Los Angeles, April 1 -- Frankie Shaw has signed on to star opposite Jeff Ward in "Strangers", a romantic crime thriller that Ward will also direct and the drama will be scripted by Dan Schimf. The film is currently in production.
The film follows two lonely strangers who, after a chance encounter at a bar, fall in love while hatching a plan to rob the bank she's being laid off from. Further details are under wraps, reports DEADLINE.
Others set for key roles include Eric Lange (Escape at Dannemora) and Katie Finneran (The Gilded Age).
The project is mounted by Billy Hines, Bailey Jones, Ward, Schimpf, Allison Friedman, and Jayne Sherman. Ruth Shaber, Glenn Barnes, and J. Andrew Greenblatt are exec producing, with Lynette Aslanian associat...