Casey Affleck to Produce, May Take Supporting Role in Sports Drama ‘Fencer’

Casey Affleck will produce the sports drama “Fencer” through his Sea Change Media company and may take a small supporting role in the movie.Jasmine McGlade is directing from her own script about a hard-charging female fencer attempting to make the U.S.

Olympic team while facing personal demons and childhood rivals.

McGlade is also producing along with Sea Change Media executive Whitaker Lader.McGlade made her feature directorial debut with the 2011 drama “Maria My Love.” She also produced Damien Chazelle’s “Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench” and was an executive producer on Chazelle’s “La La Land.”Affleck will next be seen opposite Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek in “The Old Man & the Gun,” which Fox Searchlight opens on Sept.

28.Affleck’s attachment comes two week after he apologized for his “unprofessional” actions following sexual harassment allegations and admitted to contributing to an unprofessional environment on the

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