About the Feature Film “The Midway Point”
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Ryan Fox (Henry Danger) and Catherine Daddario (Oak) will lead the cast of the indie high school drama The Midway Point, marking the feature directorial debut of writer-director Lucca Vieira, which has wrapped production in Los Angeles. Others in the ensemble include 2019 Honorary Academy Award winner Wes Studi (The Last of the Mohicans), Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Thora Birch (Ghost World) and Julie Benz (Dexter).
The coming-of-age film said to be in the vein of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade follows the introverted and highly creative high school senior Jake (Fox) as he experiences his first love with Alice (Daddario), a brash and outgoing classmate. As the two open up to one another, the seemingly opposite pair find they have more in common than meets the eye. Studi plays Jake’s teacher, with Birch as his mother, and Benz as the school’s guidance counselor who helps him with his social anxieties.
An animator and award-winning short filmmaker, Viera based The Midway Point in part on his experiences as a person on the autism spectrum. He’s looking with the feature to embolden producers to allow neurodiverse artists like himself a chance to tell their stories with creative freedom. David Guglielmo (The Standoff at Sparrow Creek) cast the film, with Daemon Hillin (Apache Junction) of Hillin Entertainment and Carolina Brasil (Maneater) of Stone Horus serving as producers.
Fox is represented by Gersh, Zero Gravity Management and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Daddario by Innovative Artists and Cultivate Entertainment Partners; Studi by Innovative Artists and Michael Black Management; Birch by Luber Roklin Entertainment; and Benz by Paradigm, Stride Management and Meyer & Downs.