EXCLUSIVE: Kiel Kennedy (Don’t Tell Larry) and Ryan Gaul (The Last OG, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) are among the leads of indie horror McCurdy Point, which just clocked up an indie festival win.
They’re starring in the found footage feature along with Laird Macintosh (Shameless), Patty Guggenheim (She-Hulk: Attorney At Law, Twisted Metal), Allison Dunbar (Yellowstone, The Sopranos), Christian Roberts and Joey Krulock.
Kennedy and Gaul are also co-writing alongside Jeremy Brothers, who is co-directing with Nick Paonessa. Brothers, Gaul, Kennedy, and Paonessa are producing, with Chris Gierowski (Sweetest Day) and Matthew Gudernatch on board as executive producers.
Filming has already wrapped and the pic has screen at the likes of the Phoenix Film Festival. Producers and cast are in celebratory mood after the film picked up the Crime Screen Jury Award at the Crimson Screen Horror Film Festival in South Carolina over the weekend.
Pic follows four friends documenting a celebratory getaway to a remote cabin in the woods of Maine, only to find themselves pulled into something far more sinister.
“In a lot of horror movies, you can’t wait until some characters get killed off,” said Gaul, who is a member of The Groundlings improv comedy trope. “It’s something that we noticed because a lot of the them are unlikable. We wanted to flip that and create characters you sympathize with. Hopefully audiences walk away feeling like they lost some friends.”
“We had a lot of versatility in both the cast and crew because we all have a background of working in improv comedy,” added Brothers. “It helped us keep up with the always-changing situations that always come up during a film production.”
Gaul is repped by Gersh and Think Tank; Kennedy by CAA, Sam Bringardner and Amy Slomovits at Haven; Guggenheim by 3 Arts and IAG; Dunbar by Michelle Jannone at Magnolia Entertainment and David Shaul at BRS-Gage; Macintosh by Harold Augenstein at AWA; Roberts by Ingrid French Management and Atlas Talent; Krulock by Ryan M. Luevano at Skyfire Artists; and Paonessa by Pam Goldman at Buchwald.
