Exclusive: Jeremy Walters and Tommy Reid, the writer and producer behind the true-life mobster drama Kill the Irishman are partnering again for the independent feature Bitter Sweet.
Bitter Sweet follows an unassuming ex-cop who is mistaken for an infamous mob hit-man and becomes entangled in a mystery to hunt the men who brutally murdered his wife.
Walters will direct off a screenplay he wrote for a production shoot in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio next May.
Said Reid, “The revenge-thriller genre is massive in terms of its global appeal, and Jeremy Walters’ noir screenplay for Bitter Sweet is all gas — no brakes. With casting now underway, we’re excited to reteam.”
Casting for Bitter Sweet is now underway with casting director Venus Kanani,
Reid and Walters are also partnered on their docuseries currently in pre-production, Kings Of The Beach.
Bitter Sweet follows an unassuming ex-cop who is mistaken for an infamous mob hit-man and becomes entangled in a mystery to hunt the men who brutally murdered his wife.
Walters will direct off a screenplay he wrote for a production shoot in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio next May.
Said Reid, “The revenge-thriller genre is massive in terms of its global appeal, and Jeremy Walters’ noir screenplay for Bitter Sweet is all gas — no brakes. With casting now underway, we’re excited to reteam.”
Casting for Bitter Sweet is now underway with casting director Venus Kanani,
Reid and Walters are also partnered on their docuseries currently in pre-production, Kings Of The Beach.
- 9/24/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We hear that Bella Thorne is set to lead Masquerade, a home invasion thriller which Shane Dax Taylor will direct and write.
The project, which will shoot in Kentucky, follows 11-year-old Casey (Alyvia Alyn Lind of Daybreak and The Young and the Restless) who must survive the night after a group of intruders, led by Rose (Thorne), break into her family’s home to steal priceless artwork. The thieves will stop at nothing to get what they want, with shocking developments. Austin Nichols (The Walking Dead) and Mircea Monroe will star as Casey’s parents, with Skyler Samuels (The Gifted) as Rose’s cohort. EPs are Stuart Manashil, Joe Heath, Corky Taylor, Ron Kirchhoff, Jeff Walz, Brian Dahlin, Roman Terrill, Raja Collins, and John Lind. Taylor will produce alongside Steven Schneider and Kenneth Burke (Soul Surfer). Venus Kanani cast the film.
The project, which will shoot in Kentucky, follows 11-year-old Casey (Alyvia Alyn Lind of Daybreak and The Young and the Restless) who must survive the night after a group of intruders, led by Rose (Thorne), break into her family’s home to steal priceless artwork. The thieves will stop at nothing to get what they want, with shocking developments. Austin Nichols (The Walking Dead) and Mircea Monroe will star as Casey’s parents, with Skyler Samuels (The Gifted) as Rose’s cohort. EPs are Stuart Manashil, Joe Heath, Corky Taylor, Ron Kirchhoff, Jeff Walz, Brian Dahlin, Roman Terrill, Raja Collins, and John Lind. Taylor will produce alongside Steven Schneider and Kenneth Burke (Soul Surfer). Venus Kanani cast the film.
- 12/10/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to Rumorville! Here you can learn about casting news that’s about to break in Hollywood. These speculations might be only rumors, but that doesn’t mean you can’t follow the trail all the way to the audition room. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” On Broadway “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” creator Rachel Bloom is taking a well-deserved victory lap at the moment. The show, a hit among theatre junkies and newly-converted musical fans, is about to take itself on the road with an eight-city live musical tour, wrapping up in New York City. (Bloom also just wrapped up a couple NYC events of her own, with the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center and a talk at 92Y this past week.) But that might not be it for the show’s stage life. This week, Bloom posted a photo on Instagram of her and Ceg co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna, indicating that the duo...
- 2/16/2018
- backstage.com
NBC's new pilot "Feed Me" has a casting director attached, Backstage has learned. The late-order dark comedy centers on Emma, the daughter of a restaurant-owning family, whose husband cheats on her. Mary-Louise Parker is set to star and Dava Waite, of Dava Waite Peaslee Casting, is set to cast. Meanwhile, "Divergent," the first film installment based on the young adult novels by Veronica Roth, won't hit theaters until later this month but casting is already gearing up on the sequel. Mary Vernieu and Venus Kanani of Betty Mae, Inc. will return to cast "Insurgent," the sequel in Roth's trilogy. In the sci-fi romance, Shailene Woodley, who played George Clooney's daughter in "The Descendants," stars as Beatrice "Tris" Prior, a "divergent" young woman living in a futuristic world where society is divided based on individuals' virtues. The fifth installment of "Mission: Impossible," meanwhile, will be cast by Mindy Marin, of Casting Artists,...
- 2/25/2014
- backstage.com
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