Described as “Thelma and Louise meets Taken,” Bad Robot’s thriller Lou will be directed by “Outlander” and “Jessica Jones” director Anna Foerster, and THR reports today that Allison Janney (I, Tonya) has signed on to star.
The film follows a young woman and her landlord, Lou, who team up to track down the former’s child after the girl is kidnapped by her estranged husband. Janney will play the landlord, a hard-shelled and rule-breaking woman that has unexpectedly impressive tracking abilities, among other skill sets.
J.J. Abrams and Braden Aftergood will produce.
Maggie Cohn wrote the script, with revision by Jack Stanley.