PREVIEW: Lou (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Jurnee Smollett (Spiderhead), Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade), Greyston Holt (Lonesome Dove Church), Matt Craven (Crimson Tide), Toby Levins (Maximum Conviction), Marci T. House (Sheltered Life)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Anna Foerster (Underworld: Blood Wars), director; Maggie Cohn (film debut), writer; J.J. Abrams (Super 8), Jon Cohen (film debut) and Hannah Minghella (film debut), producers; composer TBA; Michael McDonough (Leave No Trace), cinematographer; Matt Evans (Samaritan) and Paul Tothill (Atonement), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After her daughter is kidnapped by her estranged husband (Marshall-Green), a young woman (Smollett) teams up with her landlord – a hardened, mysteriously skilled woman named Lou (Janney) – to track them down…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

J.J. Abrams produces this hard-shelled action-thriller that gives Oscar-winning actress Allison Janney a rare chance to kick some serious butt on-screen.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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