We are very excited to announce that “Stargate Universe” and “Supernatural” alum Alaina Huffman has boarded our next feature film Deep Focus in the lead role of Maggie Cleatone, a female photojournalist who begins seeing images of death through her lens after suffering the tragic loss of her young daughter. Our own Kenneth Mader will helm the project from his award-winning screenplay.
“I love this script,” Alaina said. “Such a beautifully nuanced character. I’m always looking for more vulnerability in these strong female roles. Ken is a lovely writer who knows how to strike that balance and create great female characters. Plus it’s a really terrific story. I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it.”
Joining her pending final deals are screen legend and Golden Globe® Nominee Malcolm McDowell, along with Academy Award® Nominee and Golden Globe® Winner Bruce Davison, whom Mader worked with on his previous feature Displacement.
Also joining the team are producer Julie Caitlin Brown, casting director J. Howard Sable, and sound designer/mixer Patrick Giraudi, with more announcements coming soon.
Funding is underway with partial deals already in place and principal photography planned for Spring, 2019. Stay tuned for more news as we move forward.
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Julia recently graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BFA in Acting. During her time in Austin Julia performed in many productions with the University of Texas as well as professional theatre company Capital T Theatre. She has also studied at the Howard Fine acting studio in L.A.
Andi Wagner was a Co-Host, alongside Chris Hardwick, on the pop culture trivia game show “Trashed” on MTV, as well as a Host/Writer of “Healthy Living” on FiT TV and hosted a “Friday Night” on NBC. She then moved behind the camera and for over 15 years worked in casting and segment producing on popular dating and game shows, as well as writing and producing segments on the syndicated talk show “Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus” with Cybill Shepherd.
As a student at Texas Tech University, Lou got involved in college radio at KTXT. His first commercial job was doing the all night shift at KLBK in Lubbock, Texas. He went on to be a DJ at KKUA in Honolulu and landed a few small roles in “Hawaii Five-0”. That’s when the acting bug took over and he moved to Los Angeles to “pursue the dream”.