She might have been all sweetness and light in Nim’s Island and Little Miss Sunshine, but Abigail Breslin is about to prove she can have murder on her mind too, signing on to tough indie drama The Class Project.
It may sound like an educational fable, but Project actually follows two sisters who get so sick of their mother’s drinking problems and string of abusive, equally drunken boyfriends that they decide to kill her. Wonder what Social Services will make of that…
Fabrizio Fillippo and Adam Till are the twisted minds behind the script, and Stan Brooks will call the shots starting later this month.
Breslin will next be seen in music drama Janie Jones, which finds her as the daughter of a former groupie going to confront the rock star she believes is her father. She’s also part of the sprawling New Year’s Eve cast and will co-star with Maggie Gyllenhaal in vampire school thriller Innocence…