Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono & Jeremie Harris To Star In Tubi Noir ‘Cinnamon’ From Producer Kevin Garnett
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Hailey Kilgore (Power Book III: Raising Kanan), David Iacono (The Flight Attendant) and Jeremie Harris (Legion) have signed on to star in the noir film Cinnamon, which will stream exclusively on Fox’s free service, Tubi.The feature currently in production in Atlanta follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant and aspiring (and truly gifted) singer, Jodi Jackson (Kilgore), whose life is sent into a tailspin when there’s a robbery at work.
Iacono is playing Jodi’s fiercely devoted hustler boyfriend turned music manager, Eddie, with Harris as James Walker, a young gangster in the drug running business.Cinnamon is the first movie in production under Tubi’s recently announced film deal with Village Roadshow Entertainment Group to produce multiple films from Village Roadshow Pictures’ “Black Noir Cinema” initiative.
Rising filmmaker Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. is directing from his script, with Oz Scott producing alongside Kevin Garnett via his Content Cartel, and Adrian Younge composing the film’s original music.Kilgore is a Tony Award, Drama League and Outer Critics nominee who can currently be seen on Starz’s Power prequel Raising Kanan as Jukebox, a quick-witted and fiercely independent aspiring singer.
On the feature front, she can currently be seen as Carolyn Franklin in Liesl Tommy’s MGM feature Respect opposite Jennifer Hudson.
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