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EXCLUSIVE: Good Deed Leisure has acquired U.S. rights to the indie comedy That’s Humorous, written, directed by, and starring Alex Grossman. Co-starring Ben Cain (Merciless Summer season), Melanie Hutsell (Saturday Night time Stay), and Nicole Forester (Jack Reacher), the movie arrives on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu on November 17 earlier than opening in choose theaters December 7.
That’s Humorous facilities on a middle-aged man (Grossman) so pushed to appreciate his dream of turning into a comic, he’s lacking out on all the gorgeous moments already earlier than him. On his journey of transformation, he returns to the aggressive world of stand-up comedy that takes him from Los Angeles to his hometown of Flint, Michigan. With humor and vulnerability, in the end each his act and perspective evolve as he realizes the current second is one of the best place to be.
The pic is Grossman’s second on the heels of Hickey, a coming-of-age comedy launched in 2017. The uncommon artistic to have been acknowledged at Cannes Lions for his work as each a author and director, he works regularly in commercials and is in any other case identified for his work as a stand-up comedian. The deal for his newest undertaking was negotiated with Good Deed’s EVP of Acquisitions, Erik Donley.
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EXCLUSIVE: Christian Vunipola and Simon Kim have been introduced on for roles reverse Caylee Cowan and Alexander Calvert in Double Publicity, the forthcoming indie from writer-director Howard Goldberg.
Set to start capturing later this 12 months, the movie follows a struggling artist (Calvert) grappling with profound guilt stemming from a previous love (Cowan). Goldberg can even produce alongside Laura Nickowitz and Julia Verdin.
Beforehand seen in movies like Miguel Needs to Battle, Wildflower and Queenpins, Vunipola has additionally appeared on CSI: Vegas. Kim has been seen on reveals like Station 19 and Citadel, and in movies like pageant favourite The Adults with Michael Cera. Vunipola is repped by Artists & Representatives and three Arts Leisure; Kim by 3 Arts Leisure.