Jerry O’Connell and Celia Weston Join Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas In Andy Tennant’s "The Secret Movie"
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- Published on Thursday, 01 November 2018 09:56
Tri-G and Savvy Media Holdings announced today that Jerry O'Connell ("Billions") and Celia Weston (The Intern) have signed on to star alongside Katie Holmes (The Gift) and Josh Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama) in Andy Tennant's (Hitch) The Secret Movie.
Joe Gelchion's Tri-G, Matthew George's Savvy Media Holdings and Robert Katz under his Shine Box banner recently boarded the film to produce, alongside Robert Cort Productions, Illumination Entertainment and Covert Media.
Producers include: Robert Cort, Rhonda Byrne, Paul Hanson, Matthew George, and Robert Katz and Joe Gelchion, who's banner Tri-G is fully financing the film. Covert Media is handling international sales which continue through the AFM this week. Principal photography begins today in New Orleans.
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The Secret Movie centers around a hard-working young widow with three children who hires a handyman to fix her house during a terrible storm. As the handyman grows closer to the family, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of thought to create what we want, but the widow soon realizes he carries a secret connection to her past.
The film is based on the groundbreaking self-help book The Secret, which was published in 2006, has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, been translated into 50 different languages, and remained on "The New York Times" bestseller list for 190 weeks. The screenplay is written by Bekah Brunstetter, writer on NBC's hit drama "This Is Us," with participation from Tennant and longtime writing partner Rick Parks (Ever After: A Cinderella Story).
O'Connell is known for his breakout role in Rob Reiner's Stand by Me and boasts an impressive career with highlights including Baby on Board, Man About Town, Veronica Mars, and roles on the hit series' "Drunk History," "Billions," "Crossing Jordan" and "Sliders."
Weston boasts an impressive career including breakout film roles in Dead Man Walking, Flirting with Disaster, Junebug, In the Bedroom, Far from Heaven and the forthcoming POMS in addition to the hit series ABC's "Modern Family" and Fox's "American Horror Story."
O'Connell is represented by ICM Partners and 3 Arts Entertainment. Weston is represented by Innovative Artists and Framework Entertainment.
George and Gelchion produced and financed A Private War starring Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan and Stanley Tucci which Aviron Pictures will release on Nov. 4th. Previous credits for George also include Taylor Sheridan's lauded feature Wind River starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen as well as Rob Reiner's LBJ and Shock and Awe. Previous credits for Katz also include F. Gary Gray's Law Abiding Citizen, Patricia Riggen's The 33 and John Curran's The Painted Veil.
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ABOUT TRI-G
TRI-G is a finance entity led by Joe Gelchion that fully finances entertainment projects.
ABOUT ROBERT CORT
Robert Cort has produced forty-eight feature films that have grossed $3.0 billion in worldwide box office. These includeOutrageous Fortune, Three Men and a Baby, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Cocktail, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, The Cutting Edge, Operation Dumbo Drop, Jumanji, Runaway Bride, Mr. Holland's Opus andSave the Last Dance. His next film On the Basis of Sex, starring Felicity Jones will release Christmas Day.
ABOUT COVERT MEDIA
Launched in August 2015, Covert Media is an independent production, financing, and distribution company based in Beverly Hills, a partnership between global private equity fund Media Content Capital (MCC) and veteran film executive Paul Hanson. Covert Media focuses on high-quality, commercial content for worldwide audiences in the feature film, television, and digital marketplace by fostering meaningful relationships with filmmakers and creative artists.
Along with Covert's own production slate and sales, including the star-studded Ophelia which premiered worldwide at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, The Secret Movie starring Katie Holmes based on the best-selling book by Rhonda Byrne, Netflix's Naked starring Marlon Wayans and Regina Hall, and Resurface, which is being produced alongside Broken Road Productions, the company services and supports the library and upcoming projects for MCC-owned QED. Covert Media recently launched Lexica Films, a sales label for foreign language features.
