The sleepy but postcard-pretty town of Pincher Creek, Alberta provides the ideal backdrop for director Jeremiah S. Chechik's decade-in-the-making romantic comedy whose major appeal, according to star Ryan Kwanten, is that it doesn't play like a rom-com.
We spoke to the "True Blood" star about playing the role of Leo Palamino, failed writer, slacker extraordinaire, recent divorcé and suddenly in love with Colette (Sara Canning) - whom he meets At Her Wedding - when the cast was in town during Tiff.
The Right Kind of Wrong, based on the 1987 book "Sex and Sunsets" by Tim Sandlin with an updated screenplay by Megan Martin, follows Leo's single-minded, determined attempts to win over Colette, with the help of her boozy, straight-talking mother, played by a delightfully against-type Catherine O'Hara who told us she had some trouble with the salty dialogue but was game for something new.
Check out our interviews with...
We spoke to the "True Blood" star about playing the role of Leo Palamino, failed writer, slacker extraordinaire, recent divorcé and suddenly in love with Colette (Sara Canning) - whom he meets At Her Wedding - when the cast was in town during Tiff.
The Right Kind of Wrong, based on the 1987 book "Sex and Sunsets" by Tim Sandlin with an updated screenplay by Megan Martin, follows Leo's single-minded, determined attempts to win over Colette, with the help of her boozy, straight-talking mother, played by a delightfully against-type Catherine O'Hara who told us she had some trouble with the salty dialogue but was game for something new.
Check out our interviews with...
- 10/9/2013
- by Andrea Miller
- Cineplex
Just before its Toronto Film Festival debut next Thursday, Magnolia Pictures has acquired Us rights to "The Right Kind of Wrong," a romantic comedy directed by Jeremiah Chechik ("National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation," "Benny & Joon"). "'The Right is Wrong' is a lovely, well-directed crowdpleaser, and its winning cast shines,” said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. “Ryan Kwanten especially shows a new side of himself that his fans will appreciate.” The film is stars Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") as a sad sack writer-dishwater whose ex-wife has detailed his many shortcomings on her well-read blog “Why You Suck." When he meets Colette (Sara Canning, "The Vampire Diaries") she is about to get married. The film was produced by Robert Lantos ("Barney’s Version"). Megan Martin ("Cult") adapted the screenplay from Tim Sandlin’s novel "Sex and Sunsets." Also producing is Ari Lantos ("Stage Fright"), and Mark Musselman ("Being...
- 9/7/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Magnolia Pictures has snapped up Us rights to Toronto entry The Right Kind Of Wrong starring Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning, Catherine O’Hara and Will Sasso.
WestEnd Films holds international rights and eOne will distribute in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Benelux.
Jeremiah Chechik’s rom-com is set to receive its world premiere on Thursday (12) and follows a humiliated ex-husband who falls for a woman on the day of her wedding.
Magnolia negotiated the deal with Cinetic Media on behalf of producer Robert Lantos of Serendipity Point Films.
Megan Martin adapted the screenplay from Tim Sandlin’s novel Sex And Sunsets. Ari Lantos also produced and Mark Musselman served as executive producer.
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WestEnd Films holds international rights and eOne will distribute in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Benelux.
Jeremiah Chechik’s rom-com is set to receive its world premiere on Thursday (12) and follows a humiliated ex-husband who falls for a woman on the day of her wedding.
Magnolia negotiated the deal with Cinetic Media on behalf of producer Robert Lantos of Serendipity Point Films.
Megan Martin adapted the screenplay from Tim Sandlin’s novel Sex And Sunsets. Ari Lantos also produced and Mark Musselman served as executive producer.
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- 9/6/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Magnolia Pictures acquired Us rights to The Right Kind Of Wrong, a romantic comedy starring Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries), Catherine O’Hara (Best In Show) and Will Sasso (The Three Stooges), directed by Jeremiah Chechik (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Benny & Joon). Magnolia acquired the film in advance of its world premiere as a Gala Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival next Thursday evening at Roy Thomson Hall. Pic will be released early next year. The Right Kind Of Wrong is about Leo Palamino (played by Kwanten) a failed-writer-turned-dishwasher made famous for his many flaws and shortcomings in a blog called “Why You Suck,” a huge Internet success written by his ex-wife. Then Leo meets Colette (played by Sara Canning), the girl of his dreams… on the day she is marrying the perfect man. And so, the ultimate underdog story begins as Leo, a fearless dreamer,...
- 9/6/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
In some new casting details, Variety reports that The Three Stooges star Will Sasso, Jennifer Baxter, and Kristen Hager (Being Human, I’m Not There) have joined the upcoming romantic feature, The Right Kind of Wrong – formerly known as Sex and Sunsets. Megan Martin is providing the adapted screenplay, which is based off Tim Sandlin‘s novel, while Jeremiah Chechik is set to direct.
The trio of actors have joined the ranks Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Sara Canning, Catherine O’Hara, and Ryan McPartlin on this picture. The film sees Kwanten in the leading role, as a guy “who meets the girl of his dreams on the day she is marrying the perfect man.” Hager will be playing the protag’s first wife, who has made her fame and fortune with a blog entitled ‘Why You Suck’; Baxter and Sasso are to be seen as a married couple, with Canning playing Collette,...
The trio of actors have joined the ranks Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Sara Canning, Catherine O’Hara, and Ryan McPartlin on this picture. The film sees Kwanten in the leading role, as a guy “who meets the girl of his dreams on the day she is marrying the perfect man.” Hager will be playing the protag’s first wife, who has made her fame and fortune with a blog entitled ‘Why You Suck’; Baxter and Sasso are to be seen as a married couple, with Canning playing Collette,...
- 8/23/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Will Sasso, Kristen Hager and Jennifer Baxter have jumped on board Right Kind of Wrong which already stars Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning and Catherine O'Hara and Ryan McPartlin. The film previously titled Sex and Sunsets is being helmed by Jeremiah Chechick from the script by Megan Martin, based on the novel by Tim Sandlin. Variety reports that Robert Lantos and Ari Lantos produce while Mark Musselman is serving as an executive producer on the project which starts principal photography in Banff, Canada on Monday. Kwanten stars as a guy who meets his dream girl the day she's set to marry "the perfect man." Hager's character is his first wife who's made a fortune with her blog turned best-selling book "You Suck" which focuses on his failings. Baxer and Sasso are in as a married couple.
- 8/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Will Sasso, Kristen Hager and Jennifer Baxter have jumped on board Right Kind of Wrong which already stars Ryan Kwanten, Sara Canning and Catherine O'Hara and Ryan McPartlin. The film previously titled Sex and Sunsets is being helmed by Jeremiah Chechick from the script by Megan Martin, based on the novel by Tim Sandlin. Variety reports that Robert Lantos and Ari Lantos produce while Mark Musselman is serving as an executive producer on the project which starts principal photography in Banff, Canada on Monday. Kwanten stars as a guy who meets his dream girl the day she's set to marry "the perfect man." Hager's character is his first wife who's made a fortune with her blog turned best-selling book "You Suck" which focuses on his failings. Baxer and Sasso are in as a married couple.
- 8/20/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
With Kevin Hart in the bag, those behind the upcoming remake of About Last Night have started to find their other main players — and they’re planning this one pretty specifically. You’ll know of what I speak upon reading Variety‘s story, which tells us Screen Gems and Think Like a Man producers have corralled two of his co-stars from that film, Michael Ealy and Regina Hall, both of whom are expected to sign in the near future.
Like Edward Zwick‘s original film — along with its starting point: David Mamet‘s play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago — About Last Night revolves around a couple who, after having a one night stand, decide to make their relationship into a legitimate enterprise. We, the voyeuristic viewers, then get to follow that over the course of a year, as things get better, worse, and end up somewhere in-between.
Hart has already committed...
Like Edward Zwick‘s original film — along with its starting point: David Mamet‘s play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago — About Last Night revolves around a couple who, after having a one night stand, decide to make their relationship into a legitimate enterprise. We, the voyeuristic viewers, then get to follow that over the course of a year, as things get better, worse, and end up somewhere in-between.
Hart has already committed...
- 7/27/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Sex and Sunsets
Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") will top line Jeremiah Chechik’s Canadian indie flick "Sex and Sunsets" for Serendipity Point Films. Shooting kicks off in August in Banff and Los Angeles.
Based on the novel by Tim Sandlin, Kwanten plays a failed writer-cum-dishwasher made famous for his many flaws and shortcomings in a blog. Chechik will direct from a script by Megan Martin. [Source: THR]
Two Faces of January
Kirsten Dunst has signed on to play the wife of Viggo Mortensen's character in Hossein Amini's psychological thriller "Two Faces Of January" for Studiocanal and Working Title. Shooting kicks off in October in Greece and Turkey.
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, Mortensen plays a con artist who kills a Greek policeman, possibly by accident, which sends him on the run with wife (Dunst) and an American tutor (Oscar Isaac) in tow. [Source: Empire]
The Wolverine
Jessica Biel has scored...
Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") will top line Jeremiah Chechik’s Canadian indie flick "Sex and Sunsets" for Serendipity Point Films. Shooting kicks off in August in Banff and Los Angeles.
Based on the novel by Tim Sandlin, Kwanten plays a failed writer-cum-dishwasher made famous for his many flaws and shortcomings in a blog. Chechik will direct from a script by Megan Martin. [Source: THR]
Two Faces of January
Kirsten Dunst has signed on to play the wife of Viggo Mortensen's character in Hossein Amini's psychological thriller "Two Faces Of January" for Studiocanal and Working Title. Shooting kicks off in October in Greece and Turkey.
An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, Mortensen plays a con artist who kills a Greek policeman, possibly by accident, which sends him on the run with wife (Dunst) and an American tutor (Oscar Isaac) in tow. [Source: Empire]
The Wolverine
Jessica Biel has scored...
- 7/14/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Seeing as film is, without question, the superior medium, anytime a TV actor gets a big-screen role should be seen as their own success. A couple of these very instances have occurred today, with Deadline first reporting that Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) has snagged the headline role in Sex and Sunsets, a romantic picture that Jeremiah S. Chechik (that other film called The Avengers) will direct.
In writing the film, Megan Martin has adapted Tim Sandlin‘s novel of divided love and bizarre sights, which follows a dishwasher, Kelly Palamino, whose visual and aural hallucinations don’t get in the way of falling for Collette, a woman getting married that very day. Soon enough, he starts pursuing the newlywed, trying to prove that his bad reputation is nothing more than falsehood.
That sounds like an unsavory protagonist, but Chechik feels that Kwanten has “a balance of humor and edge” that...
In writing the film, Megan Martin has adapted Tim Sandlin‘s novel of divided love and bizarre sights, which follows a dishwasher, Kelly Palamino, whose visual and aural hallucinations don’t get in the way of falling for Collette, a woman getting married that very day. Soon enough, he starts pursuing the newlywed, trying to prove that his bad reputation is nothing more than falsehood.
That sounds like an unsavory protagonist, but Chechik feels that Kwanten has “a balance of humor and edge” that...
- 7/13/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
"True Blood's" Ryan Kwanten will star in Serendipity Point Films' Canadian indie "Sex and Sunsets," producer Robert Lantos said Friday morning. The film, directed by Jeremiah Chechick ("Benny and Joon") and written by Megan Martin, is based on the eponymous novel by Tim Sandlin. The story follows a failed writer (Kwanten) whose ex-wife documents his flaws and shortcomings in a blog called "Why You Suck." Then he meets and falls in love with a woman on the day she is marrying the supposedly perfect man. Shooting is set to begin Aug. 20 in Banff...
- 7/13/2012
- by Alexander C. Kaufman
- The Wrap
Ryan Kwanten will take a temporary detour from the sex and fangs of HBO’s True Blood to star in the indie feature Sex And Sunsets. Jeremiah Chechick will direct from the screenplay adaptation by Megan Martin based on the novel by Tim Sandlin. Principal photography will begin on August 20th on locations in Banff and Los Angeles. Robert Lantos is producing the Serendipity Point Films production with Ari Lantos, and Mark Musselman is exec producer. Kwanten will play a failed writer who toils as a dishwasher, but is famous for his many flaws and shortcomings thanks to a blog called “Why You Suck,” written by his ex wife. He meets Colette, the girl of his dreams on the day she is marrying the perfect man, and decides to risk all for her, determined to show her and the whole world all that is right with a man famous for being wrong.
- 7/13/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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