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Drastic, life-altering events can often times make people, especially teens who have their entire lives ahead of them, question their identities and goals. That’s certainly the case with the ambitious protagonist in the new film, ‘Hickey,’ which is being unveiled in theaters and on home release this month. In honor of the teen workplace comedy’s […]

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A nerdy “teen whiz kid” tries to rescue the failing electronic store where he works — and win the heart of the girl of his dreams in the process — in Alex Grossman’s genial debut feature that feels more like a CW sitcom pilot than a big-screen effort. Inoffensive and just clever enough to provide slight comic diversion, Hickey seems to revel in its own modesty.

The central character, Ryan (Troy Doherty), works at a Los Angeles electronics store that has clearly seen better days. As the story begins, Ryan and his fellow employees are informed that this day will...

How far would you go for the person you love? Would you save the store where you work, a place that you hate? That dilemma lies at the center of the new coming-of-age film “Hickey,” about one high school graduate’s crazy quest to win over his co-worker.

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Ryan Chess (Troy Doherty) has spent the entire summer trying to decide where to go to college. He has a full ride to MIT, but staying in town and attending UCLA would keep him close to longtime crush Carly (Flavia Watson), who works at the same electronics store as him. But when the branch is ordered to be closed, Ryan and the rest of the co-workers have won day to save the store. The film co-stars Raychel Diane Weiner (“Flesh and Bone”), Zedrick Restauro (“Teen Wolf...

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– Exclusive: Maxine Street LLC will release Alex Grossman’s teen workplace comedy “Hickey” for an La theatrical run on January 6, followed by a North American DVD/Tvod release from Gravitas Ventures on January 10. The film is Grossman’s first feature film and stars Troy Doherty, Flavia Watson, Raychel Diane Weiner and Tommy “Tiny” Lister Jr. Grossman wrote and directed and Lije Sarki produced.

The film is “a day in the life of math whiz and recent high school graduate Ryan Chess (Doherty) who has spent the entire summer dithering over his choice of colleges. On the one hand, he has a full ride to his dream school, MIT but he’s also hopelessly in love with co-worker...

Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek star in the adventure based on the bestselling 1969 memoir of convicted French felon and fugitive Henri Charriere.

Papillon shot for 51 days in Belgrade, Serbia, as well as various locations in Montenegro and the Mediterranean Film Studioswater tanks in Malta.

Michael Noer directs from a screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski. The story charts Charriere’s escape attempts from the brutal penal colony on French Guiana.

Red Granite’s Joey McFarland, David Koplan and Riza Aziz produce with Ram Bergman and Roger Corbi.

Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman starred in the 1973 version.

Condé Nast Entertainment has hired Bruce Perlmutter as senior vice-president of production to oversee the company’s digital video content. Perlmutter most recently produced BuzzFeed’s live election night coverage, and the Heaven Sent live skydiving event for Fox, Facebook Live and Snapchat. FilmRise has acquired North American rights to Nancy Buirski’s documentary By Sidney Lumet. The film premiered...