DANTE'S COVE star Charlie David has been named in the cast in upcoming JUDAS KISS film with Brent Corrigan
My good friend, Jody Wheeler is reporting on DoorQ.com that Charlie David, star of the popular series Dante’s Cove and the recent feature Mulligans, is slated to star in the independent film Judas Kiss, the movie’s producers announced today.
David will play the role of Zachary Wells, a washed-up filmmaker who returns to his peculiar alma mater, where he meets his younger self and gets the chance to change his troubled past so he can avoid a disturbing future.
Judas Kiss is the first feature film from director J.T. Tepnapa, who has won many international awards for his short films, including the multiple award-winning parody of 1950s teen health films, Masturbation: Putting the Fun Into Self-Loving, the comedy Drag Queen Heist and the drama about homeless youth, Begging for Change.
“I’m excited to work with such a multi-talented entertainer,” Tepnapa said.
“Charlie’s experience in front of and behind the camera will add so much to Judas Kiss’ production values.”
For his part, David was attracted to the screenplay’s time-bending drama. “I was engaged by Judas Kiss’ concept of altering the past and future through the choices we make right now,” he said. “Who hasn’t wondered what lies down the paths not taken in career, adventure and love?”
David was also intrigued by the character of Zach. “It’s exciting and scary for me because he has such a troubled past and a present devoid of feeling and passion,” he said. “The script has emotional triggers for me – some that immediately resonated and others that honestly terrified me. Zach is going to allow me to get a little messy as an actor and it’s about time I did that."
David also joins Judas Kiss as an executive producer with his production company, Border2Border Entertainment, which will also act as Judas Kiss’ sales and distribution representative.
“I am very excited to be joining this project as an actor and producer,” he said. “I love the art of telling a good story and Judas Kiss is a really good story. I’m confident our connections at Border2Border Entertainment with international distributors, broadcasters and new media ventures will help Judas Kiss find a large and lasting audience.”
Judas Kiss is being produced by Blue Seraph Productions, a Los Angeles company founded by Tepnapa in 2000 to create his short films. Judas Kiss was written by Blue Seraph partner Carlos Pedraza from Tepnapa’s story. The film is scheduled to shoot in 2010 in Seattle. Their work has been featured in the New York Times, BBC, Variety, Frontiers, Fab magazine, the Today Show, MSNBC, and other international news outlets.
The film has already attracted attention for casting talented and controversial adult film star Brent Corrigan, who recently appeared in this year’s Oscar-winning Milk and the comedy Another Gay Movie.
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Jet Set Men last week wrapped principal photography on Getting Levi’s Johnson, its parody of current events featuring a character named Levi who’s trying to avoid posing nude despite many lucrative competing offers and the mayhem that results when he’s tempted over and over again.
The production wrap up in Los Angeles came the day before the real Levi Johnston, appearing on The Joy Behar Show on HLN (formerly CNN Headline News), was stunned to learn that a gay porn parody of his life had been filmed. Behar asked if he was aware of the Jet Set movie, to which Johnston responded: “Okaaaaaaaay.” He paused and then told Behar “I guess they’re going to do what they’re going to do.”
Premiering in March, the XXX film Getting Levi’s Johnson stars relative newcomer Casey Monroe, who bears a striking resemblance to Johnston. The movie also stars Diesel Washington, Jesse Santana, and Jet Set Exclusive Landon Mycles, along with the inimitable Brent Corrigan and Mark Dalton. To top it off, ‘Getting Levi’ includes a very special (though non-sexual) appearance by porn actress Lisa Ann, who starred in Hustler’s Who's Nailin’ Paylin?
The movie was directed by Jet Set head honcho Chris Steele, from a script by Steele and Jet Set’s John Tegan.
The idea for the movie had been germinating for some time, according to co-screen writer Tegan. “We knew we wanted to do a Levi parody. We even came up with the title, which we thought was catchy. All that was left was to find a lead actor who looked like Johnston, a task we thought would be very difficult.”
Monroe was featured in Chris Steele’s upcoming DVD “Pizza Boy Gangbang”, which was filmed in October. “When we saw Casey’s stills from the movie, he coincidently posed just like the real Levi did for Playgirl. Side-by-side, it was hard to tell the two apart. We knew then we’d found our Levi!” said Tegan.
The re-creation of recent events required painstaking set building, including a 10 foot high building wall and ledge, surrounded by two massive photographs of the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop, and some inventive costume touches that help re-create a real television commercial currently airing that features Levi Johnston.
Steele notes that “all of these production values will put a shiny gloss on a fun, sexy comedy about the ups and downs of a hot looking, instantly famous young guy who inadvertently becomes a gay sex object and then has to deal with the result.”
Jet Set is expected to release Getting Levi’s Johnson on both DVD and Download 2 Own on JetSetMen.com in March. Coincidentally, Playgirl Magazine will return to the newsstands around the same time, featuring semi-nude photos of Levi Johnston himself, who is also reportedly working on a tell-all book from the 2008 campaign.
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