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Benny Safdie’s upcoming fantasy movie “Lizard Music” has added newcomer Arya Parvathi in her feature film debut.
Parvathi’s role has yet to be disclosed, but she joins a cast that includes Dwayne Johnson (playing a 70-year-old
man whose best friend is a 111-year-old chicken), Alicia Silverstone, Regina Hall, Tim Heidecker and Theo Leber. Safdie directs and wrote the script, which is based on the Daniel Pinkwater novel of the same name.
“Lizard Music” follows a boy (Leber) who, left to his own devices, stumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music. His exploration into this magical world leads him to an eccentric old man called the Chicken Man (Johnson), and his elderly chicken companion Claudia. Per the logline, “United by this shared vision, they set off on an adventure that begins as a hunt for a hidden society but blossoms into something far greater: a voyage through invisible worlds, unexpected harmonies, and the unbreakable bond between lost souls who discover magic not only in what they find, but in each other.”
The film is produced by Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists; Safdie for Out for the Count Productions; Johnson for Seven Bucks Productions; and David Koplan for Magnetic Fields Entertainment.
Parvathi makes her feature film debut in “Lizard Music.” She recently appeared in a live theater production of “Commedia Robots” at the Actors’ Gang theater in Culver City, as well as a short film produced by The Playground young actors’ conservatory in Los Angeles. She is represented by CESD and Horizon Talent Mgmt.
