Lola Petticrew and Scoot McNairy have joined the untitled Liz Meriwether project loosely inspired by the 1987 movie Black Widow. They joined previously announced star Emmy Rossum, who will play an FBI Agent who uses the secrets from a female serial killer’s past to try and find her.
Meriwether executive produces alongside Rossum and Sara Moskowitz via Rossum’s Composition 8 banner as well as Ron Bass who wrote the 20th Century Fox-distributed 1987 film. 20th Television, where Meriwether has been based for a decade, and Searchlight TV are producing.
The 1987 movie Black Widow, written by Bass and directed by Bob Rafelson, follows two women: Catherine (Theresa Russell), who murders wealthy men whom she has married for their money, and Alexandra (Debra Winger), an agent with the Department of Justice who grows obsessed with bringing her to justice.
20th Television and Searchlight TV are the studios.
Petticrew is an Irish actor who has quickly established themselves as a rare talent across theatre, film, and television. Named one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow in 2021, Petticrew’s gripping performance as IRA member Dolours Price in the FX limited series “Say Nothing” earned them both a BAFTA TV Award nomination and the IFTA Award for Best Actress. The series itself garnered widespread acclaim, receiving honors including a Peabody Award, a Gracie Award, and nominations from the Gothams, WGA, BAFTA TV, and IFTA.
Petticrew is currently in production opposite Anthony Boyle on “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” the latest project from acclaimed British writer and director Clio Barnard. They have also wrapped production on their leading role in Channel 4’s drama adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s novel “Trespasses,” starring opposite Gillian Anderson and Tom Cullen.
They are repped by Hamilton Hodell, Range Media Partners, CAA.
Emmy Award nominated actor, and one of today’s most highly recognized, sought after character actors, Scoot McNairy’s long theatrical resume includes roles in back-to-back Academy Award winning films (Argo, directed by Ben Affleck; and 12 Years a Slave, directed by Steve McQueen).
Scoot just completed filming the upcoming Netflix series Man on Fire opposite Yahya Obdul-Mateen II, directed by Steven Caple, Jr. His film East of Wall won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival this year.
Other recent projects include James Mangold’s Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, opposite Timothee Chalamet and Ed Norton; he also recently starred in the film Nightbitch, playing the role of “Husband” opposite Golden Globe nominee Amy Adams, directed by Marielle Heller; and in the Blumhouse thriller Speak no Evil, opposite James McAvoy and directed by James Watkins.
McNairy is repped by UTA and The Group Management.
