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Stephen Friedrich, Sarah Yarkin and Tara Holt in Tankhouse

Fargo, North Dakota, is the stage for two New York blacklisted theatre artists, Tucker (Stephen Friedrich) and Sandrene (Tara Holt), to pursue their dream of an "artistic revolution.” Director Noam Tomaschoff and co-writer Chelsea Frei’s feature debut is adapted from their earlier improv short, and stars Christopher Lloyd, who banishes the pair from the New York scene, and Richard Kind as Mortensen, who lives with the burden of broken dreams.

Putting on a show

In conversation with Eye For Film, Tomaschoff and Frei discussed the irony behind Tankhouse, compromising their artistic expression, and the burden of the creative dream.

Paul Risker: Behind the onscreen story, there’s the story of the making of the film. Are there any tales, or, moments you recall that might surprise the audience to know?

Noam Tomaschoff: … When you do a first feature, the...

"This is an 'active art' zone." Vertical Entertainment has revealed a fun official trailer for an indie comedy called Tankhouse, marking the feature directorial debut of actor Noam Tomaschoff. This film has skipped premiering at festivals and will be out in May for anyone to watch. When an ambitious but hopelessly pretentious thespian couple gets blackballed from the New York theatre scene, they relocate to Fargo, North Dakota and form a new ensemble to start a theatrical revolution in an unexpected place. They challenge an incumbent theater group to win a local competition. Starring Tara Holt & Stephen Friedrich as Tucker & Sandrene, plus Joe Adler, Nadia Alexander, Austin Crute, and Sarah Yarkin, with Richard Kind and Christopher Lloyd. It looks like something made by theater nerds just for theater nerds to laugh at. Here's the first official trailer for Noam Tomaschoff's Tankhouse, direct from Vertical's YouTube: After being blacklisted from the NYC theatre industry,...

Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American rights to the ensemble comedy Tankhouse, starring Christopher Lloyd (The Tender Bar, Nobody), Richard Kind, Tara Holt and Stephen Friedrich (This is Us & Nice Girl Like You), with plans to release it in theaters and on VOD on May 13th.

The supporting cast includes Alex Esola (After The Wedding), Austin Crute (Booksmart), Carolyn Michelle Smith (Russian Doll), Devere Rogers (My Spy), Joe Adler (The Maze Runner), Luke Spencer Roberts (The Package), Nadia Alexander (Blame), Rachel Matthews (Frozen 2), and Sarah Yarkin (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), as well as Joey Lauren Adams (Chasing Amy) and Andy Buckley (Jurassic World).

They’ve release a trailer for the film. Watch it below:

Tankhouse marks the directorial feature debut of Noam Tomaschoff, who co-wrote the script with Chelsea Frei (Dollface, The Moody’s). The film was shot on location in Fargo, North Dakota and Los Angeles,...

Update: Deadline reports that a TV series about the GameStop/Wall Street chaos called To the Moon is now in the works from a new company called Pinky Promise. Writer Noam Tomaschoff has reportedly met with “long-time, active members of the r/WallStreetBets reddit” to ensure they’re getting the details of the story correct, and the show […]

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Exclusive: Following the news that Hollywood was already developing two film projects of the current saga still unfolding on Wall Street, we now have our first TV series to focus on thewild story that the biz has fallen in love with. Sources tell Deadline, industry newcomer Pinky Promise is fast-tracking the development of a limited series To The Moon, tackling the ongoing r/WallStreetBets saga. They have met with several top members of the Reddit group, hedge funds and other trading insiders.

This marks the third project to break over the last 24 hours to focus on this subject matter as Deadline scooped over the weekend that MGM had landed a book proposal The Antisocial Network from Ben Mezrich that will dive into the story while this morning Deadline scooped the story that Mark Boal was penning the script for Netflix on the story as well. I can’t remember a...

Exclusive: Feature film producers Matthew Cooper and Jessamine Burgum are launching production company Pinky Promise. The duo met and joined forces in 2019, both having common values and beliefs and a desire to create distinctive content.

The company will aim to empower up-and-coming storytellers, especially those with underrepresented perspectives. Pinky Promise is founded on a belief that the best stories are yet untold. Between 2021 to 2024 they will aim to produce 10 high-concept, independent feature films ranging from low to mid seven figures. The company says that it will “use a proven venture fund model that discovers world changing entrepreneurs” and “Pinky Promise is committed to finding, nurturing and launching new storytellers.”

The first feature film to have been produced by Pinky Promise is Tankhouse, which focuses on two Upper East Side New Yorkers who, after being blacklisted from the NYC theatre industry, decide their only course of action is to move to Fargo,...

Christopher Lloyd and Richard Kind will lead Tankhouse, an ensemble comedy being directed by Noam Tomaschoff, who co-wrote the piece with Chelsea Frei. Tara Holt, Stephen Friedrich, Nadia Alexander, Joe Adler, Austin Crute, Luke Spencer Roberts, Devere Rogers, and Sarah Yarkin also star. It follows two pretentious New York theatre actors who, when blackballed from the local theatre scene, decide their only recourse is to travel to Fargo, North Dakota, and start a theatrical revolution. Rounding out the cast are Andy Buckley, Joey Lauren Adams, Rachel Mattews, Alex Esola, and Carolyn Michelle Smith. Producers are Frei, Tomaschoff, and Mathew Cooper of Momentum Studios in collaboration with Forum Communications of Fargo, North Dakota. Production is currently underway with plans to film in both Fargo and Los Angeles.

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