Sean McNamara To Direct Indie ‘One Man’s Castle’

Matt Grobar

16 October 2023 at 5:07 pm·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Sean McNamara (Reagan) has been tapped to direct the indie One Man’s Castle, scripted by producer John Zaring (Pursuit of Happiness), for the latter’s Zaring/Cioffi Entertainment, Virtuosity Media, and his own banner Brookwell McNamara Entertainment.

A story involving cancel culture and familial loss that meditates on themes of redemption and reconciliation, the film’s protagonist is Bobby Wynn, a former star NFL quarterback-turned-TV-commentator who returns home when tragedy strikes.

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In addition to Zaring and McNamara, producers will include Bianca Cioffi and Charles Vignola of ZCE, Virtuosity’s Todd Allen, and BME’s David Brookwell. Topline roles will be filled once the SAG-AFTRA strike resolves. As a direct result of Texas’ $200M Film Incentives Fund, signed into law in July of this year, production should kick off in and around Austin, Texas next fall.

“ONE MAN’S CASTLE is a captivating exploration of the human condition,” said McNamara. “With a unique blend of heart, humor, and reflection, it made me cry and laugh in all the right ways and places, and I am confident that top tier talent will gravitate to these characters, who despite the odds, conquer the greatest of all difficulties – family relationships.”

Added writer-producer Zaring, who returns to filmmaking after a two-decade hiatus producing celebrity-driven televised events, “I’ve been carrying around this idea for years, but it took the wisdom of age as well as a worldwide pandemic to allow me the time to finally put it into words. Deep down, these characters believe in something bigger than themselves, and I’m thrilled to entrust their journey to a director of Sean’s immense talent.”

McNamara currently has two titles coming up for release: the historical drama Reagan, which stars Dennis Quaid as the 40th U.S. President, and the holocaust drama Bau, Artist at War, starring Emile Hirsch and Inbar Lavi. Other notable titles from the filmmaker include the family drama Soul Surfer, which starred Quaid along with Helen Hunt and AnnaSophia Robb, and the recent fantasy pic The King’s Daughter with Pierce Brosnan and the late William Hurt.

Zaring and ZCE are repped by Epidemic Global Management; Allen by LM Talent; and McNamara by APA and Felker Toczek Suddleson.

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