Rhiannon Giddens & Ed Helms To Topline Justin Liberman Drama ‘An Ode To Mary Jo’

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• Related Stories News ‘The Stunt Driver: First Look At Jay Baruchel & Ed Helms In Daredevil Biopic; Protagonist Boards For AFM Casting Anna Kendrick & Seth Rogen In Negotiations To Star In Comedy ‘Babies’; Monarch, AGC & CAA Media Finance Launching Ahead Of TIFF Market Written by Liberman and Erik Christian Hanson, the film also stars Annarah Cymone (The Midnight Club), Oakley Skye Maloney (Suncoast), Grammy winner Jason Isbell (Killers of the Flower Moon), Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Sayles (Matewan), Golden Globe winner Regina Taylor (Clockers), and Grammy winner Steve Earle (The Wire).
• Watch on Deadline Mike Callaghan and Reuben Liber produced for Ranger 7 Films, along with Matt Ratner for Tilted Windmill Productions, Brenton Earley for FilmPool Films, Aaron Rosenbloom, Chris Rouse, and Liberman.
• Giddens is also serving as music supervisor and wrote original songs for the film with Helms and Isbell, with Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Abels (Get Out) penning the score.
• Giddens exec produced the indie alongside Helms and Mike Falbo for Pacific Electric Picture Company, Mitch Lerner for Electric Wolf Entertainment, and Eran Lobel and Kristen Kearns for Element Productions, with Brett Harris co-producing for Pacific Electric.
• “With An Ode to Mary Jo, I wanted to update the idea of an American folk hero and create a character and tell a story that millions of hard-working Americans can relate to and see themselves in,” Liberman said.