Lena Headey, Marc Menchaca, AnnaSophia Robb & Jay Pharoah Board Proof Of Concept Shorts; Lamar Richardson Joins ‘The Fabulous Four’ As Co-Producer; Freestyle Takes ‘Burning Land’ – Film Briefs
01.12.2023 - 19:16
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EXCLUSIVE: Married actors Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) and Mark Menchaca (Ozark) have been set to star in Long Pork, a revenge thriller short helmed by up-and-comer Iris Dukatt, who also wrote the screenplay.
Produced by Madhouse Films, the rising female led-production company founded by Katherine Romans and Charlie Sarah Traisman, as well as Elizabeth Valenti, the film takes place in a future post-Roe America where all reproductive rights have been banned. Headey plays Lily Williams, master chef at the renowned Foal’s Steakhouse, who lost her only daughter to forced birth under the federal ban. When Lily learns that Philip Anderson (Menchaca), the judge responsible for denying her daughter’s abortion request, is coming to dine at Foal’s, she enlists her team of cooks to exact bloody revenge, setting the stage for revolution.
Also starring in the pic, intended as a proof of concept for a feature, include Catherine Curtin, Lorna Courtney, Zoe Cipres, and T.L. Thompson. Headey is repped by CAA and TMT Entertainment Group; Menchaca by Independent Artist Group and TMT Entertainment Group.
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EXCLUSIVE: AnnaSophia Robb (Rebel Ridge), Jay Pharoah (The Blackening) and James Scully (Problemista) have been set to topline ESC, a short inspired by real events from Mercedes Bryce Morgan (Fixation), which tackles the subject of cyberbullying.
Morgan and Katrina Kudlick’s script follows a woman (Robb) fighting for redemption and survival against the notorious hate group she accidentally created, with only minutes left to prevent a mass shooting. The proof of concept for a feature to come next year, it’s produced by Kudlick of Fever Dream Studios, and Jacob Robinson and Dylan Gross of Pollywog Films (Sparring Partner), as well as