19-year-old filmmaker Emily Hagins has snagged AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton for her fourth feature film, Grow Up, Tony Phillips. The Halloween comedy is also set to feature Tony Vespe, Devin Bonnee, and Jamie Landau. Filming will begin later this year in Texas.
Hagins made her first feature film, Pathogen, at 11. She recently helmed the vampire comedy My Sucky Teen Romance which debuted at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival (it was picked up by Dark Sky Films for US distribution).
Arcanum Pictures and Hagins are currently using Kickstarter to raise a portion of the film’s budget. To find out more, visit www.GrowUpTonyPhillips.com.
The Plot:
“Grow Up, Tony Phillips may take place on Halloween, but it has nothing to do with horror movies and everything to do with that crystalline moment in time everyone has when they realize life marches forward and they’re the youngest they’ll ever be. It’s a coming-of-age story, but this isn’t an indie drama about a boy becoming a man. It’s a comedy about Tony Phillips, a guy who doesn’t think childhood passions should have an expiration date.
This won’t be teenage life as viewed from an adult’s nostalgia-tinted rear view mirror. This is in every sense a teen’s story told from the perspective of actual teenagers, both behind and in front of the camera. That means no hyper-meta dialogue, no larger-than-life scenarios, and no over-the-top style. This is all straight from Emily’s heart.”
Source: Arcanum Pictures
—Posted by Rebecca Murray
AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton Join Grow Up, Tony Phillips
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