Greta Bellamacina, Rileigh McDonald to Star in Jaclyn Bethany’s ‘Thomasina’ (Exclusive)

Greta Bellamacina will star in “Thomasina,” an upcoming horror movie from Jaclyn Bethany.

Rileigh McDonald (“The Sinner”) has also signed on for the movie, which is set in the underbelly of L.A.Director and actress Bellamacina has been in the news at Cannes after being refused entry to the Marche with her baby son, then being told she needed to pay an accreditation fee for the infant, a procedure that would take 48 hours to process.

The organizers said there was a mix-up on the ground and that it had fixed the situation, but it was an embarrassing incident at a moment when gender equality is firmly in the spotlight.The “Thomasina” announcement and casting is more regular Cannes news.

McDonald, who has been starring in “Matilda” on Broadway, plays the titular character in the picture, a mysterious, down-on-her-luck teenager whose life begins to spin out of control after her mother’s murder.

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