Money (2016 film)
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Money is an American thriller film, directed by Martin Rosete, written by Josep Ciutat and produced by Atit Shah. The film stars Jamie Bamber, Kellan Lutz, Jesse Williams and Jess Weixler.
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Initial photography from June 9, 2015 in Woodbury, Long Island, Money marks the feature debut of one of Spain’s most talked-about shorts/commercials directors, Martin Rosete, who leapt to attention with the 2012 Tribeca Fest-selected sci fi drama Voice Over, which won over 100 prizes. In 2013 he won the Melies dOr award and was nominated for a Goya Award (Spanish Academy Award) for the sci fi drama.
Jose Rosete, his brother, is the director of photography. Known as The Rosete Brothers, they have been collaborating on films and commercials for over fifteen years. Martin is repped at William Morris Endeavor and managed by Underground.
Create Entertainment, a production house based in New York City and Los Angeles, is run by producer Atit Shah.
Lee Gates is a TV personality whose insider tips have made him the money guru of Wall Street. When Kyle loses all of his family's money on a bad tip, he holds Lee and his entire show hostage on air threatening to kill Lee if he does not get the stock up 24 and a half points before the bell.
Plot
The story follows two affluent couples held hostage by a dangerous con artist who poses as their neighbor. As the two couples become ensnared in a web of lies and embezzlement, loyalties are severed, love is lost, and blood is exchanged for two suitcases full of cash.
Cast
Development
From a screenplay by Barcelona’s Josep Ciutat, Money marks the feature debut of one of Spain’s most talked-about shorts/commercials directors, Martin Rosete, who leapt to attention with the 2012 Tribeca Fest-selected sci fi drama Voice Over, which won over 100 prizes. Equity financed, and to be shot at night, Money is “a contained thriller,” Rosete told Variety. “I love creating atmosphere and great visuals, but the main attraction of ‘Money’ will be working in depth with its actors,” he added. Still running a production company in Madrid, Rosete is a leading light of the diaspora of new generation Spanish filmmakers who, as Spain sunk into crisis, have had to travel abroad to launch their careers, for a lack of financing for first-time directors in Spain.
Hersh Narola, general partner at Imagine Ventures, will executive produce under the division of Narola Films. Production counsel is handled by Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard.
Casting
On June 9, 2015 Variety announced that Jamie Bamber, Kellan Lutz, Jesse Williams and Jess Weixler had joined the cast. Sig de Miguel and Steven Vincent are credited as Casting Directors. Lutz famously played Emmett Cullen in The Twilight Saga before starring in The Legend of Hercules and Limning Smiley in The Expendables 3. Bamber starred in Battlestar Galactica and NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Weixler won a Sundance Fest Special Jury prize for her lead performance in Teeth. Williams is best known for his role as Dr. Jackson Avery in Greys Anatomy.
Bamber is repped by Independent Talent Group, Paradigm and Alan Siegel Entertainment and Lutz by William Morris Endeavor and Zero Gravity Management. Jesse Williams is managed by Oronde Garrett at Headshell Management. Also with a recurring role in The Good Wife, Weixler is repped by The Gersh Agency and Mosaic.
Filming
Principal photography began in Long Island, New York on June 9, 2015.
On June 19 Lutz said the cast completed a 16 page scene in one day.
References
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