EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Michael Boatman (The Good Fight), and Karen Allen (Indiana Jones franchise) are set to topline The Cutting Room Floor, the first feature from writer-director Victoria DeMartin.
Entering production this summer, the indie follows an aspiring film editor who receives the opportunity of a lifetime but sees her world begin to spiral out of control when the film starts to mirror her own life, blurring the lines between fiction and reality. DeMartin’s script recently won First Place in the Golden Script Fellowship, an extension of the international Golden Script Competition.
Damian Young (Ozark), Jennifer Sklias-Gahan (FBI: Most Wanted), Kuhoo Verma (Murder Mystery 2), and Michael Benz (Joker) were tapped for supporting roles by casting directors Lina Todd and Byron Beane. Simon TaufiQue and Danielle Eva Schwob will produce, with the latter also set to pen the score.
An Oscar nominee, Baldwin has recently been seen in films like Rust and Supercell, with numerous appearances on Saturday Night Live. He is represented by manager Matt DelPiano.
Best known for his work in TV, Boatman was recently starring on Paramount+’s The Good Fight, reprising his role as attorney Julius Cain from The Good Wife. Other small-screen credits include Anger Management, Gossip Girl, and Spin City, to name just a few. He is repped by Innovative Artists and Thruline Entertainment.
Known for her work in numerous classic films, including multiple installments of the Indiana Jones franchise, Allen has most recently appeared in films like Unsinkable and The Easy Kind. She’s repped by Authentic.
New York native DeMartin has previously written and directed seven short films and produced two others. Each has screened at festivals nationwide, including the Austin Film Festival and Hamptons Film Festival. Most recently, she directed The Audition, a short commissioned by Nikon. Her historical short film, Winter Rye, aired on PBS-KCVR in 2014 and won Best Short Period Piece at the Garden State Film Festival. She’s repped by Empirical Evidence.
Young is repped by CornerStone Talent Agency; Sklias-Gahan by WME and Bohemia Group; Verma by Innovative Artists and Solstice Talent; and Benz by Curtis Brown Group, IAG, and Authentic.
