Nola.com shared that Viola will be filming her new film Troupe Zero this summer in New Orleans.
Gary Oldman and Brie Larson apparently wont be the only Oscar-winning actors filming in New Orleans this summer. So will Allison Janney (a 2018 Oscar winner for I, Tonya) and Viola Davis (a 2017 Oscar winner for Fences), both of whom have reportedly joined the local cast of the Amazon-backed feature Troupe Zero.
According to Deadline, Janney and Davis join a cast that also includes actor and comic Jim Gaffigan (Chappaquiddick) and 12-year-old actress McKenna Grace (Fuller House, Designated Survivor).
Troupe Zero will be based on a screenplay by Lucy Alibar, who was nominated for a screenwriting Oscar with Benh Zeitlin for their script for 2012s Beasts of the Southern Wild. The project was scheduled to start production in the New Orleans area this week and continue for 30 days of principal photography. Production placards for the film were spotted Monday (May 21) in the Mandeville area.
Plot details of have yet to be released. The filmmaking duo known as Bert & Bertie (Dance Camp) will direct, with Todd Black (The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven) producing. No release date has been announced.
As previously reported, Oldman (Darkest Hour) will be in town in June for the locally set crime drama The Bayou, in which he will star as a hit man named Tickie Bordeaux. Larson (Room) is playing the title role in the superhero film Captain Marvel, which is expected to shoot for about 10 days in New Orleans and Baton Rouge around July 4.
They are among a number of productions shooting, or preparing to shoot, in town, including the feature films Think Like a Dog, Darkest Dark and Gambit, as well as a raft of TV series, including new seasons of Claws, Preacher and NCIS: New Orleans.