Seann William Scott, Rob Riggle, Chance Perdomo & Lovi Poe Among Cast For ‘Bad Man’, The Syndicate & UTA Independent Film Group Launching Sales For EFM

Andreas Wiseman

February 15, 2024 at 4:28 p.m.·1 min read

EXCLUSIVE: Production has wrapped on indie feature Bad Man, starring Seann William Scott (American Pie) alongside Johnny Simmons (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street), Chance Perdomo (After We Fell), Andre Hyland (Barry), and Lovi Poe (Chelsea Cowboy).

Inspired by a true story, the action-comedy follows a wild man state cop (Scott) who shows up in a small town with a big meth problem and immediately butts heads with a strait-laced local deputy (Simmons) as they attempt to solve a murder.

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The production marks the feature directorial debut for Michael Diliberti, who co-wrote the screenplay with JJ Nelson. Previously, he wrote the Sony movie 30 Minutes or Less which starred Danny McBride, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Pena, and Aziz Ansari, with Ben Stiller producing.

Producers are Warner Davis and Todd Friedman for Hemlock Circle Productions, Brian Levy for Entertainment 360, Monty Blencowe and Shaun Sanghani for SSS Entertainment.

Sanghani is financing via SSS Film Capital. Jeffrey Giles and Michael Lurie of The Syndicate are repping international rights and co-repping domestic with UTA Independent Film Group. They are introducing the project at Berlin.

Diliberti is represented by UTA, Entertainment 360 and Yorn Levine. Scott is represented by UTA, and Sloane, Offer, Weber, & Dern.

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