“Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.” star Peyton Elizabeth Lee and “Dead Boy Detectives” actor Joshua Colley have joined director Will Ropp‘s coming-of-age comedy “Brian.”
Written by “Late Night with Seth Meyers” writer Mike Scollins and starring Ben Wang, “Brian” follows an “acerbic, accident-prone high school student” (Wang) who runs for class president “in an attempt to get closer to his teacher.” William H. Macy plays Brian’s therapist while Colley plays a new friend.
The cast also includes Thomas Barbusca, Rightor Doyle, Jacob Moskovitz, William H. Macy’s daughter Sophia Macy, Jack Alberts, Randall Park, Natalie Morales and Edi Patterson.
The movie, which wrapped production in May in Oklahoma, marks Ropp’s feature directorial debut. Ropp previously directed “Kodar: The Primordial God of Light and Ether,” a dramedy short he also co-wrote that stars Maddie Ziegler and the film’s co-writer Nick Skardarasy.
“Brian” is executive produced by Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker and Jason Carden for Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions and Danielle Lauder for Act 4 Artists.
Producers include Thomas Mahoney for Handsome Watson, Casey Hanley for Act 4 Artists and Ropp for Endless Ropportunities. Production services were handled by Rebellium Films and Purple Intuition.
Act 4 Artists is a production company founded by Lauder in 2024 that caters to the development and production of projects with a focus on emerging talent and creators.
Colley (“The Rise of Red,” “Dead Boy Detectives”) is represented by Mallory Tucker at CESD Talent Agency and Abby Johnson and Kimberly Kottwitz at Thruline Entertainment.
Doyle (“Barry,” “Bonding”) is represented by Dara Gordon at Anonymous Content. Jacob Moskovitz is represented by Ross Silver at CESD Talent Agency.
Lee (“Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.”) is represented by Gersh, Artists First, Goodman Genow Schenkman Smelkinson + Christopher, LLP
Barbusca (“Big Time Adolescence”) is represented by Gersh, Prime Talent Media, Ginsburg Daniel’s Kallis.
Sophia Macy (“The Chair”) is represented by John Nahai and Phoebe Burnham at IAG and Julia Watkinson at Vision Entertainment.
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