LOS ANGELES — A national search to re-cast the role of Benjamin Bentley came to a successful conclusion this week with talented actor-singer-activist Grant Vaughn Davis named to take the lead in Something Like Summer, producers announced. Grant, 18, is a …
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ACTOR AUSTIN McKenzie has dropped out from Something Like Summer, requiring the production to recast the role of Ben Bentley and move its shooting dates forward to late August. McKenzie’s departure required producer Carlos Pedraza and director J.T. Tepnapa to reschedule …
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TWO SEASONED character actors — veterans of previous films by Blue Seraph Productions — have been cast as Mister and Mrs. Bentley in Something Like Summer. Portland, Ore.-based Shannon Day starred in our most recently released movie, The Dark Place as Celeste …
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NEARLY 200,000 subscribers follow Will Shepherd (left) and fiancé R.J. Aguiar at their YouTube channel, Shep689: A Gay in the Life. Fans of the novel, they’ll play a police officer and one of Ben and Tim’s teachers in Something Like Summer. Both YouTubers are appearing in several …
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MEET THE newest member of the cast of Something Like Summer: the long-awaited actor who will portray the love of Ben’s (Austin McKenzie) life, Tim Wyman. And learn what author Jay Bell has to say about our choice. DAVI SANTOS is …
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PRODUCERS J.T. Tepnapa and Carlos Pedraza have a new video in which they discuss how they cast New York-based Ben Baur in the role of Jace, the perfect boyfriend of Ben in Something Like Summer. Carlos expected the role to be …
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LOS ANGELES — Producers of the screen adaptation of the acclaimed young adult novel, “Something Like Summer,” announced casting for two more of their lead roles. New York actor Ben Baur, who plays the lead in the provocative Logo TV …
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Meet ‘Allison Cross’ IN THIS behind-the-scenes video, director J.T. Tepnapa and writer-producer Carlos Pedraza introduce the multi-talented Ajiona Alexus to play Allison Cross in their adaptation of Jay Bell’s acclaimed novel, “Something Like Summer.” AJIONA ALEXUS stars in TVOne’s The Rickey Smiley …
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CASTING BEN BAUR as Jace Holden is the subject of author Jay Bell’s latest YouTube video blog chronicling the adaptation of Something Like Summer to the big screen. “I was asked that question many times over the years, ‘Who do you picture …
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AUTHOR JAY BELL finds the actors chosen to portray Jace and Allison to be “ideal” and “exciting.” We launched our $100,000 Indiegogo campaign on Wednesday with the announcement of Ben Baur (Logo TV’s Hunting Season) being cast as Jace and Ajiona …
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