Selena Gomez, Bill Crudup Among Cast of William H. Macy's RUDDERLESS

It was announced today that Billy Crudup ("Almost Famous," "Watchmen"), Anton Yelchin ("Star Trek," "Terminator Salvation," "Like Crazy"), Selena Gomez ("Spring Breakers") and Laurence Fishburne ("The Matrix" trilogy, "Contagion, "Man of Steel") will star alongside William H. Macy ("Fargo") and Felicity Huffman ("Desperate Housewives") in Unified Pictures' music drama "Rudderless." Macy is making his feature directorial debut, directing "Rudderless."

The film is being produced by Keith Kjarval through his Unified Pictures production/finance banner.

"Rudderless" is a musical drama about the power of a parent's love. When a grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his deceased son's original music, he forms a band, hoping to find peace in the wake of his tragic loss.

Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison adapted the screenplay from the original story they wrote with William H. Macy. Brad Greiner, through his Amberdale production banner, is also producing alongside Kjarval and Unified.

Principal photography will commence this April in Oklahoma. Radiant International is handling foreign sales on the film.

Said Kjarval, "Bill Macy is a profoundly talented artist and to surround him with such a diverse variety of tremendous actors makes us extremely confident this film will deliver on every level."

Kjarval's Unified Pictures has two films premiering in the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival - the thriller "A Single Shot," directed by David M. Rosenthal, starring Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy and Jeffrey Wright, and the dark comedy "Trust Me," directed by and starring Clark Gregg, alongside Amanda Peet, Molly Shannon, Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Allison Janney and Sam Rockwell.

The company's animation division just tapped two of Hollywood's most illustrious animators, Academy Award nominee John Stevenson ('Kung Fu Panda," "Shrek") and Cameron Hood ("Megamind," "First Flight") for the company's CG-animated feature "Noah's Ark."

About Unified Pictures:

Unified Pictures operates as an independent film production and distribution company dedicated to the development, financing, production and distribution of top-tier filmed entertainment. With several cutting-edge and artistically innovative films, Unified Pictures has established an impressive presence in a wide variety of film genres.

The company has completed five films in the past 18 months alone. Among these are "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete" (dir. George Tillman Jr., starring Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks), which opened the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, "A Single Shot" (dir. David Rosenthal, starring Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Jeffrey Wright), which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and will next screen in Tribeca, and "Trust Me" (dir. Clark Gregg, starring Gregg, Sam Rockwell, Amanda Peet, Molly Shannon, and William H. Macy) which will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.

For more information please visit www.unifiedpictures.com.