Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Chris Naoki Lee’s feature directorial debut, Dinner Party, in which he stars alongside Kara Wang (Top Gun: Maverick), Imani Hakim (Mythic Quest) and Kausar Mohammed (The Flash). The global indie distributor has slated the pic for a day-and-date release on August 19.
Inspired by Lee’s own experiences growing up in a diverse community outside of Los Angeles, the indie ensemble drama follows Izzy (Hakim) and boyfriend Cal (Lee) as they go to a casual reunion dinner party amongst Cal’s childhood friends 10 years after high school. The friends navigate socially sensitive topics, though some fall on deaf ears when it comes to the hyper-masculine Miles (Charles Hittinger). It doesn’t take long for Izzy to notice that Shannon (Wang), co-host and childhood friend to the boys, seems uncomfortable around Miles, as the film simmers into a slow burn that erupts in the final act.
Inspired by Lee’s own experiences growing up in a diverse community outside of Los Angeles, the indie ensemble drama follows Izzy (Hakim) and boyfriend Cal (Lee) as they go to a casual reunion dinner party amongst Cal’s childhood friends 10 years after high school. The friends navigate socially sensitive topics, though some fall on deaf ears when it comes to the hyper-masculine Miles (Charles Hittinger). It doesn’t take long for Izzy to notice that Shannon (Wang), co-host and childhood friend to the boys, seems uncomfortable around Miles, as the film simmers into a slow burn that erupts in the final act.
- 8/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Christopher Naoki Lee, whose credits include AMC’s The Terror and Fox’s Deputy, is set to make his feature directorial debut with the socially-minded pic Dinner Party which he co-wrote with Greek alum Daniel Weaver.
Lee also stars in the film which, as the title suggests, centers on a dinner party with a group of diverse Millennials. As they dine and converse, a verdict arrives for a controversial trial regarding sexual misconduct that has captivated the nation — a very timely topic considering the recent Weinstein verdict. As a result the dinner party turns into a moment for all the attendees to look at their own histories and determine whether the friendship that binds them can withstand their differences, especially when they realize one of their own is guilty of a past transgression.
“As an Asian-American born and raised in a diverse community near L.A., Dinner Party is...
Lee also stars in the film which, as the title suggests, centers on a dinner party with a group of diverse Millennials. As they dine and converse, a verdict arrives for a controversial trial regarding sexual misconduct that has captivated the nation — a very timely topic considering the recent Weinstein verdict. As a result the dinner party turns into a moment for all the attendees to look at their own histories and determine whether the friendship that binds them can withstand their differences, especially when they realize one of their own is guilty of a past transgression.
“As an Asian-American born and raised in a diverse community near L.A., Dinner Party is...
- 2/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
As TNT’s Falling Skies enters its Season 2 finale (this Sunday at 9/8c), the 2nd Mass is having to swallow a heaping serving of Be Careful What You Wished For, says Will Patton, who plays Capt. Daniel Weaver.
“It’s what we wanted… and yet it doesn’t quite seem right for some reason,” he says of the chain of events that landed de facto U.S. president Arthur Manchester (Lost‘s Terry O’Quinn) in the brig and handed General Bressler (Eureka‘s Matt Frewer) unchecked control of the Charleston outpost. “It seems like it went in a direction...
“It’s what we wanted… and yet it doesn’t quite seem right for some reason,” he says of the chain of events that landed de facto U.S. president Arthur Manchester (Lost‘s Terry O’Quinn) in the brig and handed General Bressler (Eureka‘s Matt Frewer) unchecked control of the Charleston outpost. “It seems like it went in a direction...
- 8/18/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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