EXCLUSIVE: First-time feature director Mills McQueen has wrapped production on Rooster , a dark comedy with a buzzy cast. The call sheet included Grant Gustin ( The Flash ), Emmy-nominated Task and Ozark star Tom Pelphrey , Emmy nominee Paul Sparks ( House of Cards ), Julia Schlaepfer ( 1923 ), Matt Gomez Hidaka ( Eddington ), Beau Knapp ( The Nice Guys ), and Yao ( Sinners ).

A darkly comic tale of pride, obsession, and poultry, penned by McQueen, Rooster follows a debt-strapped Austin salesman who “borrows” his neighbor’s prized rooster in a desperate attempt to turn his life around. When the bird dies and he secretly replaces it, his flamboyant neighbor — a local tour guide who treats his flock like family — sets out to uncover the truth, igniting

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