Rob schneider joins crime drama ‘dead wrong’; caitlin carmichael to topline indie ‘roadkill’

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Schneider (_The Wrong Missy_, _SNL_) has joined the cast of writer-director Rick Bieber’s indie, _Dead Wrong_. He’ll star alongside Cress Williams (_Black Lightning_), Katrina

Bowden (_30 Rock_), Derek Smith (_What/If_), Chelsea Debo (_Separation_), Rosalie Ward (_Saints & Sinners_), Chet Hanks (_Your Honor_) and Joshua Bitton (_Red Riding Hoods_). The crime

drama based on K.E. Clark’s novel _Deadly Instinct_ follows Billy Evans (Smith), a narcissist of psychotic proportions who, blinded with jealousy over the wealth accumulated by his best

friend and local mob boss (Hanks), schemes to steal his infant son to obtain a multi-million dollar settlement from the hospital’s insurance company. In so doing, he ignites a chain reaction

that overwhelms the lives of his now suicidal wife (Bowden), her nymphomaniacal younger sister (Debo) with whom he’s having an affair, a deeply indebted gambling and alcoholic lawyer

(Schneider), a Brooklyn born bookmaker/pimp/murderer (Bitton), a rural ex-con (Shields) seeking redemption from his angelic wife (Ward) and a hard-nosed insurance investigator (Williams).

Beiber is producing the film, which is in production in Los Angeles, with Kenneth Clark exec producing alongside Richard Simeone. WATCH ON DEADLINE Schneider is an actor, comedian, writer,

director and producer who rose to fame in the 1990s as a cast member on _Saturday Night Live_. The three-time Emmy nominee has previously appeared on the film side in _Hubie Halloween_, _The

Wrong Missy_,_ Sandy Wexler_, _The Ridiculous 6_, _Grown Ups_, _You Don’t Mess with the Zohan_, _Little Man_,_ Click_, _The Benchwarmers_,_ Grandma’s Boy_, multiple _Deuce Bigalow_ pics,

_The Longest Yard_, _Around the World in 80 Days_, _50 First Dates_, _The Hot Chick_, _Mr. Deeds_, _The Animal_, _Muppets from Space_,_ Big Daddy_,_ The Waterboy_, _Judge Dredd_, _The

Beverly Hillbillies_ and more. Additional TV credits include the sixth season of _The Masked Singer_, in which he performed as Hamster, and the Netflix sitcom _Real Rob_. He is represented

by Zero Gravity Management and The Initiative Group. *** EXCLUSIVE: Caitlin Carmichael (_Midnight in the Switchgrass_) has signed on to play the lead role in _Roadkill_, an indie from

writer-director Warren Fast. The film centers on a young woman riding the back roads of a rural county whose quest for justice is derailed when she gets caught up in a law enforcement

manhunt for a fugitive killer. Carmichael will play its multi-layered anti-hero, Driver. Warren and Stacie Fast are producing via their Mythic Pictures alongside John B. Bennett and John

Karanfilovski. Carmichael most recently starred alongside Megan Fox and Emile Hirch in the indie feature _Midnight in the Switchgrass_, from director Randal Emmett, previously starring

opposite Frank Grillo in the Netflix pic _Wheelman_. The actress has appeared on the TV side in series including _Deputy_, _The Good Doctor_, _The Mick_, _Young Sheldon_,_ Agent Carter_,_

Suburgatory_, _Criminal Minds_ and _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_. She is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency, Vault Entertainment and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.