Billy Barratt, Alfred Molina, Danielle Deadwyler Nicholas Dawkes Photography; Cindy Ord/Getty Images; Dalvin Adams Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Danielle Deadwyler, Billy Barratt, Alfred Molina, Tim Meadows, and Dolly De Leon have joined the cast of A24 drama The Chaperones. Plan B and Icki Eneo Arlo, the Robert Pattinson-fronted banner, are producing the feature that has indie darling India Donaldson directing. David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman and Paul Dano are toplining the drama, centered on a drug dealer and his two slacker buddies hired to transport a troubled teen across the country. Hoffman is one of the "chaperones," a young man who is aggressive and reckless. Jonsson is Cooper's partner, a reluctant participant in the chaperoning business. Dano is the drug dealer. Barratt is playing the teen who needs to be chaperoned while Deadwyler is playing Jonsson's sister. Molina is playing Hoffman's sleazy boss. Other character details are unknown. Sebastian Black wrote the script for the feature, which is now in production. Related Stories TV 'Euphoria': Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Deadwyler, Eli Roth, Sam Trammell and More Join Season 3 Cast Movies David Jonsson, Cooper Hoffman to Star in 'The Chaperones' for A24, Plan B Tim Meadows, Dolly De Leon Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images; Jerick Sanchez Deadwyler, who last starred in Blumhouse horror movie The Woman in the Yard, counts movies such as I Saw the TV Glow, The Piano Lesson, and Carry-On as recent credits. She is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency, Play Management and Ziffren Brittenham. Barratt starred in A24's Philippou Brothers-directed horror movie Bring Her Back and appears on Apple TV's sci-fi series Invasion. He is repped by Paradigm, Sylvia Young Agency, and Hansen Jacobson. Molina is an acting veteran (Spider-Man 2) whose latest feature appearance was in Doug Liman's Apple TV movie The Instigators with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. He is repped by Lou Coulson Associates and Anonymous Content. Meadows this year appeared in DC Studios show Peacemaker and is one of the stars of CBS workplace comedy DMV. He is repped by Reliant Talent Agency and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. De Leon was on the boat in Cannes darling Triangle of Sadness and also appeared in the Paul Feig-directed action comedy Jackpot! that starred John Cene and Awkwafina. She is repped by Gersh, Fusion Entertainment and Jackoway Austen. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up R.J. Cutler Louvre Jewel Heist Doc in the Works from R.J. Cutler, Laurent Bouzereau (Exclusive) Topher Grace Glen Powell's A24 Thriller 'Huntington' Gets New Title, Early 2026 Release Oscars 2026 Emma Thompson Boards Oscar Contender 'Jane Austen's Period Drama' as "Executive Menstrual Advisor": "A Bloody Little Gem" (Exclusive) Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Says He Is "Fighting the Tides" to Keep Movies Like 'Hamnet' in Theaters So It's "Not Just Blockbuster" Films on the Big Screen Niki Caro Niki Caro Confronts Hollywood's Backslide on Women Behind the Camera as She Leads Camerimage Jury Range Media Free Range: Hollywood's Disruptive Management Start-Up Hits the Five-Year Mark R.J. Cutler Louvre Jewel Heist Doc in the Works from R.J. Cutler, Laurent Bouzereau (Exclusive) Topher Grace Glen Powell's A24 Thriller 'Huntington' Gets New Title, Early 2026 Release Oscars 2026 Emma Thompson Boards Oscar Contender 'Jane Austen's Period Drama' as "Executive Menstrual Advisor": "A Bloody Little Gem" (Exclusive) Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg Says He Is "Fighting the Tides" to Keep Movies Like 'Hamnet' in Theaters So It's "Not Just Blockbuster" Films on the Big Screen Niki Caro Niki Caro Confronts Hollywood's Backslide on Women Behind the Camera as She Leads Camerimage Jury Range Media Free Range: Hollywood's Disruptive Management Start-Up Hits the Five-Year Mark