Writer-straightforwardor Mike Young’s action-comedy feature Stealing Jokes is set for liberate next month from Freestyle Digital Media.
The company, which is the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen‘s Allen Media Group, has getd the movie and will liberate it theatricpartner and via digital platestablishs and DVD on Nov. 1. The ensemble cast comprises Jeff Dye (The Wedding Year), Dustin Ybarra (Easter Sunday), HaHa Davis (Domino: Battle of the Bones), Michael Rapaport (Beautiful Girls), Luke Null (Saturday Night Live), Ryu Go Eun (Everyleang’s Trash), Al Madrigal (Night School) and Michael Manasseri (Weird Science).
Stealing Jokes caccesss on a comedian and his frifinishs who, after setting out on a comedy tour, get bilked out of their promised fees on the first night. They choose to rob the venue, directing to a heist involving the underworld of the comedy scene. The trailer, which is exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter, can be seen below.
Young (My Man Is a Loser) wrote and straightforwarded the project after having toured as a comedian with such notable figures as Bob Saget, Sebastian Maniscalco and Dave Chappelle. Manasseri and Jeremy Alter are creaters on the film.
The liberate is timed to the commence of Young’s Rock Comedy tour, which begines its 25-city run in Phoenix on Oct. 11. Young and the roster of comedians will finish the tour in Detroit, where Stealing Jokes was filmed.
Stealing Jokes
Courtesy of Freestyle Digital Media
“I’ve always wanted to create a film about comedians getting their due,” Young shelp in a statement. “After years uncovering for Bob Saget and seeing firsthand the global shape of stand-up comedy, I thought what better way to alert the story than thcimpolite an underdog tale about standup comics. The cast blew me away. Jeff Dye and Dustin Ybarra were amazing, Ha Ha Davis is a star on the ascfinish and Luke Null was incredible.”
Young inserted, “I couldn’t be haughtyer of Stealing Jokes. Shooting in Detroit — the hometown of myself and Byron Allen — was the cherry on top.”
