New stars added to the movie announced
Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass and Andy Garcia, Netflix movie “The Pain Hustlers” Joins the cast of Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. Brian d’Arcy James (“Spotlight”, “West Side Story”) and Chloe Coleman (“My Spy”, “Marry Me”) complete the cast. A few at most “Harry PotterDavid Yates, best known for directing “The Big Short,” is directing “The Pain Hustlers,” which is said to be similar in tone to American Dream-like crime dramas like “The Big Short,” “American Hustle,” and “The Wolf of Wallstreet.”
According to official records, the series will follow a blue-collar woman struggling to raise her daughter in a failed drug attempt. Her involvement in a dangerous blackmail scheme will change everything. Written by Wells Tower (“The True American”), it is unclear who O’Hara, Duplass, Garcia, James or Coleman will play in the movie. Netflix paid $50 million to acquire the rights to “The Pain Hustlers” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
In addition to directing “The Pain Hustlers,” Yates is also producing through his company, Wychwood Media. Lawrence Gray of Gray Matter Productions will also produce. A comedy veteran, O’Hara recently won her first acting Emmy for playing Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek.” Best known for independent films such as “The Puffy Chair” and “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” as well as the HBO series “Togetherness,” Duplass recently starred in the Netflix series “The Chair” and HBO Max’s banking drama “Industry.” .
Among his prominent works “The Godfather Part III”, “Ocean’s Eleven”, “The Untouchables” and “The Lost City” with veteran actors Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen “Book Club 2: The Next Chapter”and recently starred in the TV series Rebel.
