Raúl Castillo Set As Lead In William Atticus Parker’s Agatha Christie-Inspired Movie ‘The Auction’
EXCLUSIVE: Army of the Dead and Cha Cha Real Smooth actor Raúl Castillo has been set as the lead in William Atticus Parker’s third film, The Auction, which we told you about earlier this month.
Today, we can tell you a little more about the suspense science-fiction tale, loosely inspired by Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. The film is set at the Aztec Corp., a company that auctions off ancient antiquities and semi-distinct wild exotic animals. Castillo will portray the newest sales representative, David Valdez, with Ben Vereen appearing as his father and K. Todd Freeman as the head of the corporation.
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The previously announced cast also includes Audra McDonald, Mary-Louise Parker, and Richard Kind. Details about their specific roles are not being released yet.
Parker — son of actors Mary-Louise Parker and Billy Crudup — will make his film acting debut in the pic alongside his mom Parker. His parents are currently collaborating as jurors at the San Quentin Film Festival.
Parker is producing the project along with Sabina Friedman-Seitz (Atrabilious) and Cory Asinofsky. Filming is due to get underway next month in New York.
Castillo will next be seen in Paramount’s upcoming Smile 2 and alongside Mark Ruffalo in HBO’s untitled Brad Ingelsby series. He is known for movies including Steven Soderbergh’s Cold Wallet, Amazon’s Cassandro opposite Gael Garia Bernal, Army of the Dead, Cha Cha Real Smooth, and A24’s The Inspection, as well as TV series including HBO’s Looking, Starz’s Vida and Netflix’s Atypical.
Parker’s two previous micro-budget films were Forty Winks, and currently in post-production, Atrabilious, with Leon Addison Brown, Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, and Jeffrey Wright.
Agatha Christie’s book And Then There Were None is one of the world’s best-selling mystery novels, and it has been adapted multiple times for big and small screen.
Castillo is repped by CAA, JWS Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman. William Atticus Parker is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
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