Video Service Corp has acquired all Us and Canadian rights to Brett and Jason Butler’s sophomore feature First Round Down and plan a mid-2016 release.
The Butler brothers’ Substance Production and Marina Cordoni produce with support from Telefilm and Canadian federal and provincial tax credits.
Dylan Bruce of Orphan Black plays Tim Tucker, a former ice junior hockey star who ties to move on from his criminal past.
The Canadian cast includes Rachel Wilson, John Kapelos, Kristian Bruun, Rob Ramsay, Peter MacNeill and Percy Hynes White.
Vsc founder Jonathan Gross brokered the deal with McE’s Marina Cordoni.
The Butler brothers’ Substance Production and Marina Cordoni produce with support from Telefilm and Canadian federal and provincial tax credits.
Dylan Bruce of Orphan Black plays Tim Tucker, a former ice junior hockey star who ties to move on from his criminal past.
The Canadian cast includes Rachel Wilson, John Kapelos, Kristian Bruun, Rob Ramsay, Peter MacNeill and Percy Hynes White.
Vsc founder Jonathan Gross brokered the deal with McE’s Marina Cordoni.
- 10/27/2015
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography in Toronto and Hamilton is set to begin on October 20 on Brett and Jason Butler’s latest film.
First Round Down centres on Tim Tucker, a former junior hockey star turned hitman who returns home after a decade to take care of his brother and move on from his criminal past.
Dylan Bruce from Orphan Black stars alongside Rachel Wilson, Rob Ramsay, John Kapelos, Peter MacNeill, Pedro Miguel Arce and father-son duo Joel Percy Hynes and Percy Hynes White.
The production will work alongside the Hamilton Steelhawks Hockey Club, who officially return to the ice after a 27-year absence.
Scenes for the film will be shot during the Steelhawks’ home opener game at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena in Hamilton on November 7.
Jason (pictured at right) and Brett Butler (pictured at left, pictured in front of the Hamilton Arena) of Substance Production previously directed the 2013 drama Mourning Has Broken. The brothers...
First Round Down centres on Tim Tucker, a former junior hockey star turned hitman who returns home after a decade to take care of his brother and move on from his criminal past.
Dylan Bruce from Orphan Black stars alongside Rachel Wilson, Rob Ramsay, John Kapelos, Peter MacNeill, Pedro Miguel Arce and father-son duo Joel Percy Hynes and Percy Hynes White.
The production will work alongside the Hamilton Steelhawks Hockey Club, who officially return to the ice after a 27-year absence.
Scenes for the film will be shot during the Steelhawks’ home opener game at the Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena in Hamilton on November 7.
Jason (pictured at right) and Brett Butler (pictured at left, pictured in front of the Hamilton Arena) of Substance Production previously directed the 2013 drama Mourning Has Broken. The brothers...
- 10/15/2015
- ScreenDaily
Jenna Fischer had a son last September, but you could argue that her new film, The Giant Mechanical Man, is another child in itself. That’s because The Office star fell in love with her husband, Lee Kirk, the film’s writer and director, on set. The movie, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and opens in theaters this weekend (it’s also available On Demand), tells the understated and quirky story of street performer Tim Tucker (Chris Messina), who dresses up in silver paint and pretends to be — you guessed it — a giant mechanical man, and the reserved, lovesick woman (Fischer, of course) with whom he begins to develop a friendship and eventually falls in love. Needless to say, the real-life resonances are bewildering, and Fischer graciously spoke about her true love story when she sat down with us recently.So, this story about how you and Lee...
- 4/26/2012
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
While watching Jenna Fischer play Janice in "The Giant Mechanical Man" (premiering this week at the Tribeca Film Festival), it's hard not to think, Oh, I remember her. Not that Fischer has disappeared, but the wide-eyed innocence of Janice is refreshingly reminiscent of Fischer portrayal of Pam Beasley during the early seasons of "The Office" -- a comparison not lost on Fischer. And it's not lost on Fischer that current-day Pam Halpert seems to have less and less to do around the offices of Dunder-Mifflin.
In "The Giant Mechanical Man" (directed by Fischer's husband, Lee Kirk), Fischer plays a woman who can't even keep her job at a local temp agency. She finds solace in a street performer named Tim (a.k.a.: The Giant Mechanical Man), played by Chris Messina.
Here, Fischer discusses her new film -- which she jokes took longer to produce than her current marriage...
In "The Giant Mechanical Man" (directed by Fischer's husband, Lee Kirk), Fischer plays a woman who can't even keep her job at a local temp agency. She finds solace in a street performer named Tim (a.k.a.: The Giant Mechanical Man), played by Chris Messina.
Here, Fischer discusses her new film -- which she jokes took longer to produce than her current marriage...
- 4/24/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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