Exclusive: Joseph Baena and Ludovica Frasca have joined the cast of Josh Webber’s family holiday film Athena Saves Christmas, which is currently shooting in California’s Lake Arrowhead area for a late 2023 release.
Having started out in real estate and bodybuilding, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Baena is following in the footsteps of his father onto the big screen. Further upcoming credits include American Spark and Called To Duty.
Baena is repped by Penzi and Italian-born actress Frasca is with 3sixty.
They join previously announced cast members Cuba Gooding Jr, Paxton Kubitz, Kylie Marshall, Santiago Ramirez, Richard Portnow, Mars Callahan, Glenn Plummer and Kaitlyn Raymond.
The film follows Samuel (Kubitz) and his friends Vanessa (Marshall) and Alphonso (Ramirez) as well as his trusted dog Athena, who find themselves on the adventure of a lifetime as they take on a mob boss to save Christmas for their town.
Webber is directing...
Having started out in real estate and bodybuilding, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son Baena is following in the footsteps of his father onto the big screen. Further upcoming credits include American Spark and Called To Duty.
Baena is repped by Penzi and Italian-born actress Frasca is with 3sixty.
They join previously announced cast members Cuba Gooding Jr, Paxton Kubitz, Kylie Marshall, Santiago Ramirez, Richard Portnow, Mars Callahan, Glenn Plummer and Kaitlyn Raymond.
The film follows Samuel (Kubitz) and his friends Vanessa (Marshall) and Alphonso (Ramirez) as well as his trusted dog Athena, who find themselves on the adventure of a lifetime as they take on a mob boss to save Christmas for their town.
Webber is directing...
- 3/31/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire) has joined the cast of director Josh Webber’s holiday pic Athena Saves Christmas, with Christina Cooper coming aboard as producer.
The film follows Samuel (Paxton Kubitz) and his friends, along with Sam’s trusted dog Athena, on an adventure of a lifetime, as they match wits with a mob boss and look to solve a series of riddles, in order to save Christmas for their town.
Webber is also producing for Webber Films, alongside Michael Girgenti, Henry Penzi and Cooper. Tony Mercedes and Tamara Johnson are serving as EPs, with Robert Miano (Fast & Furious), Richard Portnow (Hitchcock), Mars Callahan, Glenn Plummer, Kaitlyn Raymond and more rounding out the cast. Gooding Jr. is repped by manager and attorney Peter Toumbekis.
***
Liam O’Donnell, Chad Law
Exclusive: Liam O’Donnell (XYZ Films’ Skyline franchise) has been tapped to direct the action-thriller Triggermen...
The film follows Samuel (Paxton Kubitz) and his friends, along with Sam’s trusted dog Athena, on an adventure of a lifetime, as they match wits with a mob boss and look to solve a series of riddles, in order to save Christmas for their town.
Webber is also producing for Webber Films, alongside Michael Girgenti, Henry Penzi and Cooper. Tony Mercedes and Tamara Johnson are serving as EPs, with Robert Miano (Fast & Furious), Richard Portnow (Hitchcock), Mars Callahan, Glenn Plummer, Kaitlyn Raymond and more rounding out the cast. Gooding Jr. is repped by manager and attorney Peter Toumbekis.
***
Liam O’Donnell, Chad Law
Exclusive: Liam O’Donnell (XYZ Films’ Skyline franchise) has been tapped to direct the action-thriller Triggermen...
- 3/3/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Romantic drama The Perfect Love Storm has added three to its ensemble cast.
Cocoa Brown, Chrystale Wilson and Clifton Powell have joined the film, which Christina Cooper is directing.
They join leads Leslie Black and Norman Towns and an ensemble cast also including Nzinga Imani (Tyler Perry’s Zatima), director Cooper (South Central Love) Orvalle Williams (Law & Order: Organized Crime), Zachariah Rogers (P-Valley), and Nicole Crump (Rap Sh!t).
Adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name by Anna Black, the romantic drama follows a playboy bachelor (Towns) who helps a grieving full-figured widow (Black) to learn to love again, but her heart is broken once more after his true intentions are exposed. Briana Cole wrote the screenplay.
Towns and Black are also co-executive producers. Christopher and Margo Speight of Camie Entertainment are EPs alongside Shawanda ‘N’Tyse’ Williams of Black Odyssey & Boss Magnet Media.
Producers are Shauna D. Balfour (Bid for Love), Kreceda ‘Untamed’ Tyler (No Better Love), and C. Nathaniel Brown (Chi Nu Legacy).
Production is set for March in Atlanta, Georgia.
Cocoa Brown, Chrystale Wilson and Clifton Powell have joined the film, which Christina Cooper is directing.
They join leads Leslie Black and Norman Towns and an ensemble cast also including Nzinga Imani (Tyler Perry’s Zatima), director Cooper (South Central Love) Orvalle Williams (Law & Order: Organized Crime), Zachariah Rogers (P-Valley), and Nicole Crump (Rap Sh!t).
Adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name by Anna Black, the romantic drama follows a playboy bachelor (Towns) who helps a grieving full-figured widow (Black) to learn to love again, but her heart is broken once more after his true intentions are exposed. Briana Cole wrote the screenplay.
Towns and Black are also co-executive producers. Christopher and Margo Speight of Camie Entertainment are EPs alongside Shawanda ‘N’Tyse’ Williams of Black Odyssey & Boss Magnet Media.
Producers are Shauna D. Balfour (Bid for Love), Kreceda ‘Untamed’ Tyler (No Better Love), and C. Nathaniel Brown (Chi Nu Legacy).
Production is set for March in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 2/17/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Demetrius Grosse (Cabinet of Curiosities) has signed on for a role in George Tillman Jr.’s untitled George Foreman biopic for Sony Pictures and Affirm Films.
He joins a cast that also includes Khris Davis, Sullivan Jones, Forest Whitaker, Jasmine Mathews, Sonja Sohn, John Magaro, Shein Mompremier, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Sam Trammell, Erica Tazel, Matthew Glave and Al Sapienza, as previously announced.
The film will follow the remarkable life and times of Foreman (Davis), from Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, the Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali in Zaire, to finding his faith, retiring, and becoming a preacher. When financial hardship hits his family and church, he steps back in the ring and regains the championship at age 45, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Grosse is playing Foreman’s biological father, Leroy Moorehead. Though he’s proud that he’s never missed watching...
He joins a cast that also includes Khris Davis, Sullivan Jones, Forest Whitaker, Jasmine Mathews, Sonja Sohn, John Magaro, Shein Mompremier, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Sam Trammell, Erica Tazel, Matthew Glave and Al Sapienza, as previously announced.
The film will follow the remarkable life and times of Foreman (Davis), from Olympic Gold medalist to World Heavyweight champion, the Rumble in the Jungle fight with Muhammad Ali in Zaire, to finding his faith, retiring, and becoming a preacher. When financial hardship hits his family and church, he steps back in the ring and regains the championship at age 45, becoming the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Grosse is playing Foreman’s biological father, Leroy Moorehead. Though he’s proud that he’s never missed watching...
- 3/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.