Melissa Barrera ("Scream VI") has signed on to star in the upcoming western thriller "In the Cradle of Granite", which marks the English-language debut of Costa Rican filmmaker Ariel Escalante ("Domingo and the Mist", "The Sound of Things") based on an original screenplay by Jay Holmes.
The film is set in the brutal American west of the late 1800s, where a young mother (Barrera) struggles to provide for her family after her husband dies and the local town folk won't do business with her. But when she finds the body of a notorious wanted outlaw on her homestead, she strikes a deal with the bounty hunter who killed him — setting out across the dangerous frontier in hopes of a big reward and a better future.
Producers include Joel David Moore, Rishi Bajaj and Daniel Taborga of Balcony 9 Productions, Jonathan Sadowski and Daniel Pancotto of Ad Lunam Ent, and Gregory Thomas. Chase Hinton, Lynette Gurule-Thomas and Michael Thomas are serving as executive producers.
Escalante had this to say about the project: "I find Jay Holmes' script to be the perfect opportunity to bring my directorial vision to the United States. And working alongside such a strong and amazing actress like Melissa Barrera only fuels my desire to turn this into both an exciting contemporary take on the western genre and a bold reflection on colonial violence."
Barrera's next projects include Kwame Kwei-Armah's drama "The Collaboration", and a new Peacock thriller series produced by James Wan.
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