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Independent Crime Series MOUSE Completes 14-Episode Series On a Shocking Budget

Complex·Maggie Ekberg·26 days ago
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While Hollywood spends millions chasing the next prestige hit, a group of talented actors just made one for the price of a second-hand car — and it's brilliant. MOUSE is a 14-episode psychological crime thriller that has no business being this good. Shot guerrilla-style with a crew of two to three people and a budget of under $7,000, the series delivers the kind of dark, gripping drama that television executives spend fortunes trying to manufacture. At its centre is Lanny Joon — the Korean-American actor best known for Baby Driver — as Detective Sam Park, a haunted cop trying to keep his demons buried while they claw their way back up. Opposite him, Shélah Larson is electrifying as Joey, a character whose quiet menace keeps you permanently off balance. Larson is not just the lead — she's the co-founder of Short Snacks Entertainment , the indie production company she launched with director Roth Rind on a philosophy that's almost radical in today's industry: don't wait for permission.…

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