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This week’s 20 Questions on Deadline guest is Martha Plimpton. Currently starring in new Freevee comedy series Sprung, Plimpton plays Barb, mother to a convict released early due to Covid, and the show takes a look at the early days of the pandemic and all the societal idiosyncrasies that showed up during…

Editors note: Deadline's Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will be factors in this year's movie awards race. Previously best known as an actor with credits including Dollhouse and Cabin in the Woods, Fran Kranz's transition to screenwriter and director was sparked, after years…

When cinematographer Ryan Jackson-Healy first read the script for Mass, he responded to its willingness to embrace and sit firmly within an entirely uncomfortable conversation. “I didn’t have any kind of notes really at all,” the DP recalls. “It was difficult, and that’s what I liked about it.” “[Ryan] said, which we…

Writer-director Fran Kranz and cast members Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton promised nervous audiences that their school-shooting drama Mass is a hopeful one. They spoke with Deadline's Antonia Blyth at The Contenders Film: Los Angeles event Sunday. "It's about finding a path forward," Kraz…

The trailer for Mass, the screenwriting and directing debut from Fran Kranz, debuted today. The film captures an emotionally-charged meeting between two couples, parents of both the victim and the perpetrator of a tragic shooting that took place years ago. Kranz’ effort examines their journey of grief, anger and…

In a highly impressive and explosive feature screenwriting and directing debut, Fran Kranz has crafted Mass as an intense, involving, moving and thought-provoking chamber piece of a film that explores the way two different sets of parents deal with the emotional aftermath of a school shooting, years after it occurred…

Mass, the screenwriting and directing debut from Fran Kranz, captures an emotionally charged meeting between two couples, parents of both the victim and the perpetrator of a tragic shooting that took place years ago. During his time at Deadline’s virtual Sundance studio, Kranz shared how the Parkland school shooting…

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter alum Jason Isaacs, Emmy winner Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney and Emmy-winning The Handmaid's Tale star Ann Dowd are set to lead Mass, an indie drama from first-time feature director Fran Kranz. Kranz is best known for his role as Topher Brink in Joss Whedon’s sci-fi series Dollhouse, and was…