The Colour Purple, and Origin. At current, she’s additionally coming off of roles within the collection Justified: Metropolis Primeval, 61st Road, and Lovecraft Nation.
Finest recognized for starring within the Twilight movies, Lefevre has additionally been seen in big-screen titles like White Home Down and Confessions of a Harmful Thoughts, in addition to Confirmed Harmless, Below the Dome, and different collection.
Beforehand helming the indies Double Down and Park Day, Macer Jr. can also be an actor who’s been seen in The place the Crawdads Sing, Fox’s Bones and extra.
Ellis-Taylor is repped by UTA and TMT Leisure Group; Lefevre by Gersh, Pearl Hanan Administration, and Meyer & Downs; and Macer by AMT Artists, Koopman Administration, and Del Shaw Moonves.
