Electric Jesus
“Electric Jesus” will include Judd Nelson from “The Breakfast Club” and Brian Baumgartner from “The Office.”
From WTVM:
“Electric Jesus” is set to begin filming in Columbus on Tuesday, Aug. 20. When they do, the feature film will include Judd Nelson, famous for his role as John Bender in “The Breakfast Club” and Brian Baumgartner, who played Kevin Malone in the hit TV series “The Office.”
Nelson is set to play a pastor in the film, while Baumgartner is gearing up for a summer with the band as the group’s road manager.
Will Oliver, a Columbus native, has also been cast in the movie as Jaime, who is described in a press release as the “lead guitarist for a small town Christian heavy metal band: confident, easy-going and more into Jimi than Jesus.”
Chris White, the producer, writer and director of the film, describes it as a coming-of-age rock and roll comedy. The film’s tagline calls itself “The ’80s hair band music comedy you’ve been saving yourself for.”
Survive the Night
I fight the bad guys in this Lionsgate film starring Bruce Willis and Chad Michael Murray.
From Deadline:
In The Long Night from screenwriter Doug Wolfe, two ruthless criminals break into a disgraced doctor’s home to be given medical attention after one of them is shot during a robbery gone wrong. Knowing that he lacks the expertise to patch up the injured trespasser, the doctor must protect his family at all costs.
Cameras will roll on June 3 in Columbus, Georgia in concert with the Columbus Film Fund. Emmett and Furla will produce with Tim Sullivan, Alex Eckert, and Ted Fox serving as executive producers. The Long Night will be selling at Cannes via Highland Film Group.
Grounds
The barista's a closeted doomsday prepper; the patrons are throwing hot coffee and breaking into song. This is Grounds, a new comedy that tracks a day in the life of an indie southern coffeeshop.
From the Ledger-Enquirer:
Columbus has continued to grow its profile in the Georgia film industry. In the last few years, we have welcomed the Georgia Film Academy, the Springer Film Institute, and the Way Down Film Festival. We have trained countless film technicians and actors, many of which are able to work right here in town on Netflix series, major feature films, and more. It’s evident that Columbus is a city that Hollywood ought to take note of.
Our new webseries is simply the natural progression of all of this. What sets it apart is that it is truly local and organic to our community, without any of the negative-implications of a “community” arts project. Our city has always produced renowned artists, but too often in our history we lose those people to bigger markets. With the rise of film work in Georgia, that is no longer an imperative for Columbus-area artists. I hope you’ll follow what we’re up to as we gear up to shoot this series in January 2019. Follow us on Facebook (/groundsseries) or on the web at www.springerfilm.org/grounds.
Natalia Naman Temesgen is a playwright and professor of creative writing at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.
Read more here: https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/natalia-temesgen/article222307480.html#storylink=cpy
Brockmire
Jef Holbrook appears alongside Hank Azaria as his nephew in Season 2 of Brockmire on IFC.
Jim faces his dysfunctional family at his father's funeral, he struggles to mend his broken relationship with his sister, and he must make peace with someone from his past.
Director: Maurice Marable
Writers: Joel Church-Cooper (developed by), Hank Azaria
Stars: Hank Azaria, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Katie Finneran, Jef Holbrook