Written and due to be directed by Take Shelter’s Jeff Nichols, Mud is due to star Matthew McConaughey (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line); as a fugitive and the lover he’s attempting to reunite with respectively; and has just added a number of new cast members to its roster; including Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Shannon.
Mud (McConaughey’s titular fugitive) will be aided in his quest to find his lost love by two teenage boys; one of whom is being played by Tye Sheridan (Tree of Life); and Michael Shannon has just signed on to appear as the uncle of one of the lads, alongside Sarah Paulson (Serenity) and Ray McKinnon (The Blind Side) as the parents of the other.
Sam Shepard (Black Hawk Down) has also joined the film as a recluse, and both Joe Don Baker (Goldeneye) and Paul Sparks (Edge of Darkness) will be appearing as bounty hunters on the trail of Mud, in the film which doesn’t have an officially confirmed release date at this point, but began production this week, and is scheduled for release sometime in 2013.
Matt Wheeldon.
Source: Film Nation Entertainment, via Coming Soon.
