While staging a live reading of a screenplay for a movie you’re hoping to raise money for is common practice, ‘Black List Live!’ appear to be putting a bit more effort in than most. Having brought us Jared Harris in 1969: A SPACE ODYSSEY (a film that suggests Stanley Kubrick faked the Moon landing), they have now unveiled the charming line-up of Castle and Community stars Nathan Fillion and Alison Brie, who will tread the boards for THE SEEKERS OF PERPETUAL LOVE. The comedy concerns a well-to-do New York family who enlist a “New Age deprogrammer” for a road trip they hope will culminate in the rescue of one of their own from a cult. Victoria Strouse is directing her own piece, originally written in 2008. Other cast members include Justin Bartha and Melanie Lynskey.
The Black List is an infamous collection of unproduced scripts and it makes perfect sense that the team should present their wares to the world in a live format. They even have their own in house narrator in the shape of Cooper Thornton. If you’re in LA and want to see the performance it’s at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre on September 20th.
Source: TheWrap
