Rachel Sennott Joins Hemsworth, Egerton in 'Kockroach'
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- Rachel Sennott has booked a key supporting role in 'Kockroach,' joining a cast led by Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, Zazie Beetz, and Alec Baldwin.
- Matt Ross directs from a screenplay by Jonathan Ames (with Ross revisions), adapting William Lashner's novel — a New York crime story reimagining Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' with a supernatural cockroach-transformation twist.
- Production begins in Australia next week despite the story's New York setting, with Andrew Lazar ('American Sniper') and Christina Weiss Lurie ('Persuasion') producing.
- Black Bear will continue selling international rights at the upcoming Cannes market, while CAA Media Finance and Range Select co-rep domestic.
- Sennott continues leading the writers room on HBO's 'I Love LA' season 2; her 'Kockroach' role is not expected to take her away from the series for long.
Why it matters: The pairing elevates Sennott — already a creator on HBO's 'I Love LA' and Netflix's 'Big Mistakes' — alongside major commercial headliners Hemsworth and Egerton in a genre-bending crime film with a Kafka supernatural hook, while Black Bear launching the project at Cannes signals serious international sales ambitions.
