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EXCLUSIVE: Backstreet Boys prima AJ McLean has joined sports drama Shearing The Love pinch Oscar victor Geoffrey Rush.
Production has precocious wrapped successful New Zealand connected nan movie, which Essential Film Group will proceed trading astatine nan Cannes market. McLean and Rush will besides service arsenic executive-producers. Also joining from nan philharmonic world is New Zealand-born singer-songwriter Daniel Bedingfield, who will look successful nan movie arsenic himself.
As we antecedently revealed, Dan Musgrove and Dom Hetrakul besides star. Shearing nan Love “follows Brian Castlehead (Musgrove), a washed-up hairstylist to nan stars who returns location to participate nan world of competitory sheep shearing to beryllium himself to his begetter Bob (Rush) a man who built his personality connected nan sport.”
McLean plays himself, “stepping into nan precocious stakes, precocious unit arena of New Zealand’s Golden Shears, nan sport’s world championship, and straight into nan way of a family successful crisis”.
The film’s ensemble besides includes Rima Te Wiata (Hunt for nan Wilderpeople), Johanna Cosgrove (Madam), and Michael Hurst (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys).
The movie is written by Dan Musgrove, Natalie Medlock and Tom Hern. Hern, whose erstwhile credits see The Panthers, The Dark Horse and Shadow successful nan Cloud, makes his characteristic directorial debut. Producers are Nua Finau and Belindalee Hope done Tavake, nan institution founded by Hern and Finau, on pinch Be Hope Films Limited.
The Backstreet Boys are presently successful residency astatine Sphere successful Las Vegas. McLean precocious hosted Netflix’s euphony title bid Building nan Band.
He said: “I was really drawn to nan bosom of it, nan humor, nan consciousness of family, and nan travel of personality astatine nan halfway of nan story. It’s specified a uniquely New Zealand world, but those themes are universal. Getting to beryllium portion of thing for illustration that, and stock it pinch a formed led by personification for illustration Geoffrey, was thing genuinely special.”
Rush added astir nan film: “I won’t beryllium sheepish. I shall beryllium bold. The movie organization successful New Zealand ever makes storytelling sensational: caller and afloat of zeal. I’ve ne'er worked pinch a bunch of wilder people. Nothing was done successful nan shadows. We each had a whale of a ride. Everyone, astatine immoderate time, a warrior. All took formation for illustration Concordes. And it’s an hilarious drama erstwhile sheepshearing champions conflict pinch nan play of gender-defining hairdressers successful nan salons of nan Long White Cloud.”
Pic is made successful relation pinch nan New Zealand Film Commission. Rialto Distribution will merchandise nan movie successful Australia and New Zealand pinch Vertigo handling merchandise successful nan UK.
McLean is represented by Wright Entertainment Group and Attentive Entertainment Group. Te Wiata is represented by Auckland Actors. Cosgrove is represented by Johnson & Laird who besides correspond Michael Hurst.
