Martin Sheen, Dennis Haysbert, Santino Fontana and others set to dramatize ‘Lost and Found in Cleveland’

Exclusive: Impossible Dream Entertainment and Double G Films have lined up a stacked cast for their dramatic comedy. Lost and Found in Cleveland, marks the feature debut of writer-directors Marissa Guterman and Keith Garchak. The film, currently in production in Cleveland, is helmed by Emmy and Golden Globe winner Martin Sheen (Grace and Frankie), Golden Globe nominee Dennis Haysbert (far from heaven), Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska), Golden Globe winner Stacey Keach (Nebraska), Independent Spirit Award winner Yvette Yates Reddick (Innate habits) and Tony Award winner Santino Fontana (Broadway’s Tootsie)

An adult drama aimed at audiences that was recently produced by Paramount and has a fifth season 80 for Brady a blow, Lost and Found in Cleveland Billed as a new American fiction about the post-industrial American Dream in the Industrial Midwest – a 24-hour slice-of-life narrative that follows the personal odysseys of five very different people whose lives intertwine while on America’s favorite television show. Antiques Appraisal Show comes to their city.

3x Emmy nominee Dot-Mary Jones (Brothers), Emmy winner Loretta Devine (queen bee), Lisa Weil (How to get away with murder), Esther Povitzky (crazy ex girlfriend), Tony Award nominee Rory O’Malley (The Book of Mormon), Independent Spirit Award nominee Jeff Hiller (someone somewhere), 2x Emmy nominee Jon Lovitz (SNL) and Mark L. Walberg (Ancient RoadshowBenjamin Steinhauser (Kids Baking ChampionshipRob Mayes (John eventually died) and Vanessa Bargard (Cha Cha Real Smooth)

The project is produced by Doug G’s Gutterman and Gerchak, William K. unemployed (My friend Dahmer), Yvette Yates Reddick (day shift) and Sean Redick (go away, BlackKlansman) Broadway veterans Hunter Arnold (Dear Evan Hansen) and Kevin Kevin McCollum (Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story) is serving as executive producer. Yvette Yates Reddick and Shawn Reddick’s Impossible Dream Entertainment will represent domestic rights and bring in foreign sales partners.

“Dressed in a palette of pastels, nostalgia and hope, Lost and Found in Cleveland an Americana portrait that will feel both familiar and magical to viewers,” Guterman told Deadline. “This is a fable that honors the small dreams that come big to the everyday heroes who dare to believe.”

Gerchak added: “We always say it’s ‘Best in Show’ meets ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Wizard of Oz There was an allegory about the American Dream at the turn of the last century. If the Scarecrow represents the farmers and the Tin Man represents the factory workers, then each of our characters represents a piece through modern America. And instead of a heart or a brain, our heroes bring their objects to our wizards, the appraisers … only to discover that the answer to self-worth lies within.

“From the hallowed halls of Old World Market to the stalls of the local flea market, Cleveland has a nostalgic quality, an archival Americana, with hints of a grand past spanning decades. The underlying theme is hope — and we can’t think of a time when it’s needed more,” Guterman and Gerchak continued. “Our everyday heroes travel through the competitive world of televised antique appraisals to an unknown future in America’s Rust Belt. Highlighting the drive and concern that the characters bring to their mission, contrast the urban world of the academic elite with everyday Clevelanders doing their best in the reality of the new American dream.

Yvette Yates Reddick told us that “Marissa and Keith have created a beautiful story and film, viewers will surely laugh and cry together.”

Her Impossible Dreams partner, husband Sean Reddick, added that “Lost and Found is a commercial, heartfelt and fun movie that will be very popular with mature audiences and will definitely cross over to a wider demographic worldwide.”

“Lost and Found in Cleveland [is] A wonderfully positive portrayal of humanity,” the film’s producer Baker added in closing, “and will leave audiences feeling the same emotions as meeting their loved ones and giving them the warmest hug of their week.”

Best known for his work in films like Now the revelation And BadlandsSheen has recently been seen in the headlines Judas and the Black Messiah, Selma, The Amazing Spider-Man 1 And 2, road And 12 powerful orphans, to name a few. He has also starred in a Netflix comedy Grace and Frankiewhich ran on Netflix for seven seasons from 2015-2022.

Haysbert earned his Golden Globe fame for his supporting role on Fox 24 And also seen in similar series Paul T. Goldman, Lucifer And single. He is best known for the title role in the film far from heaven And the heatSeen in the last decade fist fight, Men, women and children, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, dear white man And more directed by Eva Longoria among her other upcoming projects flamin hot For Searchlight.

Squibb earned his Oscar nom for his supporting role in Alexander Payne Nebraska And more recently appeared in films like the human race And the palmerAs well as the series little america And Life and Beth. Other notable past projects include Palm Springs, Table 19, shameless, I will see you in my dreams, far from heaven, About Schmidt, See Joe Black, The Age of Innocence, A woman’s fragrance And Alice. He also has a Josh Margolin comedy coming up Thelmawhich includes her performances with Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey and more.

Kitsch earned his Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination for his performance in the 1988 miniseries. Hemingway and boasts TV credits blue blood, People with a plan And Prison break. The last decade includes notable film credits and changes the gold, the truth, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, if i stay, Nebraska And The Bourne Legacy.

Reddick is best known in film for his appearances in Paul Thomas Anderson films Innate habitsas well as vampire horror-comedies Bloodsucking Bastards Thriller, with Fran Kranz and Pedro Pascal in the blood Led by Gina Carano and Anna Paquin free travel. He has also previously appeared in series such as Comedy Central The crawl show.

Fontana won her first Tony Award for her lead role in a Broadway production Tootsie in 2019 and has also appeared in such Broadway shows Hello, Dolly!, Billy Elliot the Musical And Sunday in the park with George, among others. The actor voices Hans frozen And also acted in films like comedy the sisters With Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. He is perhaps best known on TV for his role as Greg on The CW crazy ex girlfriendAlso seen Awesome Mrs Maisel, Mozart in the woods and more

Impossible Dream Entertainment’s Sean Redick and Yvette Yates Redick’s films have received 12 Oscar nominations to date. The duo has created and produced films including Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning 2017 Incident go away and Spike Lee’s 2018 Cannes Grand Prix winner, BlackKlansman, which won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay from six nominations. They also produced Netflix’s latest chart-toppers day shiftStarring Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco and Snoop Dogg.

Sheen was recalled by the CAA; Haysbert by A3 Artists Agency, GS Management and Jackway Austin Tyerman; Squib by BRS/Gage Talent; Kitch Binder & Associates, UK’s Diamond Management and Lazarus & Harris LLP; Fontana by Gersh and Anonymous Content; Jones by Stride Management and TCA Mgmt; Divine by Innovative Artist and Essential Talent Management; Weil by A3 Artist Agency and Principal Entertainment LA; Powitzki by UTA; O’Malley by Gersh, Rosenzweig Group, and Peikoff Mahan Law; Healer by TalentWorks and Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment; Lovitz by Binder & Associates and Bloom Hergott Diemer; Gersh Walberg, Rebel Entertainment Partners, The Alternative Co., and Myman Greenspan Fox; Girls by A3 Artist Agency, Rohr, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; and Bargard by KMR Talent and Stride Management.