{"id":7371,"date":"2014-05-01T16:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T22:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=7371"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:47:04","slug":"scoop-food-film-is-good-for-c-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=7371","title":{"rendered":"Scoop: FOOD film is good for C-U"},"content":{"rendered":"

A scant two weeks ago, during the New Art Film Festival<\/strong> \u201ctalkback\u201d edition of the monthly Champaign Movie Makers<\/strong> meetings, C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> caught first wind of a production and potential game changer in Champaign, Urbana<\/strong>, and the (immediate) cities beyond if all goes well. Brett Hays<\/strong> of Shatterglass Studios<\/strong><\/span><\/a> confirmed the project would be \u201cshooting in town this summer\u201d while speaking about his experiences on the set of NAFF feature film selection THE DRUNK<\/strong>. We now have additional information about it that will be of immediate interest to acting talent wanting to see their faces and names up on the big screen.<\/p>\n

Various local media including Smile Politely<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> and The News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a> have already reported a call for \u201cday players, featured extras, and extras\u201d to appear in the independent feature film production FOOD<\/strong> developed by filmmaker Daryl Wein<\/strong> (LOLA VERSUS<\/strong>) and actress Zoe Lister-Jones<\/strong> (SALT<\/strong>). The plot crunch states that FOOD<\/strong> \u201cfollows a young Midwestern mother [to be played by Lister-Jones] who goes on a journey to uncover the cause of her son\u2019s mysterious illness. Interwoven are the stories of a powerful CEO struggling with his son\u2019s disorder, an organic farmer fighting to save his farm, and two scientists on the brink of a major discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project is scheduled to shoot in the Champaign-Urbana area for four weeks straight beginning in late May. Talent is encouraged to apply for the various minor roles before the end of tomorrow, Friday, May 2<\/strong>, by sending contact information and a head shot or clear photo of themselves to foodthemovie [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong>. The production also invites homeowners who might like their house featured in the film to contact them through the same e-mail. It looks as if Shatterglass is assuming a coordination and\/or co-production role on FOOD<\/strong> similar to those on THE DRUNK<\/strong>, as general inquiries should be directed to either Hays at (217) 416-0494<\/strong> and brett [at] shatterglassstudios [dot] com<\/strong> or Alex Hughes<\/strong> at (773) 320-1049<\/strong> and alexhughes312 [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lister-Jones and Wein received solid press leading up to the theatrical releases of their prior feature films<\/span><\/a> due to creative self-promotion and how their unconventional, real-life courtship inspired the story lines. In 2012, Fox Searchlight Pictures<\/strong> distributed the aforementioned LOLA VERSUS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, a modern rom-com featuring indie \u201cit girl\u201d Greta Gerwig<\/strong> as the title character. In 2010, IFC Films<\/strong> and MPI Home Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a> gave a modest berth to the lower-budgeted BREAKING UPWARDS<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. For both, Wein directed and Lister-Jones acted in a lead role while they co-wrote LOLA<\/strong> as well as co-wrote and co-produced UPWARDS<\/strong> with Peter Duchan<\/strong>. Earlier in April, Lister-Jones spoke briefly about FOOD<\/strong> with a podcast<\/span><\/a> hosted by Pret-a-Reporter<\/span><\/strong>, a “celebrity style” offshoot of The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/strong>, during which she called the new film a \u201cdeparture\u201d for them in subject and tone.<\/p>\n

Each has also made entertainment news recently due to other ventures. Following her network gig opposite comedienne Whitney Cummings<\/strong> on WHITNEY<\/strong> for two years, Lister-Jones is a series regular<\/span><\/a> on FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES<\/strong>, a new CBS-TV<\/strong> sitcom airing Monday nights and co-starring James Van Der Beek<\/strong> (DAWSON\u2019S CREEK<\/strong>), Kevin Connolly<\/strong> (ENTOURAGE<\/strong>), and Brooklyn Decker<\/strong> (WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU\u2019RE EXPECTING<\/strong>). Also, a lengthy interview with Wein posted to IndieWIRE<\/span><\/strong> last week<\/span><\/a> goes over his experience working for VICE<\/strong> and AT&T<\/strong> on brand-sponsored content, in this case the short film LET\u2019S GET DIGITAL<\/strong> with Lister-Jones, Ryan Hansen<\/strong> (VERONICA MARS<\/strong>), and Jon Heder<\/strong> (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

As usual, CUBlog<\/strong> will pass along major news as FOOD<\/strong> unfolds and we\u2019d like to drop a few observations to close. We\u2019re making the educated guess that a Shatterglass or possibly Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong> connection was instrumental in Wein and Lister-Jones choosing to shoot here. We hope that after putting their time and hard work in aiding other Midwest productions, from FOOD<\/strong> and THE DRUNK<\/strong> to THE ORIGINS OF WIT & HUMOR,<\/strong> SEARCHING FOR VENICE,<\/strong> and LEADING LADIES<\/strong>, Shatterglass will finally establish their own in-house cinematic fare. We also hope FOOD<\/strong> is a success and forges the path for other out-of-town producers to find worth in centering their location shooting in our area, whether or not agricultural concerns are present in their screenplays. Do good, people of Champaign-Urbana!<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n


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LOLA VERSUS artwork \u00a9 Fox Searchlight Pictures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a few years, but Champaign-Urbana will play host this summer to a film production that didn’t originate here. Read on for our first thoughts about Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister-Jones, and FOOD. (P.S. They’re casting, too!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,376,15,10],"tags":[502,1244,1242,1246,1245,446,1243],"class_list":["post-7371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deadline-du-c-u","category-gone-hollywood","category-media-coverage","category-production-updates","tag-brett-hays","tag-daryl-wein","tag-food","tag-greta-gerwig","tag-lola-versus","tag-shatterglass-studios","tag-zoe-lister-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}