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Vivian Oparah Reuniting With ‘Rye Lane’ Director Raine Allen-Miller for Heist Comedy ‘The Roots Manoeuvre’; Toni Collette, Jessica Henwick, Little Simz and More Join Cast (EXCLUSIVE)
'Rye Lane' writer/director Raine Allen-Miller has also cast Toni Collette, Jessica Henwick, Little Simz and more in her follow up film with Amazon MGM
Raine Allen-Miller has tapped Vivian Oparah, the breakout and BAFTA nominated star of the writer/director’s hugely acclaimed debut feature “Rye Lane,” to lead the cast of her second film “The Roots Manœuvre, Variety can reveal. Alongside Oparah, Toni Collette(“Hereditary,” “Muriel’s Wedding”), Paterson Joseph (“Wonka,” “Peep Show”), Jessica Henwick(“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Matrix: Resurrections”), Little Simz (“Top Boy”), and Thomas Turgoose (“This Is England,” “Mickey 17”) have also joined the cast of the London-set heist comedy, due for theatrical release with Amazon MGM Studio’ Orion Pictures. From a script by Allen-Miller, “The Roots Manœuvre” follows a young woman who orchestrates a daring heist to recover a stolen artifact, covering her tracks by managing the whirlwind of a luxury wedding.
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