Inde Navarrette To Star In 'The Waffle House Index' Move At Apple
Deadline • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Inde Navarrette, recently cast as Rogue in the upcoming X-Men movie, is set to star in The Waffle House Index, a film produced by Plan B and acquired by Apple Original Films.
- The script, written by Andrew Nunnelly and directed by Louis Paxton, was featured on the 2025 Black List; the story involves a FEMA disaster severity metric and centers on Jane, who works the graveyard shift at a Waffle House during an approaching storm.
- Apple Studios will produce the film with Plan B, and Navarrette will also serve as an executive producer, highlighting her growing influence in the industry following her breakout role in Obsession.
- Apple reportedly paid a low-seven-figure sum to acquire the rights to the project, which began development in August and quickly attracted attention.
- Navarrette’s career is on the rise, with notable roles in Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and CW’s Superman & Lois, while writer Andrew Nunnelly is also working on other projects such as Anomaly and The Sleep Train.
