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"Did you forget where you came from?" IFC Films has revealed an official trailer for a dramedy titled Last Call, from filmmaker / producer Paolo Pilladi. The film's early working title was Crabs in a Bucket, which seems amusing but probably doesn't really describe the story well. A "success story" real estate developer returns to his old Philly neighborhood and ends up obligated to stay to help ensure his parents’ ailing family business gets back on course. While there, he must decide to raze or resurrect the family bar while dealing with other questions about his life and what to do next. The film stars Jeremy Piven, Taryn Manning, Bruce Dern, Zach McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, and Jack McGee. Doesn't look that great, but it does look like a sweet & funny middle-aged look at "going home" and reconnecting with your old neighborhood. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Paolo Pilladi's Last Call,...

Exclusive: IFC Films has picked up the U.S. and Canada rights to Paolo Pilladi’s comedy Last Call, which the filmmaker directed, produced and co-wrote. IFC is eyeing a theatrical release this year.

Pic follows Mick, played by Jeremy Piven, who is a local success story and real estate developer. He returns home to his offbeat blue collar Irish neighborhood in the shadows of Philadelphia for a funeral and is obligated to stay to ensure his parents’ ailing family business gets back on course. Amidst all of this, he grows closer to his childhood crush (Taryn Manning) who is also back in town, while enduring the constant ridicule from his old hometown crew. As Mick begins to reconnect with the neighborhood he grew up in, he finds himself at a crossroads when forced to either raze or resurrect the family bar.

The movie also stars two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern,...

Exclusive: Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment has beefed up its sales slate as the American Film Market gets underway in its virtual form.

The company has acquired world rights on the hybrid live-action/animated family comedy Ollie. In development, the pic will star Mario Lopez (Saved By The Bell) alongside skateboarder and musician Tony Alva. Story follows Cj, a 13-year-old by who is having a tough time at his local skatepark. His life takes a dramatic, adventurous and positive turn when he is befriended by Ollie, a skateboarding bulldog who was just fired from his watchdog job.

Lopez will produce and voice the character Ollie. Also producing are Mark Roberts via Roberts/David Films, along with Lorena David. Clay Epstein is executive producing.

Film Mode has also boarded international rights on comedy Last Call alongside BondIt Media Capital. The pic features Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Taryn Manning (Orange Is The New Black...

Exclusive: Actress and musician Taryn Manning, known for her role as Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett on the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black, has signed with Pantheon for representation.

Manning starred on all seven seasons of Oitnb, sharing in three SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of the convict Doggett. Manning also previously recurred on FX’s Sons of Anarchy.

On the film side, she starred in the Paramount feature Hustle & Flow opposite Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Anderson, and Ludacris; as well as Universal’s hit Eminem feature 8 Mile.

Upcoming projects include the soon to be released Crabs in a Bucket, in which she stars alongside Bruce Dern and Jeremy Piven. She also will play the titular role in Coke Daniels’ upcoming feature, Karen, a timely suspense thriller about a white woman living in the South who...

The star-studded 20 th Annual Emmys Golf Classic raised over $300,000 for the Television Academy Foundation.

Cedric the Entertainer Hosts 20th Emmys Golf Classic

Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the nonprofit Foundation’s renowned educational programs.

Television stars, entertainment industry executives, Television Academy Foundation leadership and corporate partners competed in the golf tournament at the Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, Oct. 28.

Hosted for the third consecutive year by Cedric the Entertainer ( The Neighborhood), the event included competitors from some of television’s top shows: Anthony Alabi ( Raven’s Home; Family Reunion), Philip Boyd ( The Haves and the Have Nots), Andy Buckley ( Shameless), Matt Corboy ( Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television), Matt Craven ( Unspeakable; Sharp Objects), Patrika Darbo ( Aunt Cissy; Indoor Boys), Arturo Del Puerto ( For All Mankind), Pat Finn ( The Middle), Terry Gannon (NBC Sports and the Golf Channel), Max Greenfield ( The Neighborhood), Brennin Hunt ( Rent: Live...

The cast is rounding out for the upcoming Paulo Pilladi-directed comedy, Crabs In a Bucket, which was also written by Pilladi, alongside Greg Lingo. The pair are new on the scene, but have certainly gotten a solid cast to lead their story along. The cast includes Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black), Zach McGowan (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Jamie Kennedy (the Scream movies), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Jack McGee (The Fighter), Chris Kerson (True Detective), and Jeremy Piven (Entourage).

Deadline reports the following synopsis for the film:

The plot follows real estate developer Mick (Piven), who returns to his offbeat Philly childhood neighborhood for his mother’s Irish wake and discovers he’s been willed their ill-fated pub that his sleazy boss, Mr. Delvecchio (Pastore), wants to raze to gentrify the neighborhood. As Mick reconnects with his father Laurence (McGee) and deadbeat brother Dougal (McGowan), his old cronies remind him that...

Exclusive: Golden Globe-winning Entourage alum Jeremy Piven, Oscar nominee Bruce Dern, Taryn Manning of Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, Zach McGowan and Jamie Kennedy are attached to star in Crabs in a Bucket, an indie comedy from Future Proof Films, Cornell Ventures, and Jars Media Group.

Paolo Pilladi is directing the film from a script he wrote with Greg Lingo. Additional cast includes Jack McGee, Jason James Richter, Royce Johnson, Chris Kerson, Lauren Francesca, Betsy Beutler, Peter Patrikios, Natasha Coppola-Shalom, and Garry Pastore.

The plot follows real estate developer Mick (Piven), who returns to his offbeat Philly childhood neighborhood for his mother’s Irish wake and discovers he’s been willed their ill-fated pub that his sleazy boss, Mr. Delvecchio (Pastore), wants to raze to gentrify the neighborhood. As Mick reconnects with his father Laurence (McGee...