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Exclusive: Under the radar rom-com 40 Dates and 40 Nights has wrapped production in Houston, with cast including Bailee Madison (Pretty Little Liars), Joel Courtney (The Kissing Booth), Annie Potts (Ghostbusters), Jai Rodriguez (Bros) and Luxy Banner (The Get Together).

The story revolves around Leah Jones (Madison), who is navigating the challenges of dating. Gigi (Potts), her grandmother, bets her a full year’s rent if she can prove love isn’t out there after 40 consecutive dates.

Andy Delaney directs from a script inspired by true events from Sarah “Howie” Howard. Vance Howard is executive producer for Lucky Number 8 Productions. The film is a co-production between Lucky Number 8 and Rebellium Films (Cottonmouth), produced by Randy Wayne and Madison, with co-producers Sandler Weinberg and Sarah Howard.

Supporting cast includes Jack Schumacher, Eric Nelsen, Bethany Geaber, Mia Challis, Sterling Knight, Mark Hapka, Jeremy Culhan and Randy McDowell.

Vance Howard stated: “When I read the script for 40 Dates,...

Jack Falahee, Eric Nelsen and Hannah James are slated to star in indie drama “Holly by Nightfall” from director Andy Delaney and screenwriter Peter James Cooper.

The feature film centers on a group of friends while they navigate the stumbling blocks of adulthood. It marks one of Falahee’s first screen project since wrapping his breakout role opposite Viola Davis on ABC’s “How to Get Away With Murder” in 2020. The actor teased a behind-the-scenes still with Nelsen on his Instagram Wednesday.

Per an official synopsis, “Holly by Nightfall” is “a funny, sweet and poignant story about a group of friends who are hitting crossroads in their lives, stumbling over decisions about relationships and careers.”

The project is currently in post-production and just wrapped filming on location in Houston, Texas.

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"Lying, thinking... Last night how to find my soul a home." Need a dose of positivity? Or a warm, friendly (virtual) hug? Watch this short. Alone Together is a beautiful, lovely short film made by filmmaker Andy Delaney (we also featured his short Christmas Spirit last year) created during the coronavirus lockdown to bring us together wherever we may be. Maya Angelou's "Alone" is a poem about loneliness and togetherness, a "thinking out loud" reflection on vulnerability and community; "Nobody, but nobody, can make it out here alone." Though originally written in 1975, it clearly resonates with the alone/together experiences we've all lived through during the pandemic. The short features a reading of the poem by Dr. Maya Angelou's son, Guy Johnson, spoken over footage filmed by cinematographers / filmmakers from 11 different countries. It's a moving little poetic short film that feels so comforting, a heartfelt reminder that we are all in this together.

"Do you ever stop eating?" Sometimes we need a good pick-me-up, and it's a short film like this that might do the trick. Christmas Spirit is a lovely 10 minute short film made by director/editor Andy Delaney, with writer Rich With. "Working in conjunction with the charity Cruse Bereavement Care, Andy and Rich have crafted a beautifully melancholic and yet ultimately uplifting Christmas film guaranteed to leave a lump in your throat." The short is about a boy who helps his dad deal with grief at Christmas in his own unique way. Starring Curtis Flowers and introducing Bert Davis as The Boy, along with Charles Sharman-Cox, Olivia Sawbridge, Rachel Beauchamp, Dylan Tate and Jamie-Lee Pike. Not only is this an excellent short, the music they use throughout really adds to the emotion of it all. Highly recommend watch this one. Thanks to Rich for the tip on this. Description via...

Directors Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom’s “Love Is Blind” should perhaps be titled “Love Is Arbitrary.” There’s no reasoning to how and why love manifests or dissipates in relationships, in much the same way the film’s character motivations flip and flop as script convenience calls. who struggles to recognize the broken people who populate her purview. Her ability to see only what she wants directly correlates to the film’s selective reasoning when it comes to contrivance and cloying poignancy.

Elizabeth Krafft (Shannon Tarbet), known to her friends as “Bess,” lives in an idyllic small town in upstate New York with her ailing father Murray (Matthew Broderick) and an albino peacock named Argus. She suffers from a rare disorder that affects her ability to see people who physically exist. Her discriminating blindness has caused a rift between Bess and her caring mother Carolyn (Chloë Sevigny). Ten years prior,...

"What if none of this is real after all?" Uncork'd has debuted an official Us trailer for an indie dark comedy titled Love Is Blind, marking the feature directorial debut of two veteran music video directors - Monty Whitebloom & Andy Delaney. A woman with selective perception, who cannot see her mother, is prescribed by her wacky psychiatrist to spend time with a suicidal man that has fallen in love with her - but she cannot see either of them. The eccentric psychiatrist is trying to help them both – is he though? Starring Shannon Tarbet, with Aidan Turner, Benjamin Walker, Matthew Broderick, and Chloë Sevigny. "Seductive and surreal; stylish and a little dark, Love Is Blind is a modern-day fairytale about choosing to see only what you want to see – from your very own mother to the beauty of how connected we all are." An odd little film. Here's the official...

In a casting coup for the indie production, Benjamin Walker has signed on to star opposite up-and-coming UK actress Shannon Tarbet in the dark comedy “Look Away,” TheWrap has learned. Matthew Broderick and Chloe Sevigny co-star in the film, which Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom are directing from a script by Jennifer Schuur. Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry of Locomotive Media are producing the movie, which is being executive produced by Alexis Alexanian, Peter Friedlander and Lizzie Nastro. Also Read: 'Girls' Star Zosia Mamet to Workshop Reese Witherspoon Role in 'American Psycho' Musical (Exclusive) New Regency is co-financing and executive producing along with.

Warrior’s Gate, Look Away, Ghostbusters, and other films have made recent film casting, screenwriting, and director news. These films come from movie studios primarily based in the United States. The castings, screenwriters, and directors are subject to change.

Ghostbusters

Chris Hemsworth has been cast in Ghostbusters as the receptionist for the female-led ghostbusting organization.

The Water Man

Oprah Winfrey and actor David Oyelowo are in discussions to produce “The Water Man” for Disney

Emma Needell… penned the script. The story follows a young boy who seeks the title character, a mythical man who is said to have the secret to immortality, in an effort to help his ailing mother.

Oyelowo would star in the project as well, playing the young man’s father who slowly comes to understand his son.

Look Away

Matthew Broderick and Chloë Sevigny will star with up and coming UK actress Shannon Tarbet in Look Away…...

Matthew Broderick and Chloë Sevigny are set to star in the upcoming dark comedy, Look Away. Starring as the lead of the film, Look Away introduces U.K.’s up-and-coming actress, Shannon Tarbet, in the role of ‘Bess Kraft.’ Broderick will play Bess’s father,Murray Kraft, and Sevigny as Bess’s mother, Carolyn Kraft. The film, directed by Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom of BigTV! and written by Variety’s Top Ten Writers to Watch Jennifer Schuur, is an exploration of love, relationships, family and the human condition. Alexis Alexanian, Peter Friedlander and Lizzie Nastro will executive produce the film with New Regency also on board as an executive producer and co-financier. Production will begin on June 8th in New York’s Hudson Valley. Locomotive Media, in addition to this project, is working on a development deal with New Regency to create a fund to develop and produce smart,...

Exclusive: Matthew Broderick and Chloë Sevigny will star with up-and-coming UK actress Shannon Tarbet in Look Away, a dark comedy being produced by Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry of Locomotive Media. Tarbet plays the lead, and Broderick and Sevigny her parents. Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom of BigTV! are directing a script by Jennifer Schuur. Tarbet's character is an offbeat young woman who is unable to physically see her mother due to a fictional affliction…...

UK newcomer Shannon Tarbet will also star in Locomotive Media’s upcoming dark comedy.

Look Away follows a young woman who cannot see her mother due to a fictitious affliction called selective blindness and enlists the help of an eccentric psychiatrist and a love interest.

Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom of BigTV! will direct from a screenplay by Jennifer Schuur. Production will begin on June 8 in New York’s Hudson Valley.

Producers Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry of Locomotive Media announced the casting on Thursday.

Alexis Alexanian, Peter Friedlander and Lizzie Nastro will serve as executive producers.

New Regency, with whom Locomotive is setting up a development fund, are also on board as executive producer and co-financier.