“Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff,” a contemporary version of a novel by Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner William Inge, plans to film on location in and around Starkville, said veteran producer Robert Weinbach of Los Angeles. Production is anticipated to begin before the end of this year.
The film is being produced in conjunction with the Mississippi Film Incentive Program and will be directed by theater director Karen Carpenter (“Love, Loss and What I Wore”) from a screenplay by Weinbach, a two-time winner of the Houston International Screenplay competition.
Producers have identified the Starkville/Coumbus area as a film location because of the proximity to colleges and universities, as well as certain distinctive architecture. The area initially came to filmmakers’ attention through a former Mississippi State University student now in the Los Angeles area, Weinbach said via phone. The production expects to engage local talent from Mississippi theater groups and organizations such as the Misssissippi Theatre Association.
The film expects to feature a major actress in the tour de force role of Evelyn Wyckoff in this modern version of Inge’s controversial and compelling story, with other recognized actors in featured roles as well as local actors in supporting and extra roles, said the screenplay writer.
The producers have initiated a “Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff” IndieGoGo campaign and invite local supporters of the arts to join in helping to bring this story to the screen, Weinbach explained.
They invite Starkville and Columbus community members to learn more about the campaign by accessing the following link: http://igg.me/at/glmw2015/x/4559, where they can view a video presentation and meet the creative team and the “unique cinematic vision of this haunting novel by one of the 20th century’s most powerful literary voices,” the producer said.
More about Weinbach, Carpenter
Weinbach’s recent film “Shiver,” based on the New York Times bestselling novel and now an Image Entertainment release, was an official selection in 22 international film festivals, winning two Best Actress awards and a Best Screenplay award. It garnered Best Actor and Best Film nominations. Other films by Weinbach include “Hallucination,” “Blind Man’s Bluff” and “The Freakmaker.”
Carpenter’s Drama Desk Award Winner, “Love, Loss and What I Wore” has earned critical acclaim and broken New York and Off-Broadway box office records, said Weinbach. Carpenter is also artistic director of the William Inge Center for the Arts in Independence, Kansas.
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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