Shannon Breaks From MOS For A Bit To Play In Mud

Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Sarah Paulson, Ray McKinnon, Joe Don Baker and Paul Sparks have have all joined the cast of the drama Mud, says Deadline.

The story follows a charismatic fugitive named Mud (Matthew McConaughey ) and his unlikely friendship with fourteen year old Ellis (Tye Sheridan). Ellis is determined to help his new friend escape from both the law and some very serious bounty hunters, in order to reunite Mud with his soul mate, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon).

Shepard plays “a reclusive character,” while Shannon  (on loan from Zack Snyder's Man of Steel). will be the uncle of one boy while Paulson and McKinnon will be the parents of the other.

Jeff Nichols wrote the script and directs 

Sarah Green is producing the film

Production is undereway in Arkansas.