Tony Award winning stage and film actor, Alan Cumming, is the latest star to be cast in writer/director Chuck Griffith's upcoming indie motion picture, Shifting the Canvas.
Appearing as lead antagonist Jack Gresham, Cumming will play the dramatic role of a Machiavellian New York real estate developer seeking to turn the urban hipster community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn into another gentrified neighborhood of condos, PinkBerrys, and IKEAs.
The daring and eclectic actor is best known for his roles in films such as X2: X-Men United, Eyes Wide Shut, Goldeneye, Emma, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, the Spy Kids trilogy, Nicholas Nickleby, Titus and Urbania. He has also appeared on Broadway in Sam Mendes' revival of the Kander and Ebb musical, Cabaret - and most recently in The Threepenny Opera.
"Alan's versatility is unrivaled," said Chuck Griffith, the award-winning producer and director of 2001's independent rock-music film, Thank You Good Night. In addition to Shifting the Canvas, Griffith is currently working on the horror film, Apollo Thorne, and the television series Waterloo. "Alan approaches his characters with a complexity and passion that's aligned with the overall vision of our story."
In addition to Cumming, Shifting the Canvas will star Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall), John Paul Pitoc (Trick), and Matthew Montgomery (Long-Term Relationship) with appearances by Christian Campbell, Gedde Watanabe, Cheyenne Jackson, and various New York nightlife icons.
Shifting the Canvas is being overseen by Roaring Leo Productions and by Producer Robert Zimmer Jr and Duke Greenhill. Production begins in New York City this summer and has been granted a completion guarantee by the Screen Actors Guild in case of an actors' strike.
To learn more about Alan Cumming, please visit www.alancumming.com. For more information on Director Chuck Griffith and Shifting the Canvas, please visit the Production Company's official web site, www.roaringleo.com.
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