Leon, Elise Neal, Aries Spears And Stakiah Lynn Washington To Lead Legal Thriller ‘Wildcards’

Wes Miller has set the legal thriller Wildcards as his next feature and has cast Leon (Swarm, Five Heartbeats), Elise Neal (All of Us), Aries Spears (Mad TV), and Stakiah Lynn Washington (Angel City) in lead roles.

Blacklight is financed by Andrew van den Houten, Wes Miller, Joseph O’Connor, and Leon. Lloyd Watts is co-producing, while Jessie Jalee, Chad Ghiron, and Elise Neal are executive producers. The cast includes Crew Morrow, Courtney Grace, Samantha Walkes, and Robert Catrini.

Wildcards follows a jury deliberating the case of Theodore Sterling (Morrow), a privileged young man accused of sexual assault of a 20-something African-American woman (Lynn Washington). The prosecution is led by Assistant State Attorney James Jones (Spears), an overworked yet determined prosecutor, who faces off against Greg Sims (Leon), a veteran defense attorney with an unbroken 25-year winning streak.

Official Synopsis: As the jury weighs the evidence, their contrasting backgrounds and beliefs ignite fierce debates, amplifying the tension inside the deliberation room. Meanwhile, the emergence of a Wildcard, an enigmatic witness claiming to know the truth about the night in question, throws the case into turmoil. Her connection to the accused and her motives add a layer of uncertainty, raising critical questions about bias, privilege, and the pursuit of justice.

Director Wes Miller is best known for A Day to Die, starring Bruce Willis, and Call Her King starring Naturi Naughton, Lance Gross, and Jason Mitchell.

“I’ve always loved legal thrillers and I’m excited to work with this insanely talented cast to bring this piece to life,” Miller said of his next feature. “For me, it examines the discourse in our country and says more about what we can do together, than apart, wrapped in a fast-paced commercially viable thriller.”