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Exclusive: Cast revealed by the director of Sweetwater

Posted by Patrick on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sweetwater director Martin Guigui posted a new entry on his MovieSet exclusive blog and shared exciting news about the status of his developing film project.

“Sweetwater took a hard hit from the U.S. bank meltdown which put a stop to the cash drawdown off of our line of credit. What does that mean? We had to scramble insanely to find replacement funds,” writes Martin. “And it was and has been nuts! Not recommended to anyone… Thanks in part to an awesome team that we are surrounded with our cast is intact:”

Find out who’s made the cut to star in Sweetwater after the jump! Continue reading…

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Exclusive: Cast revealed by the director of Sweetwater

Posted by Patrick on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

If you’ve been a fan of MovieSet for a while then you’ll know that one of the films we’ve been extensively covering is Sweetwater, director Martin Guigui’s movie about Nate “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first black NBA player. While attenting the AFM, Sweetwater producer Michel Shane (I Robot, Catch Me If You Can) sat down with MovieSet’s Quinn Bender and shared the latest word about the project. We now have our exclusive video interview with Shane up on our MovieSet @ AFM headquarters as well as the Sweetwater page. Find out how last week’s presidential election changed the playing field for the movie and how it’s all coming together for an early 2009 start to principal photography.

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Exclusive: Cast revealed by the director of Sweetwater

Posted by admin on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Sweetwater director Martin Guigui. He had been planning on starting production of his biopic this month with The Wire cast member Wood Harris slated to play the NBA legend in the movie, but an unexpected delay threw a monkey wrench into those plans. Now Martin’s back to report good news: Sweetwater has a new start of production, found a city to shoot in and cast two more well-known actors Sweetwater.

“Greatest lesson before entering the film industry is to accept whole heartedly that there is no rhyme or reason as to how a movie gets made. This applies to indie filmmaking as much as does to studio pictures,” writes Martin in his latest blog post just made today. “There are no insurances along the way and you have to operate on a platform of faith, not hope. You have to know deep down inside that the film you have chosen to make will get made, no matter what.”

If you want to know who landed the part of Sweetwater’s coach Ned Irish, as well as who else is circling roles in this anticipated production, go read Martin Guigui’s latest blog post which is exclusive to MovieSet!

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Exclusive: Cast revealed by the director of Sweetwater

Posted by admin on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

“Sweetwater” director Martin Guigui has been blogging on MovieSet, providing us with his firsthand account of what it’s like getting warmed up to direct a major motion picture. If you’ve been following along with Martin’s blog then you’ll know that the casting process for this movie (or for any, really) is like riding a rollercoaster. One day you have the interest of this A-list celeb, the next day they have moved on to consider another project…but then the eyes of another high profile actor lands on your script. Such has been the case for casting “Sweetwater” but now the role of the film’s young basketball star has been locked down. Ladies and gentlemen, as revealed on Martin’s MovieSet blog, the actor playing the part of Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African American to play in the NBA, will be Wood Harris!

Wood played the part of Avon Barksdale, the tough Baltimore drug czar, on the first three seasons of “The Wire”. He also delivered a memorable performance as high school football star Julius Campbell opposite Denzel Washington in “Remember the Titans” and had a smaller part in Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales” released last year. He’s also got some prior b-ball movie-related experience to draw on having played a player in the 1994 flick “Above the Rim”.

And not only did Martin provide us with his latest exclusive, he also dished out who else is circling his project. “Kevin Costner is reading the script this weekend thanks in part to Elie Samaha, who is good friends with Kevin, but primarily thanks to David Harbour, our Producer/financier who is willing to stretch the budgetery constraint to accomodate Costner’s talent. I call that good buisness.”

Want to find out which “8 Mile” star and what former Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner are also interested in starring in “Sweetwater”? You know the drill: check out MovieSet’s “Sweetwater” director’s blog to find out!

UPDATE! I just found out that MovieSet is getting exclusive video from the casting call sessions held in New York City. When that video goes live on the site I’ll let you know.

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Exclusive: Cast revealed by the director of Sweetwater

Posted by admin on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

“Sweetwater” director Martin Guigui continues to blog with MovieSet about the latest developments on his period drama, as well as feed us exclusive news about which A-list Hollywood talent he’s offering work to. Here’s an except from Martin’s latest blog post:

“And now we enter the home stretch. 4 to 5 weeks before the first day of principle photography. Casting is getting intense. We had West coast auditions for the role of Sweetwater and I love Wood Harris. Since we had already set up East coast casting sessions we’re going to slam through those and make a final decision on Thursday May 29th. Announcement to follow. Very exciting times!”

Head on over and read Martin Guigui’s latest blog entry to find out which funnyman and which former Batman star have just been asked to join the cast. The “Sweetwater” blog is a great example of the kind of interaction that MovieSet is providing filmmakers — and we have plans to do a lot more of this in the days to come.

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Exclusive: Cast revealed by the director of Sweetwater

Posted by admin on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

If you haven’t been checking “Sweetwater” director Martin Guigui’s blog here on MovieSet then you’re missing out on what it’s like being on the front lines of the film fight. Not only is Martin posting blogs about what the latest news is with his movie, he’s also told us about an open casting call happening at the end of this month. The search is underway for a talented young (25ish) black actor to play the part of Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, the first African-American to play in the NBA back in the 1950s. Guigui has already told us about the interest of A-list actors in playing Sweetwater’s coach and teammates but for the part of the main guy, anyone with the acting chops could land the part and kick off their movie career in a huge way. Read about where and when the open casting call is taking place right here on MovieSet. We’ve even got copies of the sides to help you prepare for your audition and have created a Facebook event page to keep you informed on the latest news. Just one thing: if you land the gig ‘cuz of MovieSet, I call dibs on your first interview!

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