EXCLUSIVE: Sweet Tooth‘s Christian Convery is set to lead (Saint) Peter, a coming-of-age dramedy, exec produced by Peter Farrelly, about how hard it is to be the younger brother of a possible saint. Joining him in the stacked cast is Shōgun Emmy winner Anna Sawai, along with Pete Holmes and Judy Greer of The Best […]EXCLUSIVE: Sweet Tooth‘s Christian Convery is set to lead (Saint) Peter, a coming-of-age dramedy, exec produced by Peter Farrelly, about how hard it is to be the younger brother of a possible saint. Joining him in the stacked cast is Shōgun Emmy winner Anna Sawai, along with Pete Holmes and Judy Greer of The Best
EXCLUSIVE: Sweet Tooth‘s Christian Convery is set to lead (Saint) Peter, a coming-of-age dramedy, exec produced by Peter Farrelly, about how hard it is to be the younger brother of a possible saint.
Joining him in the stacked cast is Shōgun Emmy winner Anna Sawai, along with Pete Holmes and Judy Greer of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, What We Do in the Shadows‘ Harvey Guillén, and Douglas Hodge (G20).
Convery’s character, Peter Blanes, is a freshman in high school, and if that isn’t hard enough, people now believe his older brother Jimmy is a holy saint. To cope with his life, Peter seeks refuge with an eclectic group of new friends.
Sawai plays Catholic nun Sister Theresa, with Holmes and Greer as Peter’s parents, Guillén as aspiring journalist Daymon Grundy, and Hodge as Peter’s basketball coach, Coach Phillip. The film is currently in production in Salt Lake City, Utah, under the direction of Josh Klausner, a veteran studio screenwriter with credits like Date Night who’s working from his own script. Naomi Despres and Jennifer Goodridge are producing.
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Best known for starring in Netflix’s hit fantasy series Sweet Tooth and Universal’s horror comedy Cocaine Bear, (Saint) Peter‘s young lead Convery has most recently been seen starring opposite Theo James and Tatiana Maslany in Neon’s horror pic The Monkey from Longlegs‘ Osgood Perkins. Highly in demand at the moment amongst the industry’s top filmmakers, he’ll also soon be seen starring in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, David Robert Mitchell’s Flowervale Street opposite Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, and the comedy Rolling Loud opposite Owen Wilson and Matt Rife. He is represented by Innovative Artists, Entertainment 360, and Harris Hartman at Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
In addition to 20th’s hit comedy Date Night, starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell, which grossed over $152M worldwide, Klausner’s writing credits include DreamWorks’ Shrek Forever After and additional writing work on Shrek the Third. As a director, he most recently put out Wanderland, an award-winning indie released by The Orchard. He’s also collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney on developing an animated feature based on his children’s book, High in the Clouds, and is represented by Innovative Artists, Black Bear, and Felker Toczek Suddleson.
Sawai is repped by WME, 42, United Agents, and Chris Abramson; Holmes by WME and manager Dave Rath of Independent Artists Media; Guillén by Innovative Artists and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Greer by CAA, Artist First, and Felker Toczek Suddleson; and Hodge by Innovative Artists and United Agents.