Screen Media Films is ready to party with Ripped, bogarting North American and UK rights to the time-travel stoner comedy starring Russell Peters and Faizon Love. The red-eyed pic will get a day-and-date release June 23. Directed by Brad Epstein from a script he co-wrote with Billiam Coronel, Ripped tells the story of Harris (Peters) and Reeves (Love), a pair of free-spirited stoners in 1986 who upload some CIA-created secret pot that knocks them out for 30 years. Coming…...
- 5/4/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Ddi has acquired worldwide sales rights to comedy feature Ripped. The directorial debut of Brad Epstein, producer of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Dan in Real Life and About a Boy, the film stars Russell Peters (The Jungle Book, Chef), Faizon Love (Couples Retreat), Kyle Massey (That's So Raven) and Alex Meneses (Telenovela). It’s based on an original screenplay by Epstein and Billiam Coronel about two free-spirited stoners in 1986 who, after smoking some…...
- 10/31/2016
- Deadline
Brad Epstein will direct the stand-up comics in the stoner buddy comedy.
The Pelican Point Media production will also star Alex Meneses from the upcoming NBC show Hot & Bothered.
Peters comes from NBC’s show Last Comic Standing and appeared in Chef, while Love has starred in Couple’s Retreat, Zookeeper and Elf.
Epstein, a former president of production at Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Productions, wrote the Ripped screenplay with Billiam Coronel.
Worldwide rights holder Pelican Point Media, the media arm of investment bank Pelican Point Capital, will finance, produce and distribute Ripped.
Pelican Point Media co-founder and co-ceo Ike Suri, Epstein and Javier Chapa will serve as producers.
The Pelican Point Media production will also star Alex Meneses from the upcoming NBC show Hot & Bothered.
Peters comes from NBC’s show Last Comic Standing and appeared in Chef, while Love has starred in Couple’s Retreat, Zookeeper and Elf.
Epstein, a former president of production at Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Productions, wrote the Ripped screenplay with Billiam Coronel.
Worldwide rights holder Pelican Point Media, the media arm of investment bank Pelican Point Capital, will finance, produce and distribute Ripped.
Pelican Point Media co-founder and co-ceo Ike Suri, Epstein and Javier Chapa will serve as producers.
- 7/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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