Cuba Gooding Jr. Boards ‘Athena Saves Christmas’; Liam O’Donnell Directing ‘Triggermen’; ‘Mysteries Of The Heart’ Castings; More – Film Briefs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire) has joined the cast of director Josh Webber’s holiday pic Athena Saves Christmas, with Christina Cooper coming aboard as producer.
The film follows Samuel (Paxton Kubitz) and his friends, along with Sam’s trusted dog Athena, on an adventure of a lifetime, as they match wits with a mob boss and look to solve a series of riddles, in order to save Christmas for their town.
Webber is also producing for Webber Films, alongside Michael Girgenti, Henry Penzi and Cooper. Tony Mercedes and Tamara Johnson are serving as EPs, with Robert Miano (Fast & Furious), Richard Portnow (Hitchcock), Mars Callahan, Glenn Plummer, Kaitlyn Raymond and more rounding out the cast.
Gooding Jr. is repped by manager and attorney Peter Toumbekis. *** EXCLUSIVE: Liam O’Donnell (XYZ Films’ Skyline franchise) has been tapped to direct the action-thriller Triggermen for attorney and CPA Ceasar Richbow’s production company, Hail Caesar Films.
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