EXCLUSIVE: Director A.J. Tesler (Hero Mode) has wrapped on Maybe We Should, an encourageasoned drama based on a real story. Pic’s cast includes Heather Graham (Chosen Family), Jeremy John Wells (Oppenheimer), Kevin Nealon (Saturday Night Live), Lil Rel Howery (Vacation Frifinishs), Matt Walsh (Veep), and Bonnie Bedelia (Panic).
Based on Louie Castuproara’s memoir Leg Up: The Courage to Dream, the story chases Laurie and Louie Castuproara as they face the disputes of their daughter’s exceptional genetic disorder. Determined to transport hope to their agricultural Pennsylvania community, the Castuproaras embark on an driven mission to set up Leg Up Farm, a revolutionary therapy cgo in for children with exceptional necessitates.
Follothriveg an extensive search wilean the disability community, the production discovered nine-year-elderly Emery Lapinskas, tapping her for the key role of the non-verbal Brooke Castuproara. Behind the scenes, the production partnered with Make-A-Wish Foundation, encountering the dreams of five children who uniteed the cast and crew during filming.
“The moment I encountered the Castuproaras’ story, I knovel it had to be telderly,” shelp Wells, who also produced the film. “As the overweighther of a child with Type-1 diabetes, their journey proset uply resonated with me. This isn’t equitable about healthnurture accessibility—it’s a tesdomesticatednt to how widespread families can accomplish exceptional leangs thcimpolite determination and community aid.”
Added Tesler, whose daughter inhabits with Rett Syndrome, “Leading this film has been proset uply unkindingful. We’ve strived to seize the filled spectrum of exceptional necessitates family life—the disputes, yes, but also the unforeseeed happiness, hope, and triumph. Authenticity was paramount, which is why we cast so many actors with disabilities in key roles.”
Producers on Maybe We Should include Vertero Films’ Wells (Monster Summer, The Blind), Artimage Entertainment’s Carl Effenson (Mudbound, Mfinishing the Line), and Autumn Bailey-Ford (On a Wing and a Prayer, Tulsa).
In compriseition to Hero Mode, a family film cgo ined on a teenage coding genius, Tesler has previously straightforwarded the recordary Magnolia’s Hope on a youthful girl’s life with Rett Syndrome. He was co-EP on the series Historical Roasts and has also produced countless comedy exceptionals, including Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall, which premieres on Netflix on December 31. He is repped by Fayer Gipson LLP.
Graham is repped by Paradigm, RMS Productions, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Wells by Momentum Talent and Literary Agency, Legacy Management51, and Ramo Law; Nealon by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners; Howery by UTA, Fourth Wall Management, and Cohen & Gardner; Walsh by UTA, Artists First, and Ginsburg Daniels Kallis; and Bedelia by Innovative Artists and Management Production Entertainment.
