Freeloaders (film)

Freeloaders
Directed by Dan Rosen
Produced by Adam Duritz
Richard Perello
Tom Gardner
Julia Dray
Gregory P. Cimino III
Screenplay by Dan Rosen
Dave Gibbs
Music by Dave Gibbs
John Dragonetti
Zach Selwyn
Editing by Brad E. Wilhite
Distributed by Myriad Pictures
Language English

Freeloaders is an upcoming American ensemble comedy film directed by Dan Rosen and written by both Rosen and singer Dave Gibbs. The film is by comedy-troupe Broken Lizard and is independently financed by the group. Freeloaders stars Clifton Collins Jr., Josh Lawson, Kevin Sussman, Zoe Boyle, Nat Faxon, Warren Hutchinson, Jane Seymour, Olivia Munn, Dave Foley and Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz. It follows a group of friends who find their luxurious lifestyle threatened when the rock star they freeload off decides to sell his home. Filming began in 2009 and as of 2011 the film is awaiting distribution.

Contents

Premise

A group of best friends who live in luxury at a rock star's home find their lifestyle threatened when the star wants to sell the house.[1][2]

Cast

The cast includes:[1]

Development

Freeloaders was brought to Broken Lizard early into its development, to help gain funding to produce the project.[3] Principal photography was scheduled to begin in January 2009. As of October 2010, Freeloaders had entered into post-production and is awaiting distribution.[4] On October 1st, 2010, the film was privately screened by Broken Lizard and Duritz at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.[5] On November 3, 2011, Myriad Pictures acquired all distribution rights to the film outside of North America.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Siegel, Tatiana (January 29, 2009). "Broken Lizard gets some 'Freeloaders'". variety.com. Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999287?refcatid=1236&printerfriendly=true. Retrieved September 14, 2011. 
  2. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (November 11, 2008). "Adam Duritz, Broken Lizard making film". variety.com. Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117995689?refcatid=13&printerfriendly=true. Retrieved September 14, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Fleming, Mike (November 3, 2010). "AFM: Myriad Nabs Foreign On ‘Freeloaders’". Deadline.com. PMC. http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/afm-myriad-acquires-foreign-on-freeloaders/. Retrieved November 14, 2011. 
  4. ^ Fernandez, Jay (April 21, 2010). "Two writers join Broken Lizard comedy". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i3a5fb1561d2145a3c62cb86e07626875. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  5. ^ Houser, Kristen (September 23, 2010). "Adam Duritz And Broken Lizard present Freeloaders". LA Music Blog. http://lamusicblog.com/2010/09/uncategorized/adam-duritz-and-broken-lizard-present-freeloaders/. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 

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