Carmen (Melissa Barrera) singing in 'Carmen'
Melissa Barrera is saddling up for a new Western thriller, In the Cradle of Granite. The Scream star will appear in the film which is set against the unforgiving landscape of the late 1800s American frontier. In the film, Barrera will play a young mother on a desperate quest for survival. The movie also marks the English-language debut of acclaimed Costa Rican director Ariel Escalante , who directs from a script by Jay Holmes.
✕ Remove Ads The movie is produced by Joel David Moore, Rishi Bajaj, and Daniel Taborga of Balcony 9 Productions—whose upcoming projects include Bride Hard and Immaculate Room—the film also boasts Jonathan Sadowski and Daniel Pancotto of Ad Lunam Entertainment among its production team. Executive producers Chase Hinton, Lynette Gurule-Thomas, and Michael Thomas round out the crew.
The film continues Barrera’s hot streak in Hollywood, with recent releases like Your Monster, a horror rom-com from Vertical that premiered at Sundance, and her role in Universal Pictures' Abigail. She also stars in the upcoming drama The Collaboration, exploring the friendship between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and a new thriller series from James Wan and Simu Liu on Peacock.
✕ Remove Ads Why Did Melissa Barrera Choose 'In the Cradle of Granite'? Speaking about the collaboration, Barrera expressed her excitement, telling Deadline, “Ariel is a beautifully poetic filmmaker and I am honored to join him in his English-language debut. We are both very intentional in the narratives we choose to tell and seek to entertain while giving life to characters and situations that serve as a mirror for society.
Stay tuned to Collider for more updates as In the Cradle of Granite heads into production, and to keep up to date on Melissa Barrera.
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