Director Michael Stich, who has won two Directors Guild Awards and two Emmy Awards, and actor Ryan Link, who made his Broadway debut as Roger in Rent, are slated for the film adaptation of All Good Things. Based on the true story of The Remains, a little-known band considered by some critics to be the greatest American rock group of the the mid-60s even though it never had a Top-40 hit, the stage version of All Good Things had its world premiere at the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival.
The show was a hit with audiences and critics: "Had the audience on its feet…All Good Things has a heart the size of Madison Square Garden." nytheatre.com; "The show is remarkably fresh in spirit…We were riveted by The Remains' great, timeless songs played with power and flair." The Gothamist; "A very poignant story of lost possibilities." New York Cool; "If you love great rock rock & roll, and especially The Remains, you just can't miss this musical…Any artist who feels perpetually on the verge of success will easily relate to this story." hybender.com.Michael Stich's wide-ranging directing experience includes daytime TV shows such as THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (one of the most-watched shows in the world with over 300 million viewers in 98 countries), the prime-time mini-series, SECRETS (based on the Judith Krantz bestseller), and several music videos. Link had starring roles this past summer in the Kansas City Starlight Theatre's production of Jesus Christ Superstar and the Barrington Stage Company's production of Hair. In the film adaptation of All Good Things, Link will reprise the role of drummer Chip Damiani that he originated at FringeNYC.
The screenplay adaptation is by veteran writer Michael Eric Stein, (MIAMI VICE, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, among other TV shows), who wrote the book for the stage version of All Good Things.Ted Winterer, whose movie industry experience includes working as a production and development executive for the directors Mike Figgis and David Ward, has joined the production team of All Good Things as Co-Producer. Fred Cantor, who developed and produced the Fringe Festival world premiere, is the Producer. The filming of All Good Things will begin next summer in New York."New England legends who toured with the Beatles and played The Ed Sullivan Show but never scored a hit record, The Remains have long been touted by those who were there as the great American hard-rock band of the mid-Sixties," wrote Stereo Review in 1997. That same year, Rolling Stone proclaimed, "For more than 30 years, the May 1966 Capitol Records audition tape by the REMAINS has been one of the great unreleased wonders of rock & roll—a legendary studio performance…of such explosive exuberance and muscular force that it has been, for those lucky enough to hear it, a religious totem of all that was manic and marvelous about mid-'60s pop."
