Devyn McDowell, Arturo Luíz Soria, Nat Faxon, Alex Moffat & More Set For Fia Perera’s ‘Mermaid’ 

EXCLUSIVE: Fia Perera has wrapped production on her first narrative feature, Mermaid, an expansion of her 2020 short film of the same name, which she wrote and directed.

The cast includes Devyn McDowell (Jerry and Marge Go Large), Arturo Luíz Soria (Found), Nat Faxon (The Way Way Back), Alex Moffat (Saturday Night Live), Mary Birdsong (Succession), Tom Kiesche (Breaking Bad) and Missi Pyle (Harlan Coben’s Shelter).

In Mermaid, a 10-year-old boy wanting desperately to be a mermaid crosses paths with a grief-stricken, unraveling drag queen, and a deep connection is forged… One that they will risk everything for.

Shot in Cape Cod and Los Angeles, the film’s producers are Ryan Lacen, Jenica Bergere, Hilliard Guess, Tyler Musikanth, Toni Long and Mary Vernieu. Jeffrey Sobrato, Sheri Sobrato, Safe Space and Perera Picture are the executive producers, and Findley Davidson handled casting.

A passionate LGBTQ+ advocate committed to amplifying the voices of marginalized communities through her work, Perera previously directed Paul & Trisha: The Art of Fluidity, a documentary exploring the lives of two 77-year-old British artists who exist in one gender-fluid body. She is repped by Ensemble Entertainment.

McDowell is repped by Take 3 Talent Agency and Rebel Creative Group; Soria by Greene Talent, Authentic Talent and Literary Management, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Faxon by CAA, Artists First, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Moffat by Gersh, Mosaic, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Birdsong by Innovative Artists and Abrams Entertainment; Kiesche by AKA Talent Agency; and Pyle by Paradigm, AFM Prime Talent Media, and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum.