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Celebrating the collaboration of entertainment’s finest up-and-comers and veterans is a powerful, vital theme of the new video game-inspired movie, ‘Hero Mode.’ Filmmaker Aj Tesler, who made his narrative feature directing debut with the comedy, effortlessly spotlights the gripping talents of Chris Carpenter in his breakout lead acting role. With standout supporting performances by seasoned […]

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Exclusive: Khalil Everage (Cobra Kai) and Indiana Massara (Hero Mode) have joined the cast of The Crusades, an upcoming film from writer/director Leo Milano.

They’ll star opposite previously announced cast member Rudy Pankow (Outer Banks).

The highly stylized dramatic comedy follows three friends at an all-boys high school, as they try to survive one final weekend before merging with their rival school. It’s scripted by Milano, Jack Hussar and Shaun Early, who were inspired to write the pic, given their own experience attending an all-boys private high school.

As we told you first, Pankow will lead the cast as Leo Grecco, a charming and sometimes delusional dreamer who spends his life focused on things he can’t have.

Everage joins as unconventional jock, Sean. Despite having the game, the grades, and the girlfriend, Sean can’t seem to feel like “the man.”

Massara is set to play Jess,...

Photo: ‘Hero Mode’/Blue Fox Entertainment In the world of ‘Hero Mode,’ superheroes don’t wear capes. They don’t fly or shoot lasers; they code -- specifically, they code video games. This family-friendly film encapsulated the recent cultural shift and obsession with video games, literally taking the viewer into the game building and the minds of the coders, almost like a new era of ‘Tron.’ The little kid and the gamer in me, who are pretty much one-in-the-same, were full of anticipation and giddiness watching a brand new video game be created right before my eyes. This is a review of ‘Hero Mode.’ Related article: A Tribute to Stan Lee: The Man Who Invented The Great American Pantheon – Superheroes! Related article: A Tribute to Richard Donner: Father of the Modern Superhero Movie ‘Hero Mode’ - A Cut Scene Synopsis Troy Mayfield is a high school kid who...

No one says “teamwork makes the dream work” in “Hero Mode,” but that maxim’s corny sentiment nonetheless aptly applies to A.J. Tesler’s video game-themed teen comedy, which follows a formula that dates back to at least the era of the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. A lively saga about a young coding wizard who’s charged with saving his family’s gaming business, this celebration of old- and new-school creativity doesn’t break novel ground in any respect. Fortunately, though, when it debuts in theaters on June 4 and on VOD on June 11.

After getting himself suspended from school for hacking the college board’s database — a crime that’s hardly condemnable, since he did it to selflessly nab the student body new computers — Troy (Chris Carpenter) gets a shot at working for multiple sclerosis-stricken mom Kate’s (Mira Sorvino) Playfield Games, a company she founded with her late...

"We need to find something that real gamers really want to play." Blue Fox Entertainment has released an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Hero Mode, the feature directorial debut of producer / filmmaker A.J. Tesler. With his family’s indie video game business on the brink of bankruptcy, a teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create the world’s greatest video game. "No pressure." They're playing this as a family comedy for all ages, and it definitely looks like it's made to make everyone laugh. Hero Mode stars Chris Carpenter as Troy, Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin plus Indiana Massara as Paige, along with Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kimia Behpoornia, Phillip Solomon, Monte Markham, Creed Bratton, Jim O'Heir, Erik Griffin, Bobby Lee, and Al Madrigal. This is extremely cheesy and especially obvious in its video game designer humor. But there is still some kind of strange charm to it that might make it worth watching.

Exclusive: Workaholics and I’m Dying Up Here alum Erik Griffin is set as a lead opposite Shannon Woodward, Jane Lynch and Nicole Richie in ABC comedy pilot Bucktown, from The Conners‘ Emily Wilson, Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert and ABC Signature.

Written by Wilson and directed by Betsy Thomas, Bucktown centers on Amy (Woodward), who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up.

Griffin will play Finn, Amy’s boss. The sweetest, most open-hearted man who adores his wife and partner, Jan (Richie) but is not afraid to call her out.

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Wilson executive produces with Werner, Gilbert, Thomas, Marc Provissiero (Pen15) — principal at management firm Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment — and Mandy Summers. ABC Signature is the studio.

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A.J. Tesler directs from screenplay by Jeff Carpenter.

Blue Fox Entertainment has commenced talks with AFM 2020 Online buyers on family comedy Hero Mode starring Sean Astin, Mira Sorvino, Chris Carpenter, and TikTok celebrity Indiana Massara.

A.J. Tesler directs the film about a teenage coding prodigy who has 30 days to create the world’s greatest video game and prevent his family’s video game business from sinking.

Jeff Carpenter wrote the screenplay to Hero Mode (formerly Mayfield’s Game), and the cast includes Mary Lynn Rajskub, Creed Bratton, Jim O’Heir, Nelson Franklin, Erik Griffin, Phillip Solomon, Kimia Behpoornia, Bobby Lee, and Al Madrigal.