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IN PRODUCTION

Hooking Up

Inspired by true events, Hooking Up chronicles a detective's investigation of the apparent suicide of a high school quarterback. When the case collides with a previous unsolved case, it leads the detective and his partner on an unexpected personal journey into a hidden and dangerous world of teenage hookup parties.   Genre: Crime-Thriller.  Writer: Steven Feder.  Director: Steven Feder.  Producers: Steven Feder, Roger Pugliese, Jay Beeber, Stephen Pass.  Casting Directors: Victoria Burrows and Scot Boland.  Status: Pre-Production
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CASTING

Breaking Irish

Based on the true-life exploits of one of the greatest odds-breakers in sports gambling history. It chronicles the rise of an Ivy League graduate who applied his genius-level math skills and photographic memory to create a foolproof system that crushed the Vegas point spread. During his thirty years as a "tout" his true identity was kept secret while his street name "Irish" became legendary to those in the know. From card counting in Caesar's Palace to walking a tightrope of wiretaps across Brooklyn, "Breaking Irish" shines a spotlight on a professional gambler's life and his sacrifice to maintain the upper hand against the Mob, the NYPD, the FBI and the Vegas odds. Genre: True Crime-Drama.  Writer: Steven Feder.  Producers: Steven Feder, Roger Pugliese, Jay Beeber.  Executive Producer: DABL Productions. Status: Casting

COMPLETED PROJECTS

It Had to Be You

Two strangers meet and fall in love during the weekend that they are planning their respective weddings. Genre: Romantic Comedy Writer: Steven Feder Director: Steven Feder Producers: Steven Feder, Neil Kaplan, Jeff Mazzola Studio: Lions Gate Films Starring: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Vartan, Michael Rispoli and Olivia d'Abo

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The Big Gig

Two bumbling brothers attempt a bank job with the help of their elderly uncles and in spite of their own stupidity are successful. Writers: Jeffrey Nachmanoff and Steven Feder Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff Producer: Steven Feder Studio: HBO Awards: Winner of three International Grand Prize Awards including the Audience Award at The Hamptons International Film Festival. Starring: Wolfgang Bodison, Mitchell Whitfield, Steven Feder and Sandra Hess

 



The Cottonwood

It Had To Be You
Four off-off-off Broadway actors win the lottery and decide to make a movie to catapult them out of obscurity using a script plagiarizing the work of fifty Academy Award winners. Genre: Comedy Writer: Steven Feder Director: Steven Feder Producers: Steven Feder, James A. Baffico, Jeff Mazzola Studio: Showtime Best of Independent Directors Cut Series Awards: Dramatic Feature Jury Prize Winner Starring: Pruitt Taylor Vince, Cynthia Nixon, Steven Feder, Gia Carides, Stacy Edwards and Jack Mulcahy

 

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

With A Bullet

Set in Los Angeles circa 1977, two fast-talking hustlers from the streets of South Philly rise to the executive towers of the music business. Using every means necessary-manipulation, extortion, blackmail-they bring the kingpins of the record industry to their knees, creating a network controlling Top 40 airplay across the country. A roller coaster ride through two debauchery-filled decades of greed, sex, drugs and rock and roll. Genre: Crime.  Writer: Steven Feder.  Director: Steven Feder. Producers: Steven Feder, Jay Beeber, Roger Pugliese.  Status: In Development

Fifty Two

A spy-action-thriller about a card hustler who is drawn into a high stakes game of espionage to deliver a series of codes that can pinpoint human targets anywhere in the world in fifty-two seconds. Genre: Action-Thriller. Writer: Steven Feder.  Producers: Steven Feder, Roger Pugliese, Jay Beeber.  Status: In Development

Crossin' MLK

Interracial teen drama set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. An African American girl attends Beverly Hills High School using a false zip code and falls in love with the school's white basketball star. Genre: Drama.  Writer: Steven Feder.  Director: Steven Feder.  Producer: Tim Gautier.  Status: Optioned by Showoff Entertainment

Baker's Dozen

A team of misfits from America take on England's elite cricket team. Genre: Comedy Writer: Steven Feder Story by: Mark C. Thomas.  Producers: Steven Feder, Stephen Pass.  Status: In Development with Tombstone Pictures

30 Days to Popular

After her mother invites the entire school to a surprise sweet-sixteen party, a somewhat reclusive teen finds she has thirty days to become popular. Genre: Family Comedy.  Writer: Steven Feder.  Producer: Steven Feder.  Status: In Development

Dolores

Biopic based on the life of Ecuadorian Poet Dolores Veintimilla de Galindo. Genre: Drama.  Director: Steven Feder.  Producers: Steven Feder, Jay Beeber, Clio Olaya. Status: In Development - Optioned by Black Sheep Entertainment

Bunny Republic

A group of Central American Revolutionaries takes over the Playboy Mansion only to be seduced by the hedonistic lifestyle. Genre: Comedy.  Writers: Jay Beeber and Andrea Gall.  Producers: Steven Feder, Jay Beeber.  Status: In Development - Optioned by Black Sheep Entertainment

Becoming Oscar Worthy

A forty-year-old female movie star overcomes her changing demographic and proves she still has what it takes. Genre: Comedy. Writer: Steven Feder. Status: In Development

Cat Thief

A NYPD detective unknowingly falls in love with the worlds greatest Cat Thief. Genre: Heist-Action-Thriller. Writer: Steven Feder. Status: In Development