What I like about a fest such as Sundance, is that it’s not only a place where we’ll find semi-star vehicle material with players in the indie biz, but they also launch the careers of new directors and is loaded with fresh faces. King Jack is the type of film that falls into the later category. Two time SXSW short filmmaker Felix Thompson began filming in this past summer and while we think there is a great deal of polishing involved, the pic, which was selected for the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab fellow program has a legit shot.
Gist: Starring Christian Madsen, Charlie Plummer, Danny Flaherty, Cory Nichols and Erin Davie, when shouldered with the responsibility of watching his younger cousin for the weekend, a delinquent 15 year-old (Plummer) finds himself stumbling towards maturity while struggling against the neighborhood bully.
Production Co./Producers: Buffalo Picture House’s Gabrielle Nadig, Dominic Buchanan (Gimme the Loot). Whitewater’s Rick Rosenthal, Bert Kern and Nick Morton, Stink’s Daniel Bergmann and Martin Forbes. Corey Deckler co-produces.
Prediction: NEXT or U.S. Dramatic Competition. SXSW will also be eyeing the project.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. TBD (domestic). TBD (international)
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