Juliana Canfield Lands Female Lead In Warner Bros. Action-Thriller ‘F.A.S.T.'
EXCLUSIVE: Succession alum and Stereophonic Tony nominee Juliana Canfield has landed the female lead opposite Brandon Sklenar in F.A.S.T., the action thriller from Warner Bros.
Character details for Canfield are under wraps. In the film, marking the feature directorial debut of veteran DP Ben Richardson, a former special forces commando is tapped by the DEA to lead a black op strike team against CIA-protected drug dealers.
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Script is by mega TV producer Taylor Sheridan, who was commissioned by Warner Bros prior to his current overall deal with Paramount, with the latter granting Taylor's request to render services, within Paramount's exclusive window. David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford will produce for Heyday Films, along with Sheridan and Jenny Wood of Bosque Ranch Productions. Warner Bros. Pictures President of Production Jesse Ehrman and EVP of Production Kevin McCormick are overseeing the film, which will be released in theaters on April 23, 2027.
Coming off of her first Tony Award nomination for her role in 2024's Broadway hit Stereophonic, Canfield previously portrayed Jess Jordan, the assistant to Jeremy Strong's Kendall Roy, in HBO's Succession, winning two SAG Awards as a member of the ensemble. She can also be seen in Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story, the FX series Y: The Last Man, and Peacock's The Calling from David E. Kelley.
Canfield made her feature debut opposite Julia Garner and Michael Stuhlbarg in Kitty Green's #MeToo drama The Assistant and has also been seen in Marshall Curry's Oscar-winning short film The Neighbors' Window. The Yale MFA grad is repped by Brookside Artist Management and CAA.
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Audience tastes also change, and technology moves forward in ways that could disrupt everything even more (AI is increasingly adopted into filmmaking, more than most of the public and even folks working in Hollywood seem to grasp yet, and it will only increase in the coming months and year). So my own sense that it would've been best to let the DCEU memories fade more, I also expected The Batman: Part II to release this year or next, and without that there's more reason for DC to want and need Superman sooner instead of later. Fans should rest easy that all signs, even from a conservative reading, point to this movie doing well enough to be successful, even if that success is only moderate compared to expectations and hopes. 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