EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Adrianne Palicki (John Wick) and John O’Hurley (Seinfeld) are leading the cast of the indie pickleball mockumentary, Pickleheads.
The film’s cast also includes Pej Vahdat (The Old Man), Kristine Froseth (Sharp Stick), Eric Nelsen (1883), Ryan Cooper (Rough Night), Lindsey Morgan (The 100), Sam Humphrey (The Greatest Showman) and the film’s screenwriter Jared Bonner.
The homemade mockumentary “directed” by Arash Bardot (Vahdat) follows the weirdly lovable Barney Bardot (Bonner), who returns to civilization after a shameful, televised loss in Ping Pong eight years before Angus Caan (Cooper), which led him to recluse in the woods. Arash hopes for a “return to glory” story to save their family home from the estate agent at the door, Gayle Plankton (Guillén). But, with too much trauma surrounding his Ping Pong history, Barney cannot return to the small table.
Fortuitously, they meet the sweet and savage community pickleballer Mia Presley (Froseth) and reconnect with Angus, who acclimates Barney back to civilian life and a new racquet sport, where he must best Hawk Kai (Eric Nelsen) and his past.
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Palicki stars as ‘Carla Plankton’, Nelsen as ‘Hawk Kai,’ and Sam Humphrey as ‘Gunther.’
Cindy Cowan (Miracle on 42nd Street), Ryan Cooper (Texas Cult House), Jared Bonner (Dance Dads), Josh Flanagan (Day 5) and Josh Folan (Ask For Jane) are producing. Bob Morrison, Adrianne Palicki, Philip Jackson, Cori Stolburn, Hayden Lindsey, Tiffany Lindsey, and Brad & Josalyn Cline are executive producers. The film is a co-production of Cooper’s Flew The Coop Productions and Bonner’s Fly Over Films.
Josh Flanagan is repped by UTA and David Greenblatt. Guillén is repped by Innovative and Yorn, Levine, Barnes. Palicki is repped by Paradigm and Anonymous. Vahdat is repped by TalentWorks, Neon Kite, and Schreck Rose Dapello. Froseth is repped by CAA, Anonymous, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller. Nelsen is repped by TCA and The Booth Group. Cooper is repped by CESD and Authentic. Morgan is repped by Innovative and Luber, Roklin Entertainment. Humphrey is repped by CMT Management, Shushu Entertainment, and Biletsky Law.
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