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First Winner of Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival Begins Production This Week in Virginia
Hypnotic is the Producer of Director Jeff Wadlow's Feature Film Debut, "Living The Lie"
Edited by Charlie White
LOS ANGELES -- Filmmaker Jeff Wadlow, winner of the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival, began production this week on his feature film directorial debut, "Living The Lie." Based on Wadlow's Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival winning entry, the film will be shot in Richmond, VA, and is being produced by Hypnotic, in partnership with the Chrysler brand, and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Noted casting director Fern Champion ("Beverly Hills, 90210", "The Mask"), often credited with discovering Cameron Diaz, has assisted Wadlow and writing/producing partner Beau Bauman in searching for breakout talent to join the cast. Actors already on-set and ready to begin shooting their scenes include Julian Morris (Royal Shakespeare Company, "Young Arthur," upcoming "WhirlyGirl"), Lindy Booth ("Dawn of the Dead") and Jared Padalecki ("The Gilmore Girls," soon to be released "New York Minute," upcoming "Flight of the Phoenix" with Dennis Quaid). Hypnotic plans to premiere the feature release in the spring of 2004.
"I'm grateful for the overwhelmingly positive response during the pre-production and casting of "Living The Lie," including the generosity of companies like Panavision, Technicolor, Efilm, Kodak and Avid," said director Jeff Wadlow. "I am thrilled to see everything coming together and I can't wait to get back on-set."
"Living The Lie" is a psychological thriller that focuses on a group of precocious boarding school seniors who spend their free time playing a mysterious game of lies. When a savvy transfer student falls head over heels for the group's beautiful and enigmatic leader, he readily accepts her invitation to join their secret society. Once the stakes are raised and the lies become personal, the worlds of fiction and reality come crashing together with disastrous ramifications. Ultimately a morality tale, "Living The Lie" is a modern day retelling of "the boy who cried wolf" that proves nobody believes a liar...even when he's telling the truth.
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