Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Thud added seven final cast members as principal photography wrapped in Los Angeles. The new names bring the film’s ensemble to a finished stage, with character details still under wraps.
Seven Final Additions
The seven final additions are Lauren Holt, Anna Akana, Kevin Bigley, Brian McElhaney, Brandon Scott, Vincent Rodriguez III, and Joel Johnstone. For a production that is already in the can, that means the core cast is now set before the film moves into postproduction.
Thud is a darkly comedic supernatural romance led by Gellar as the Grim Reaper and Rudy Pankow as the Devil. The project follows the pair as they wreak havoc at a three-day destination wedding and fall in love, which gives the ensemble expansion a practical purpose: more players, but no public map yet for who fits where.
Los Angeles Wrap
Principal photography wrapped in Los Angeles with the support of a California tax credit. That puts the production past the point where casting changes usually reshape the build, and it leaves the remaining work to editing, sound, and finishing touches.
The cast already includes Piper Curda, Sujata Day, Sterling Sulieman, Steve Agee, Karan Soni, Dot-Marie Jones, and Katie Parker. Deadline first reported on the indie, and the character details for the seven final additions remain under wraps, which keeps the film’s on-screen structure opaque even as the roster is now complete.
Mali Elfman’s Ensemble
Mali Elfman directed Thud, and the closing of casting after the Los Angeles wrap suggests the film is locking its pieces in the order that matters most for an independent production: first the shoot, then the final ensemble, then the handoff to postproduction. The open question is the simplest one left on the table: which characters will the seven final cast members play in Thud?
