What happens when movie theaters have been closed for a pandemic, and studios are skittish about releasing content that might not get seen?
It seems that you get movies that would have otherwise gone direct to video suitable for the whole family(ish) that can play across the nation's few open theater chains and drive-ins.
One such film is Mighty Oak, a flick starring Janel Parrish of Pretty Little Liars fame and a young fellow named Tommy Ragen, a ten-year-old music prodigy and songwriter who can play a mean guitar.
The story of Mighty Oak follows Parrish's character, Gina Jackson aka Jean Jacket, as she works alongside and manages a band -- Army of Love -- fronted by her brother, Vaughn (Levi Dylan) on their quest for fame and fortune.
That rise is hardly meteoric as, on the night of their big break opening for Arcade Fire at the Hollywood Bowl,...
It seems that you get movies that would have otherwise gone direct to video suitable for the whole family(ish) that can play across the nation's few open theater chains and drive-ins.
One such film is Mighty Oak, a flick starring Janel Parrish of Pretty Little Liars fame and a young fellow named Tommy Ragen, a ten-year-old music prodigy and songwriter who can play a mean guitar.
The story of Mighty Oak follows Parrish's character, Gina Jackson aka Jean Jacket, as she works alongside and manages a band -- Army of Love -- fronted by her brother, Vaughn (Levi Dylan) on their quest for fame and fortune.
That rise is hardly meteoric as, on the night of their big break opening for Arcade Fire at the Hollywood Bowl,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before), singer/songwriter Levi Dylan (grandson of Bob Dylan), Alexa PenaVega, and Carlos PenaVega have signed on to star in Mighty Oak, which is being directed by Soul Surfer helmer Sean McNamara.
11-year-old guitar prodigy Tommy Ragen (School Of Rock national tour) has been tapped to take on the title role of Oak while Nana Ghana (What/If) and Rodney Hicks also set to co-star.
Described as a dramedy along the lines of Wonder and A Dog’s Purpose, the film follows band manager Gina Jackson (Parrish), who struggles with losing her lead singer/brother (Dylan) in a fatal car accident on the way to a gig. A decade later, Gina meets a 10-year-old music prodigy named Oak (who seems to possess the same qualities as her brother,...
11-year-old guitar prodigy Tommy Ragen (School Of Rock national tour) has been tapped to take on the title role of Oak while Nana Ghana (What/If) and Rodney Hicks also set to co-star.
Described as a dramedy along the lines of Wonder and A Dog’s Purpose, the film follows band manager Gina Jackson (Parrish), who struggles with losing her lead singer/brother (Dylan) in a fatal car accident on the way to a gig. A decade later, Gina meets a 10-year-old music prodigy named Oak (who seems to possess the same qualities as her brother,...
- 1/31/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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