Devyn McDowell, Arturo Luíz Soria, Nat Faxon, Alex Moffat & More Set For Fia Perera’s ‘Mermaid’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Fia Perera has wrapped production on her first narrative feature, Mermaid, an expansion of her 2020 short film of the same name, which she wrote and directed.
The cast includes Devyn McDowell (Jerry and Marge Go Large), Arturo Luíz Soria (Found), Nat Faxon (The Way Way Back), Alex Moffat (Saturday Night Live), Mary Birdsong (Succession), Tom Kiesche (Breaking Bad) and Missi Pyle (Harlan Coben’s Shelter).
In Mermaid, a 10-year-old boy wanting desperately to be a mermaid crosses paths with a grief-stricken, unraveling drag queen, and a deep connection is forged… One that they will risk everything for.
Shot in Cape Cod and Los Angeles, the film’s producers are Ryan Lacen, Jenica Bergere, Hilliard Guess, Tyler Musikanth, Toni Long and Mary Vernieu.
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