KAt is gecast in de niewuwe film ‘Cut Throat City’, hierin speellt ze samen met o.a. Wesley Snipes en ‘All Eyez on Me’ co-star Demetrius Shipp Jr. De film gaat overeen groep vrienden dat terugkeert naar New Orlean in de nasleep van orkaan Katrina. Hier komen ze erachter dan hun huizen verwoest zijn en de kans op werk klein is waarna ze besluiten voor een gangster een casino midden in de stand te overvallen. Opnames zouden al zijn begonnen in New Orleans.

Kat Graham has joined Shameik Moore (Netflix’s The Get Down), Empire star Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes (Blade), Eiza González (Baby Driver), and All Eyez on Me co-star Demetrius Shipp Jr. for the post-Katrina heist drama, Cut Throat City, with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA at the helm. The pic, currently filming in New Orleans, is produced by Elliott Michael Smith of Rumble Riot Pictures, Michael Mendelsohn of Patriot Pictures, William Clevinger, Kyle Tekiela, Sean Lydiard, Film Wealth, and RZA.

P.G. Cuscheri wrote the script which centers on four boyhood friends who return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, right in the heart of the city.