Producers Gabriel and Rafael Francisco of Francisco Productions
have announced the cast of their feature film, "The Lennon Report,"
which begins filming in New York City on November 4 th. For the first
time ever, the film will depict the actual events as they unfolded the
fateful night John Lennon was shot and killed in New York City on December 8 th 1980.
Richard Kind, currently in FOX's hit drama Gotham and known for his work in Argo among other films, will take on the role of Dr. Stephan G. Lynn, the doctor who was running the emergency room at Roosevelt Hospital the night of John Lennon's death. Kind will be joined by Stef Dawson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay- Part 1) who has been cast as Nurse Kammerer, one of the head nurses who tended to Lennon on that historic evening. Evan Jonigkeit (X Men) has been cast as Dr. David Halleran and Stephen Spinella (Milk, Lincoln) as Dr. Richard Marks, two instrumental doctors that night. Adrienne C. Moore (Orange is The New Black) will also portray a doctor on the scene, and David Zayas (Gotham) will play Officer Medina, the head of security at Roosevelt Hospital.
Gregory Barr will make his feature-film debut as John Lennon with Karen Tsen Lee (Law and Order: SVU) as Yoko Ono. Co-writer of the film, Walter Vincent, also making his feature film debut, will portray the six-time Emmy Award-winning reporter, Alan Weiss, who broke the news nationally from the hospital that night while being treated for a leg injury from a motorcycle accident. Devin Ratray (Home Alone) will portray Neil Goldstein, the ABC News Assignment Editor that Weiss called from the hospital to break the story and following the news that Kevin Dillon had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, relatively unknown actor, William Pennen (Jake's Dead) has signed on to take over the role of New York City Police Officer Riley.
To accurately tell the story and pay tribute to the men and women who tried to resuscitate Lennon, the Francisco Brothers, along with writer and director Jeremy Profe, tracked down and interviewed the actual doctors and nurses who were in the operating room on that December night more than 30 years ago. They also interviewed award-winning journalist Alan Weiss for his firsthand account.
Filming is slated to go through mid-December with editing immediately following.
Richard Kind, currently in FOX's hit drama Gotham and known for his work in Argo among other films, will take on the role of Dr. Stephan G. Lynn, the doctor who was running the emergency room at Roosevelt Hospital the night of John Lennon's death. Kind will be joined by Stef Dawson (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay- Part 1) who has been cast as Nurse Kammerer, one of the head nurses who tended to Lennon on that historic evening. Evan Jonigkeit (X Men) has been cast as Dr. David Halleran and Stephen Spinella (Milk, Lincoln) as Dr. Richard Marks, two instrumental doctors that night. Adrienne C. Moore (Orange is The New Black) will also portray a doctor on the scene, and David Zayas (Gotham) will play Officer Medina, the head of security at Roosevelt Hospital.
Gregory Barr will make his feature-film debut as John Lennon with Karen Tsen Lee (Law and Order: SVU) as Yoko Ono. Co-writer of the film, Walter Vincent, also making his feature film debut, will portray the six-time Emmy Award-winning reporter, Alan Weiss, who broke the news nationally from the hospital that night while being treated for a leg injury from a motorcycle accident. Devin Ratray (Home Alone) will portray Neil Goldstein, the ABC News Assignment Editor that Weiss called from the hospital to break the story and following the news that Kevin Dillon had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, relatively unknown actor, William Pennen (Jake's Dead) has signed on to take over the role of New York City Police Officer Riley.
To accurately tell the story and pay tribute to the men and women who tried to resuscitate Lennon, the Francisco Brothers, along with writer and director Jeremy Profe, tracked down and interviewed the actual doctors and nurses who were in the operating room on that December night more than 30 years ago. They also interviewed award-winning journalist Alan Weiss for his firsthand account.
Filming is slated to go through mid-December with editing immediately following.
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