Exclusive: Rachel Bay Jones (Young Sheldon) and Danny Burstein (Tokyo Vice) are joining newcomer Ana Sharp in the independent feature Rise and Shine, directed by Laura Somers (Rich Kids) from a screenplay by Michael Stagliano.
Rise and Shine is based on the true story of Janice Steele and her daughter Terri, who was born with cerebral palsy and a developmental delay. She was homeschooled until her teen years, when she entered public school and inspired her community with her infectious optimism and positivity.
Jordan Walker Ross, Analesa Fisher, Jordan Nichole Wall and Halie Strickler round out the cast.
Jones is best known for originating the role of Heidi Hansen in the original Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen and received Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Lucille Lortel and a Drama League awards for her performance. She recently recurred on Young Sheldon, The Good Doctor and United States of AI and appeared in the films Critical Thinking,...
Rise and Shine is based on the true story of Janice Steele and her daughter Terri, who was born with cerebral palsy and a developmental delay. She was homeschooled until her teen years, when she entered public school and inspired her community with her infectious optimism and positivity.
Jordan Walker Ross, Analesa Fisher, Jordan Nichole Wall and Halie Strickler round out the cast.
Jones is best known for originating the role of Heidi Hansen in the original Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen and received Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Lucille Lortel and a Drama League awards for her performance. She recently recurred on Young Sheldon, The Good Doctor and United States of AI and appeared in the films Critical Thinking,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Principal photography has wrapped on the psychological drama Canvas, starring Bridget Regan alongside Joanne Kelly (City on a Hill), Samuel Roukin (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Alain Uy, and Bethany Anne Lind (Ozark).
Co-directed by debut feature filmmakers Kimberly Stuckwisch and Melora Donoghue, the flick follows sisters Eve (Kelly) and Marissa Hale (Regan). The film’s synopsis reads: Pitted against each other since youth and raised to believe true artists are only formed through suffering, the sisters reunite after years of estrangement. One sister learns authenticity, the other regret, but neither escapes the sins of their father.
Canvas is produced by John H Lang (Spree), A.J. Del Cueto (Spree), and Geeta Bajaj (Golden Arm) for The Ranch Productions, with Russell Wayne Groves and Randy Wooten serving as executive producers. Casting is by Kate Geller, CSA, and regional casting is by Erica Arvold.
Co-directed by debut feature filmmakers Kimberly Stuckwisch and Melora Donoghue, the flick follows sisters Eve (Kelly) and Marissa Hale (Regan). The film’s synopsis reads: Pitted against each other since youth and raised to believe true artists are only formed through suffering, the sisters reunite after years of estrangement. One sister learns authenticity, the other regret, but neither escapes the sins of their father.
Canvas is produced by John H Lang (Spree), A.J. Del Cueto (Spree), and Geeta Bajaj (Golden Arm) for The Ranch Productions, with Russell Wayne Groves and Randy Wooten serving as executive producers. Casting is by Kate Geller, CSA, and regional casting is by Erica Arvold.
- 12/5/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Feature-length documentaries are invading the American Film Market, where a company called Ocule Films is touting itself as the first member of the International Film & Television Alliance and the first AFM seller principally dedicated to the financing, production, acquisition and distribution of theatrical-sized docus. Ocule founders -- managing director Kirt Eftekhar and production partner Randy Wooten -- see a "definite movement" to documentaries and "a burgeoning overseas market" for those that "have commercial awareness," especially when you compare the boxoffice and ancillary returns to the cost of producing a docu feature. Eftekhar cited such successes as March of the Penguins, Super Size Me, Michael Moore's offerings and his own Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy as among the docus contributing to the new worldwide media curiosity about the genre. The interest in docus has taken such hold that Hollywood agencies are setting up documentary divisions, Eftekhar said.
- 11/3/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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