Saban Films has acquired worldwide rights to Kevin Smith’s next film, The 4:30 Movie, according to an official press release.
Set in the summer of 1986, The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age story about three sixteen-year-old friends (played by Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo and Reed Northrup) who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams (Siena Agudong) to see the latest comedy, each of the teens will learn something serious about life and love before the credits roll.
The cast features an all-star ensemble that includes Ken Jeong, Sam Richardson, Genesis Rodriguez, Justin Long, Jason Lee, Rachel Dratch, Kate Micucci, Adam Pally, Harley Quinn Smith, and Method Man.
Set in the mobile phoneless, social media-free era of the 80’s, Smith shot The 4:30 Movie at his Smodcastle Cinemas in New Jersey – the same movie theater he haunted every weekend when he was a teenager. Smith and his co-owners saved the century old Atlantic Highlands bijou from demolition two years ago, renaming it after his podcast theater.
“The day we bought Smodcastle Cinemas, I not only reclaimed an integral piece of my childhood, I also suddenly had access to a visually interesting and cost-free movie location!” said Smith. “So I started writing a personal paean to the past for us 70’s and 80’s kids – the pre-information generation who grew up without the Internet, when romance and relationships required much more than a swipe to get started, and the idea of asking out someone you had a crush on was as terrifying as the looming threat of nuclear war.”
No word on release as yet but Smith will tour the U.S. with the film this summer. That will be followed but a nationwide release over there.
