EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Bacon, Brandon Mychal Smith, Monroe Cline and James Oliver Wheatley are to entrance Fairly Boy Delaney, a gritty indie pic set to the backdrop of the fentanyl disaster.
Filming is underway on the pic, which is billed as a character-driven drama tackling habit, psychological well being, and homelessness. Bacon is writing, with Liv Forsythe (Time is Emotional) the director, and Dean Avenue Productions, Forsyth Movies and CK Movies. Steven Cookson, Neylin Mutlu, Hussain Manawer (Mogul Mowgli) and Bacon are additionally producing. Nick DeCoster is exec producer.
Within the movie, Bacon (Mr Loverman, Dreamers) performs the title character, a 26-year-old former boxing prodigy now battling a relentless fentanyl habit on the streets of Skid Row – territory dominated by the chilly and calculating Shannon (Smith) – after settling in California together with his older brother John (Wheatley). Estranged from his daughter, Delaney encounters compassionate outreach employee Emma (Cline) and boxing coach Berne (Eddie Arrazola), and is obtainable one final combat.
Arrazola (Animal Kingdom), Beatrice Might (Midnight Peepshow), Hardia Madden (Pups), Richard Lewis Warren (Ray Meets Helen) and Cosmo Lombino are among the many ensemble forged.
As with Bacon’s first movie, Into the Mirror, cult composer Johnny Jewel will create an authentic rating. Director Forsythe made her directorial debut final 12 months with Time is Emotional, a brief doc concerning the delicate means of grief by way of the eyes of a younger girl within the 12 months following her mom’s loss of life. Fairly Boy Delaney marks her function debut.
“This movie has been six years within the making,” mentioned Bacon. “Unbiased cinema takes grit we’ve fought for each inch of this. I’m an enormous believer in championing rising filmmakers and creating area for brand spanking new voices. That’s why I introduced in Liv. She’s fearless, and that’s precisely what this story calls for. We’re telling it uncooked, actual, and with out compromise. I don’t suppose we’ve seen something fairly prefer it on display screen.”
Bacon known as Fairly Boy Delaney “deeply private,” noting he had grown up with a sibling with Tourette’s and had himself been identified with ADHD and dyslexia later in life. “I do know what it feels prefer to be misunderstood and remoted,” he added. “These are the silent battles most individuals by no means see.
Homelessness and habit go hand in hand, and with the rise of the fentanyl epidemic, that disaster is extra pressing than ever. So many individuals carry childhood trauma into maturity. For some, habit turns into a solution to survive the ache. This movie doesn’t sugarcoat that actuality, nevertheless it additionally exhibits there’s a approach again. I actually consider this story can save lives.”
Bacon just lately appeared in Pleasure Gharoro-Akpojotor’s Dreamers, which performed on the Berlinale, and for Lennie James-starring BBC collection Mr Loverman. Smith is thought for TV roles in Hulu’s 4 Wedding ceremony and a Funeral, FX’s You’re the Worst and NBC sitcom One Large Joyful, and movie roles in Gridiron Gang, Get on Up and Soiled Grandpa. Cline has appeared within the likes of Ryan Murphy’s The Promenade for Netflix, Olivia Wilde’s Don’t Fear Darling and Anthony Diblasi’s Malum, whereas Wheatley just lately appeared in Fox Nation miniseries Jesus Crown of Thorns and Paramount+ thriller Excessive Floor and has a job in Alejandro Monteverde’s upcoming biblical movie Zero A.D.
Bacon is repped by Hyperlink Leisure and United Brokers for literary. Cline is represented by Hyperlink. Wheatley is repped by 3 Arts Leisure and Worldwide Artists Administration and Smith by Revolutionary Artists with Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Pattern & Klein his authorized rep.
