The Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnolia Pictures announced today that they've acquired North American rights to Best Man Down , a warmly funny new comedy from writer/director Ted Koland, starring Justin Long, Jess Weixler, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin and Frances O'Connor. The film was produced by David Abbitt, Jen Roskind and Sharyn Steele. In the film, when their obnoxious and over-served best man, Lumpy (Labine) unexpectedly dies at their destination wedding in Phoenix, bride and groom Kristin (Weixler) and Scott (Long) are forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly home to the snowy Midwest to arrange for his funeral. But when they arrive they realize that there was a lot more to their friend than met the eye. "We are pleased to be handling 'Best Man Down,' a charming film...
- 2/6/2013
- Comingsoon.net
#38. Lumpy - Ted Koland First-time helmer Ted Koland's Minnesota-shot dramedy (featured on IndieWIRE - see the production pic above) happens to feature a good grab-bag of acting names (Justin Long, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin, Frances O'Connor and Park City favorite Jess Weixler) and the logline sounds somewhat savoury - canceled wedding, followed by shock and surprise might come across as sincere, slightly dark and poignant. Depending on the film's tone, Lumpy might find itself in the Midnight section or Premieres category. Gist: The best man at Scott (Long) and Kristin's (Weixler) Arizona destination wedding, Lumpy (Labine) is the life of the party, until a long, indulgent night leads to his untimely death. Forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly back to Minneapolis to arrange for his funeral, Scott and Kristin meet Ramsey (Timlin) and learn that Lumpy isn't quite who they thought he was. Producers: David Abbitt, Jen Roskind (Stephanie Daley), Sharyn Steele(Ioncinema.
- 11/10/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Well I’m not sure if you’re familiar with Minnesota, but if so, I hear that there are filming over there. Surely you’ve heard of irresistible Justin Long. Ok then, he and his good-looking society including Teeth’s Jess Weixler, Apes primatologist, Tyler Labine (oops!) and Californication’s Addison Timlin, are teaming up for the movie titled Lumpy, and somewhere in Minnesota they’re circling with principal photography.
Evan Jones (Book of Eli), Michael Landes (Just Wright) and Shelley Long, who has been criminally absent from feature films for years, costar in the directorial debut of Ted Koland, who also wrote the screenplay.
I do not know but I feel the film begins with opening sequence of wedding in Arizona, (not just near Minnesota): a young bride (Weixler) and a groom (Long) have their dream wedding and best man Lumpy (Labine) performed brilliantly and they were so...
Evan Jones (Book of Eli), Michael Landes (Just Wright) and Shelley Long, who has been criminally absent from feature films for years, costar in the directorial debut of Ted Koland, who also wrote the screenplay.
I do not know but I feel the film begins with opening sequence of wedding in Arizona, (not just near Minnesota): a young bride (Weixler) and a groom (Long) have their dream wedding and best man Lumpy (Labine) performed brilliantly and they were so...
- 4/21/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
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