The upcoming psychological drama “Crowbar” has set its forged.
Patrick Walker (“Lessons in Chemistry”), John Pyper-Ferguson (“Suits”) and Emma Kenney (“Shameless”) are set to star in Jordan Tortorello’s “Crowbar.” Rafael Cebrián (“Narcos”), Josh Sussman (“Glee”), Briana Value (“Divorced Sistas”), Briana Cuoco, Toby Hemingway and Mikayla Lashae Bartholomew additionally star within the movie.
Per the press launch, the movie is about “Levi (Walker), a struggling actor, lands the lead role in ‘Bradshaw’ — a psychological war drama shot inside his own home. As the crew invades his space and a volatile director (Pyper-Ferguson) pushes him to his limits the line between Levi and his character dissolves. Haunted by grief, isolation and paranoia he spirals into a breakdown — leaving audiences questioning what was real, what was performance and whether the movie was ever really about Michael Bradshaw at all.”
Manufacturing on the movie has wrapped in Burbank, California. It’s Tortorello’s directorial debut, and he’s additionally a producer by way of his MixedMedia banner. Brad Rundblade and Patrick Walker, who wrote the movie with Tortorello, are additionally producers. Chris Tortorello and Beth Tortorello function government producers, with Penny Sandzimier as line producer and Sami Tortorello and Joe Bohn as affiliate producers. Lauren and Jordan Bass, CSA, had been accountable for casting by way of Bass Casting.
“‘Crowbar’ is an incredibly personal film about identity pressure and what happens when the lines between performance and reality completely break down,” Jordan Tortorello mentioned in a press release. “Built completely independently and self-financed from the ground up, this project is a testament to what happens when passionate like-minded people come together to create their own opportunities.”
Walker is repped by Unbreakable Leisure, Gersh and lawyer John Meigs. Pyper-Ferguson is repped by Talentworks. Kenney is repped by Allison Band at Gersh and Mike Gillespie at Courageous Artists Administration. Serbian is repped by Progressive Artists, Strand Leisure and TFG PR. Sussman is repped by ATB & The Michael Abrams Group. Value is repped by Thruline.
