John Hawkes, Jon Bernthal, Thomas Haden Church and music artist Yelawolf will join newcomer Zachary Gottsagen, Shia Labeouf, Dakota Johnson and Bruce Dern in The Peanut Butter Falcon.
Written and directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz (The Moped Diaries), the film follows Zak, a young man with Down syndrome who has been confined to live in a retirement home for most of his life. One day he breaks out and takes to the road to try to find his hero, a retired wrestler named The Salt Water Redneck. Along the way, Zak joins forces with a desperado crab fisherman...
Written and directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz (The Moped Diaries), the film follows Zak, a young man with Down syndrome who has been confined to live in a retirement home for most of his life. One day he breaks out and takes to the road to try to find his hero, a retired wrestler named The Salt Water Redneck. Along the way, Zak joins forces with a desperado crab fisherman...
- 7/24/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dakota Johnson and Bruce Dern are joining Shia Labeouf in The Peanut Butter Falcon for Armory Films. The film, was penned and will be directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz (The Moped Diaries). Newcomer Zachary Gottsagen (Becoming Bulletproof), who is the inspiration for the film, will play the principal character of Zak. Gottsagen lives with high-functioning Down syndrome, and became the inspiration for The Peanut Butter Falcon after writing/directing duo Tyler…...
- 6/14/2017
- Deadline
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