EXCLUSIVE: Joel McHale (Animal Management) and Paula Patton (Sacrifice) are set to star alongside Yonas Kibreab, the lead of Pixar’s forthcoming Elio, in Reimagined, a musical characteristic marking the directorial debut of composer Mateo Messina (Juno).
An adaptation of the unique symphony The Pageant by Jeff Witzke, who penned the script with Messina, the movie follows Felix McCoy (Kibreab), a younger boy grappling with the lack of his mom, Mary (Patton), the beloved creator of the city’s annual vacation pageant. When the manufacturing is taken over and rebranded right into a shallow spectacle by cocksure director, Hamilton Lydell (McHale), Felix secretly sabotages the occasion, solely to understand that saving the present is likely to be the one strategy to preserve his late mom’s spirit alive.
At the moment taking pictures on location within the Hudson Valley, New York, the movie additionally stars Cress Williams (Black Lightning), Josh Holloway (Duster), Kate Micucci (Canine Man), Jade Catta-Preta (Future Man), Aaron David Harris (Matlock), Savannah Dahan (Youngsters Bop), Jeff Witzke (Saturday Evening), and Scott Hoying (of a cappella group the Pentatonix).
Robert Graf (No Nation for Outdated Males), Gabriel Roth (Drugstore June), Chris Bongirne (Marshall), and Pete Muller are the producers.
Reflecting on the method of constructing Reimagined, Messina informed Deadline, “It’s been fascinating to create a narrative fully from a musical perspective. The thrilling problem has been each component of the rating can be seen on the display screen. It is a musical movie, simply not within the conventional sense.”
Finest recognized for starring in NBC’s cult hit comedy Group, which is able to quickly be getting a long-teased movie continuation, McHale has made memorable latest appearances on Yellowjackets and The Bear and headlines Fox’s sitcom Animal Management, which returned returned earlier this yr for its third season. Upcoming, he’s additionally set to star in Scream 7. He’s represented by UTA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
Through the years, Patton has been seen in quite a few movies, together with The Do-Over, About Final Evening, 2 Weapons, Mission: Unattainable – Ghost Protocol, and Valuable, to call just some. She’s represented by Gersh and MPE.
Messina is a Grammy winner who has scored over 50 options, shorts and documentaries, plus practically 300 episodes of tv. Notable credit embody Juno, Blockers, The Flawed Missy, and Tall Lady. He’s represented by The Gorfaine/Schwartz Company.
