Jurnee Smollett will star in and executive produce the Netflix movie 'Lou'.
The 34-year-old actress has been tapped to appear alongside Allison Janney who will also be starring in and executive producing the flick.
Anna Foerster is directing the film from a screenplay written by Maggie Cohn.
As a massive storm rages in Lou, a young girl is kidnapped. Her mother, with no other option, teams up with the mysterious older woman next door to pursue the kidnapper â a journey into the wilderness that will test their limits and expose dark and shocking secrets from their pasts.
J.J. Abrams, Jon Cohen and Hannah Minghella of Bad Robot are producing for Bad Robot with Braden Aftergood and Lindsey Weber are executive producers.