FUTURE PROJECTS
Gift (working title)
Written and Directed by Cassandra Riddick
Produced by Princeton Holt
Cast: (Confidential)
A good looking, African American, gifted athlete and ladies man hides the fact that he is HIV positive from those closed to him. Based on the award winning short film Shining Star by Cassandra Riddick.
Production begins May 2009.
American Woman
Written and Directed by Princeton Holt
Produced by Cassandra Riddick, Ryan Andrew Balas, and Brian Ackley
Cast: Chris Riquinha, Nancy Krawford, Deirdre Herlihy, Brian Ackley, Meissa Hampton, Jace Nicole, Maria Guzman, Gabrielle Archer, Ryan Balas, Richard Buonagurio, Alexandra Seijo, Derek McAllister, Mark Robert Ryan, Julia Porter Howe, Samuel Smith, Vincent Caiola, and many more.
An ensemble cast, alternate reality comedy.
Production to begin June 2009.
Miranda
Written and Directed by Kent Sutton
Produced by Cassandra Riddick, Princeton Holt
Cast: Maria Guzman, Derek McAllister, Tim Parham, Gabrielle Archer, and more.
Miranda has just gotten engaged to Arthur. She hides the fact that he physically abuses her from her family and friends.
Production to begin July 2009.
"Stand up comedy special" (working title)
Produced by Princeton Holt, Cassandra Riddick, Wil Sylvince
Starring: popular comedians Wil Sylvince, Godfrey, and Ardie Fuqua
In the same vein as Eddie Murphy's historic films Delirious and Raw, 3 popular comedians will take the stage live in this hour and a half film.
Production begins early August 2009.
Sisters (working Title)
Written and Directed by Ryan Andrew Balas
Produced by Princeton Holt, Cassandra Riddick
Cast: Jace Nicole, Deirdre Herlihy, Ryan Andrew Balas
Set in their large, childhood house in Portsmouth, NH, the relationship between two sisters - one black and one white - is examined, as they and their significant others spend a week in their old country home. Reconnecting.
Production to begin late August 2009.
The Butterfly Chasers
Written and Directed by Princeton Holt
Produced by Cassandra Riddick, Princeton Holt
Cast: Rochelle Aytes, Jay Parris, Brian Ackley, Jace Nicole, Meissa Hampton, Shannone Holt, Vincent Caiola, and more!
A relationship comedy that focuses on seven New York City adults of different ethnicities at relationship crossroads and in an interrelated series of relationships. New York Times writer Isaac Barros just left his girlfriend and meets the witty and stunning tax accountant Diana Lee (Rochelle Aytes). Diana Lee has recently ended her relationship with the guilt-ridden real estate investor Dante' Brown (James Parris), who is obsessed with mysterious art gallery buyer Quin Taylor (Jace Nicole), who is having an affair with a TV programmer, sex-addict Michael Green (Brian Ackley). Michael Green is married to the oblivious book publisher Brooke Green (Meissa Hampton), who seems perfect for Isaac Barros. Confused? So are they!
Production to begin September 2009.
Indulgence (working title)
Written and Directed by Brian Ackley
Produced by Princeton Holt, Cassandra Riddick
Cast: (Confidential)
Production to begin winter 2009.
Love is Love
Written and Directed by Princeton Holt
Produced by Cassandra Riddick, Princeton Holt
Cast: (Confidential)
Marilyn Matthews is a fragile, insecure, and sheltered Columbia student who becomes the object of the affections of Oliver Lawrence, a local hustler. He consistently pursues Marilyn who becomes increasingly curious about this mysterious and rather wealthy social outcast.
Production to begin Spring 2010.
The Woods
Written and Directed by Paul Difilippo
Produced by Princeton Holt, Cassandra Riddick, Brian Ackley
Cast: (Confidential)
A cross between Deliverance and The Blair Witch Project, The Woods is a fiercely raw and frighteningly real account of a vacation gone wrong. This "found footage" follows bricklayer Gus (48) and his NYC construction buddies, Dan (45), Rick (42), and "Diamond" Bill (58) on their weekend camping getaway to the Adirondacks, where soon supernatural horror and death follow.
Production to begin mid summer 2010.
Single Black Female (working title)
Produced by Produced by Cassandra Riddick, Wil Sylvince, Princeton Holt
Cast: (Confidential)
TV pilot for Network/Cable series that follows the love lives of three beautiful, professional, African-American childhood friends living single in Brooklyn Heights, New York.
Production to begin fall 2010.