EXCLUSIVE: Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Krysta Rodriguez (Halston) and Alan Cumming (The Traitors) have signed on to star in Lunch Hour, a brand new indie comedy from director Larry Guterman (Cats & Canine) and Winter State Leisure.
Delving into the anatomy of an affair, Lunch Hour watches as a soup-loving married man meets the soup-loving married girl of his desires. Thereafter, each throw warning to the wind and interact in a messy affair for the ages.
Oren Safdie wrote the script and serves as government producer. Hamid and Camille Torabpour produced for Winter State.
“I’m thrilled to work with Oren, Hamid, Camille and the Winterstate crew to carry this whip-smart comedy, pushed by nuanced and complicated comedian performances, to the display,” Guterman instructed Deadline. “I fell in love with the script and I knew that I needed to be a part of the particular challenge.”
Added the Torabpours, “Oren is an excellent author, and watching his phrases come to life with Larry’s unimaginable route and the good work of our superb solid of Thomas, Krista and Alan has been an amazing expertise. Camille and I are completely satisfied to have introduced a challenge like this to Minnesota!!”
Emmy-nominated for his starring position on HBO comedy Silicon Valley, Middleditch’s latest credit embrace the Netflix comedy collection Middleditch & Schwartz, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and CBS’s sitcom B Optimistic from Marco Pennette and Chuck Lorre. He makes his Broadway debut in Eureka Day this November.
Rodriguez portrayed Liza Minnelli in Netflix’s restricted collection Halston from government producer Ryan Murphy and has additionally been seen in Broadway productions like Into the Woods, First Date, The Addams Household and Spring Awakening.
A two-time Tony winner, Cumming is at present Emmy-nominated for his internet hosting of Peacock’s actuality phenom The Traitors, which he additionally exec produces. Additionally identified for his position of Eli Gold on CBS’s The Good Spouse and spin-off The Good Struggle, his different latest initiatives embrace Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon! and the documentary My Outdated College. He lately concluded touring for his acclaimed solo live performance present, Alan Cumming is Not Appearing His Age.
After co-directing DreamWorks’ 1998 animated comedy Antz, which earned over $171M worldwide, Guterman went on to direct Warner Bros’ hit household comedy Cats & Canine and New Line’s Son of the Masks. Extra lately, he exec produced Atom Egoyan’s Keep in mind starring Christopher Plummer.
Winter State Leisure has lately produced documentaries on Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Willie Roaf (ROAF), MLB icons Jim “Kitty” Kaat (Kitty to Cooperstown) and Tommy John (Tommy John: The Bionic Man), Pittsburgh Steeler Mel Blount (Mel Blount: No matter It Takes), boxer Tommy Hearns (The Hitman: A Tommy Hearns Story), and the Minnesota Vikings’ famed defensive position of 1968-1977 (Purple Folks Eaters). Previous initiatives from the corporate on the narrative aspect embrace the Vans Warped Tour pic Summertime Dropouts, in addition to the soccer drama Underneath the Stadium Lights, with Laurence Fishburne and Milo Gibson.
Middleditch is represented by The Characters Expertise Company and Schreck Rose Dapello; Rodriguez by Paradigm and Genuine; Cumming by CAA; Guterman by The Characters Expertise Company; and The Torabpours by Karen Gottlieb at Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks.
