‘13 Reasons Why’ & ‘Empire’ Actress Ajiona Alexus Joins Gabrielle Union In ‘Breaking In’Posted by Wilson Morales
July 10, 2017
Source: Deadline
Deadline is reporting that ‘13 Reasons Why’ & ‘Empire’ actress Ajiona Alexus has joined the cast of ‘Breaking In,’ which Gabrielle Union is set to star and produce with executive producer Will Packer.
Breaking In will be directed by directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta). Union is producing the feature with Packer, James Lopez, and Practical Picture’s Craig Perry and Sheila Taylor from a screenplay by Ryan Engle. The script was based on a pitch from Jaime Primak Sullivan who is on as executive producer with Valerie Bleth Sharp and Jeff Morrone.
With production set to start in July, the film centers on Shaun (Union) who, after the sudden death of her father, takes her two kids to her father’s Malibu mansion to settle his estate. At the mansion are four villains intent on finding the deceased’s safe and making off with its contents. Alexus will play Jasmine, Shaun’s stubborn and smart oldest child.
Alexus, who plays the younger version of Taraji P. Henson’s Cookie on Fox’s Empire, will next appear, along with Henson, in Tyler Perry’s She’s Living My Life.
