Actor Lena Waithe is the latest to join the cast of Place To Be, a drama from Pieces of a Woman filmmaker Kornel Mundruczo. She joins the star-studded cast featuring Ellen Burstyn, Taika Waititi, Pamela Anderson and Edgar Ramirez.
Place To Be reunites Mundruczo with his Pieces Of A Woman co-writer Kata Weber. The upcoming film which is currently in production at Disney Studios in Sydney, revolves around a no-nonsense woman Brooke (Burstyn) and a discombobulated divorcee Nelson's (Waititi) trip from Chicago to bring a racing pigeon back to its rightful owner in New York.
Waithe portrays Shy, who helps Brooke on her journey to track down the owner of the lost pigeon. Anderson is set to portray the woman's daughter, who comes to terms with life after second marriage and is anxious about finding a new home for her ageing mother.
Place To Be is bankrolled by Jomon Thomas, Megan Wynn and Alexander Rodnyansky. Natalya Pavchinskaya, Stuart Manashil, Pankaj Mamtora, Kanesh Mohana Sundaram, Ashley Levinson, Sam Levinson, Viktoria Petranyi, David Edelstein and the late Kevin Turen serve as the film's executive producers.
Best known for Master of None, The Chi, and Queen & Slim, Waithe recently joined the cast of Grey’s Anatomy in the guest role of Dr Evelyn Moore. She also produced the Emmy-nominated documentary Being Mary Tyler Moore and the film A Thousand and One and Kokomo City.
