EXCLUSIVE: Director Jim Issa (The House Sitter) is wrapping production tomorrow on Bolio: Spirit of the Mustang, an indie comedy exec produced by Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), as well as Brooke Adams (Days of Heaven), and Kevin Heffernan of the comedy group Broken Lizard (Super Troopers).
The film, starring Eugene Cordero (Loki) and Gabriel Hogan (Heartland), follows Dale (Cordero), a down-on-his-luck high school shop teacher, who finds himself awkwardly entangled with aspiring life coach, Chuck (Hogan). Reluctantly accepting Chuck’s power of positive thinking and take-charge approach, Dale begins to come out of his shell. Through their budding friendship, Dale begins to repair what is broken, until he discovers that Chuck may not be all that he seems.
Written by Annie Humphrey, Robert Poynter, Loren Tarquinio and Issa, the film also stars Tawny Newsome (Space Force), Shalhoub, Brooke Adams, Amir Talai (Hazbin Hotel), Sarah Baker (The Kominsky Method), and Heffernan. Cordero and Hogan produced alongside Mark Donadio and Miriam Marcus of Moody Independent, J. Todd Harris of Branded Pictures Entertainment, Jamieson Shea of Owl Tree Productions, and Issa of Nice Hat Productions.
Best known for work on projects like Loki, Tacoma FD, and Star Trek: Lower Decks, Cordero is repped by Global Artists Agency, Artists First, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.
Hogan also starred on truTV’s Tacoma FD and has recently been seen starring in the CBC family drama Heartland. He is repped by Global Artists Agency, The Characters Talent Agency, CMG, and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum.
Known for his Emmy-winning work on Monk and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Shalhoub is repped by CAA and Skrzyniarz & Mallean.
Adams starred in such classic titles as Days of Heaven and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and is repped by Bret Adams Agency and Landsburg Management.
Heffernan’s comedy troupe Broken Lizard is known for its work on the Super Troopers franchise and additional projects like Tacoma FD. He is repped by UTA, 3 Arts, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis.
