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Chase Reunites With Van Zandt and Unveils Casting for his Feature Film Debut at Paramount
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posted Oct 16, 2010, 15:48
Movie to Begin Production in January 2011 in New York
Movie to Begin Production in January 2011 in New York
(HOLLYWOOD, CA) David Chase, the creator and producer of the multiple Emmy®
and Golden Globe® winning critically acclaimed series The Sopranos, announced
that legendary musician, and Sopranos star, Steven Van Zandt will produce and
supervise the music, as well as serving as an Executive Producer, for the director's
music-driven coming of age story set in 1960's suburbia.
Chase, who is making his feature film directorial debut, simultaneously announced
that actors John Magaro, Jack Huston and Will Brill will star in the movie,
to be released by Paramount Vantage. Principal photography is set to begin this
January in New York. Chase, who wrote the original script, will produce alongside
Oscar® winning producer Mark Johnson ("Rain Man," "The Chronicles
of Narnia").
Said Chase, "It's exciting to be working with Brad Grey again, doing my
first feature. I look back with pleasure on our last outing. I am also thrilled
to be working with Steven again, especially on this particular subject. It's
not just that we both worship the same songs and bands from the era - it's that
he obviously knows so much. About every aspect. He embodies a particular spirit
of a particular kind of rock and roll. He actually is that spirit."
"Everyone at Paramount is proud that our studio will be the home of David's
first feature," said Paramount Chairman and CEO Brad Grey. "He is
a gifted story-teller and a great friend. His talent, along with Steven's, promises
something uniquely insightful and entertaining. We are all looking forward to
a great picture and I am personally looking forward to working with them both
again."
Best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's famed E Street Band, and more
recently as one of the stars of Chase's acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos, Van
Zandt grew up amidst the Jersey Shore music scene, beginning first as a journeyman
guitarist and subsequently becoming a songwriter and producer for fellow Jersey
shore act Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. Van Zandt later went on to
join Springsteen's E Street Band, eventually serving as the arranger for the
classic album Darkness on the Edge of Town, and later production credits on
The River, and Born in the U.S.A. Van Zandt has hosted Little Steven's Underground
Garage, a weekly syndicated radio show, since 2002.
Rising stars Magaro, Huston and Brill landed the coveted roles after a nationwide
search. Magaro, repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Authentic Talent and Literary
Management, most recently appeared in Wes Craven's "My Soul to Take".
Huston most recently appeared in "Twilight: Eclipse" and is repped
by UTA, The Collective, and by Ken McReddie Associates in the UK. Brill, repped
by Stewart Talent Agency in New York, makes his feature film debut.
A veteran writer, producer, and director, Chase has been recognized by the
WGA, DGA, PGA, Golden Globes®, and received a total of 7 Emmy® Awards
in his career.
Paramount Vantage has previously released the Oscar® nominated "Babel"
and "There Will Be Blood," as well as the Oscar® -winning documentary
"An Inconvenient Truth." The label recently released the Sundance
Film Festival award-winning documentary "Waiting for Superman" from
Davis Guggenheim and Lesley Chilcott, the Academy Award®-winning director
and producer of "An Inconvenient Truth."
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