Exclusive: Mark O’Brien (Your Honor) will exec produce and star in the coming-of-age drama Topper from 1A Motion Pictures and Bad Lad Productions, which has wrapped production in Detroit. Others set for major roles include Paul Johansson (God Is a Bullet), Amanda Clayton (City on a Hill), and actor-comedians Jimmy Shubert (Entourage), Bryan Callen (Warrior) and Erik Griffin (Workaholics).
The first feature written and directed by actor Kevin McNamara (Why Women Kill) follows Topper (O’Brien), a hard-drinking middling comedian with a seemingly endless capacity for self-sabotage. Topper receives news that his estranged father (Johansson) is terminally ill and begrudgingly returns to Detroit to sell the family home, which was never much of a home to him.
While back in Detroit, the friends he left behind — Lucas (Callen), Cooper (Griffin) and Ray (Shubert) — aren’t shy about pointing out how far he has drifted off course, despite showing early promise as a young comic.
The first feature written and directed by actor Kevin McNamara (Why Women Kill) follows Topper (O’Brien), a hard-drinking middling comedian with a seemingly endless capacity for self-sabotage. Topper receives news that his estranged father (Johansson) is terminally ill and begrudgingly returns to Detroit to sell the family home, which was never much of a home to him.
While back in Detroit, the friends he left behind — Lucas (Callen), Cooper (Griffin) and Ray (Shubert) — aren’t shy about pointing out how far he has drifted off course, despite showing early promise as a young comic.
- 1/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The world of mixed martial arts has seen more than its fair share of violence over the years, but never like this. That's right, kids! The folks over at YouTube's BlackboxTV are back with something that kicks like a bull! Read on for your first look at Everlast.
From the Press Release
BlackboxTV, the horror-themed YouTube channel by Tony E. Valenzuela, collaborated with Mma and Ufc legend Frank Shamrock for Everlast, a horror short film set in the world of mixed martial arts, at YouTube Space La.
The film, a modern retelling of a classic horror story in the violent world of Mma, tells the tale of the strong, proud, and undefeated Angel Shepard. He thinks he’s the best fighter that’s ever competed in mixed-martial arts. One evening he’s confronted by a stranger offering him the opportunity to achieve the legendary fame he’s desperately sought but...
From the Press Release
BlackboxTV, the horror-themed YouTube channel by Tony E. Valenzuela, collaborated with Mma and Ufc legend Frank Shamrock for Everlast, a horror short film set in the world of mixed martial arts, at YouTube Space La.
The film, a modern retelling of a classic horror story in the violent world of Mma, tells the tale of the strong, proud, and undefeated Angel Shepard. He thinks he’s the best fighter that’s ever competed in mixed-martial arts. One evening he’s confronted by a stranger offering him the opportunity to achieve the legendary fame he’s desperately sought but...
- 4/21/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
C. Thomas Howell has added one more credit to his incredibly busy 2012 slate. Variety reports the omnipresent character actor, who recently wrapped on The Amazing Spider-Man along with five other films expected to come out this year, has just signed on to writer-director Cole Mueller's crime drama Magic Hour. Howell, whose been working as an actor since age 7, joins of cast filled with newcomers and up-and-coming performers that includes: Trevor Morgan, Kris Lemche, Josh Emerson, Courtney Daniels, Kevin McNamara and Mark Alan. Also lined up for Magic Hour is William Russ, who may be best known as the loving father on Boy Meets World. Magic Hour will be Mueller's sophomore effort, following the con artist-centered thriller Green Guys, which also starred Lemche and Russ. This time around, Mueller's script is not focusing on flim-flam men but rather zeroing in on the rise and fall of a young man who...
- 3/13/2012
- cinemablend.com
C. Thomas Howell joins indie crime drama Magic Hour directed by Cole Mueller, starring Trevor Morgan, William Russ. The Busted Buggy Entertainment and Sunside Film-produced film is being scripted and helmed by Mueller, with production wrapping at the end of this month, reports Variety. Pic was shot in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Anaheim, and is set in thr early '90s, telling of a young man who becomes part of a Venice Beach Crime family. Kris Lemche, Josh Emerson, Courtney Daniels, Kevin McNamara and Mark Alan also star. Howell's biggest upcoming film is of course Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Emma Stone...
- 3/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
C. Thomas Howell joins indie crime drama Magic Hour directed by Cole Mueller, starring Trevor Morgan, William Russ. The Busted Buggy Entertainment and Sunside Film-produced film is being scripted and helmed by Mueller, with production wrapping at the end of this month, reports Variety. Pic was shot in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Anaheim, and is set in thr early '90s, telling of a young man who becomes part of a Venice Beach Crime family. Kris Lemche, Josh Emerson, Courtney Daniels, Kevin McNamara and Mark Alan also star. Howell's biggest upcoming film is of course Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Emma Stone...
- 3/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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