Almost a year and a half has gone by since we heard that Nava Mau, who earned an Emmy nomination (in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category) for her breakthrough performance as the lead character’s love interest Teri in the hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer, had signed on to star in the comedic thriller The Dregs. Now, Deadline reports that The Dregs recently wrapped production – and Mau is joined in the cast by Stephen Lang (Don’t Breathe), Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog), Piper Curda (Hoppers), Maddie Phillips (Gen V), Max Lloyd-Jones (Final Destination Bloodlines), and Charlie Gillespie (Splitsville), among others.
Synopsis
Set in Tuscany, The Dregs marks the directorial debut of writer Connor Martin. The story Martin crafted for this project is said to center on a friends’ trip to the Italian Alps that takes a terrifying turn after they drink a cursed bottle of Grappa.
While most character details are being kept under wraps, Deadline was able to learn that Lang “plays the antagonist, a bitter Alpine waiter whose family recipe for Grappa involves alchemy and witchcraft.“
Cast
In addition to the actors mentioned above, the cast includes Marta Pozzan (Fior Di Latte), Zach Tinker (The Young and the Restless), David Goren (California Schemin‘), Desiree Staples (My Divorce Party), Evan Bittencourt (Sugar), Kheon Clarke (SkyMed), Fletcher Donovan (Love Hard), Quinnie Vu (Fire Country), Benjamin Norris (Never Have I Ever), Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Il Postino), and Mike Stern (Mid-Century), who developed the project and is producing through Astral Plane.
Yasir Anwar, Marco Allegri, and Connor Martin are also producers on the project. Zach Tinker serves as an executive producer alongside Martin Metz, Jacory Gums, Maurice Antonio, Andrew Etzel, Roland Hoch, Elizabeth Mozilo, Joel Michaely, Desiree Staples, and MYRA Productions. Co-producers include Marta Pozzan and Jeremy O’Keefe, while associate producers include Charlie Gillespie, Evan Bittencourt, Ron Rogell, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
The Dregs sounds interesting to me, and I’m definitely on board to watch Stephen Lang play an antagonistic waiter from a family that practices witchcraft. Are you interested in this one? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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