Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Murray Bartlett have joined the cast of Searchlight Pictures’ original rock opera O’Dessa opposite Stranger Things breakout Sadie Sink, according to Deadline.
L-R: Kelvin Harrison Jr. / Murray Bartlett
What’s Happening:
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Murray Bartlett are joining the cast of Searchlight Pictures’ O’Dessa.
- Set in a post-apocalyptic future, O’Dessa follows Sink’s farm girl of the same name on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a strange and dangerous city where she meets her one true love – but in order to save his soul, she must put the power of destiny and song to the ultimate test.
- While no details as to Bartlett’s role have been disclosed, Harrison will reportedly play O’Dessa’s love interest, Euri Dervish — a punk performer described as an “unholy mix of Iggy Pop, Marlene Dietrich and Prince.”
- Written and to be directed by Patti Cake$ filmmaker Geremy Jasper, O’Dessa will feature original songs written and produced by Jasper and Jason Binnick.
- The film is set to shoot this May in Croatia.
- Harrison recently appeared in the Oscar-nominated film Elvis, and has a lot of forthcoming Disney-related projects. He’ll appear as Martin Luther King Jr. in National Geographic’s Genius: MLK/X, voice Scar in Barry Jenkins’ The Lion King prequel, and play Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges in another Searchlight picture, Chevalier.
- Bartlett has had quite the career renaissance recently with memorable performances in The White Lotus, Welcome to Chippendales, and The Last of Us.