Scottish director Justin Molotnikov has rounded up the cast for his follow-up to 2009’s Crying with Laughter. He’s locked in Juliette Lewis, Stephen McCole, Kate Dickie, Gary Lewis and Greta Scacchi for modern noir Blood Or Water.
There’s precious little out there about the plot right now, aside from one tiny nugget that talks about its noirish nature and a brief mention of “unwitting incest.” Which sounds almost like a BBFC caution phrase than anything else.
Despite that, Lewis seems enthused to be taking part: “I am excited by Justin Molotnikov’s unconventional, completely organic approach to storytelling and filmmaking," she said in a statement picked up by The Hollywood Reporter. "He creates one of a kind, totally engrossing stories with characters that jump off the screen." Molotnikov will shoot early next year in Scotland.
Lewis was last seen in Due Date, and has the likes of Hick, Foreverland and Open Road coming up on her release schedule. She’s also just snagged a role in the US TV version of The Firm, which takes up the story of the Tom Cruise legal mob drama 10 years after the events of the 1993 film, finding Mitchell McDeere (now played by Josh Lucas) emerging from the Witness Protection Program after bringing down his Memphis-based employers…