EXCLUSIVE: Rosario Dawson is headlining the supernatural horror thriller Unmerciful Good Fortune from Tirsa Hacksaw, a veteran A.C.E.
film and TV editor who is making her feature directorial debut. Project, which Dawson is producing, is adapted from award-winning playwright Edwin Sanchez’s show of the same name.
Dawson plays Maritza Cruz, a high-end celebrity attorney, pulled into a headline-making case involving Fatima, a cunning young waitress who is accused of serial poisoning and murdering 28 people.
Fatima’s defense takes a darkly mysterious turn when she claims to have the psychic ability to see how someone will die when she touches them and reveals she is killing people to prevent a “fate worse than death.” Other producers include Tom DeSanto (Transformers, X-Men), Corey Large (Paradise City, It Follows), and Brian Kirchoff for Rising Tide Entertainment.
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