EXCLUSIVE: Comic Terence Hartnett’s battle with stage III most cancers is the central theme of Most cancers Free, a function documentary from Joke Zero that has simply wrapped manufacturing throughout Europe and North America.
The movie follows Hartnett who had got down to produce a nationwide park documentary along with his greatest buddy, and the movie’s director, Mike Dlugosz, when he started battling a uncommon type of testicular most cancers in 2021. The movie’s synopsis reads: Throughout their journey, the digicam rolls on their non-public conversations – each in hospitals and 9 nationwide parks – capturing the unfold of most cancers, musings of mortality, battle, and devastation.
The movie was shot at 9 nationwide parks: Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Acadia, Canyonlands, Arches, Joshua Tree, Loss of life Valley, Cairngorms (Scotland), and Hohe Tauern (Austria) alongside comedy golf equipment and hospitals in Edinburgh, Los Angeles, Syracuse, New York Metropolis, Indianapolis, and Denver. The movie was produced by the comedy-focused manufacturing firm Joke Zero in addition to Dlugosz and Hartnett’s new banner, Good Journey Photos. The movie can be being produced in affiliation with the I’m Not Achieved But Basis which helps adolescent and younger grownup most cancers sufferers and survivors. Greater than 20% of the movie’s earnings can be going to the I’m Not Achieved But Basis and different cancer-related charities.
Joke Zero’s Brandon Tamburri (Plan B) is govt producing alongside Hartnett and Dlugosz. Hartnett is contemporary off his second sold-out run on the Edinburgh Fringe Competition along with his hour-long stand-up efficiency, 1 Lung Run. The present is the follow-up to his earlier present 1 Ball Present. He was additionally a 2022 choice for New York Comedy Competition’s Comics to Watch.
Joke Zero’s most up-to-date movie Plan B, which Tamburri directed, produced, and co-wrote was launched on September 27 by Quiver Distribution. Plan B stars Jamie Lee (HBO’s Crashing), Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie), and Kate Flannery (The Workplace).
Most cancers Free marks the primary documentary from Joke Zero. The corporate launched a podcast community final month.
“I want that everybody with most cancers had a greatest buddy with a digicam. Making this movie with Mike helped me get by most cancers, and looking out again on the footage has helped me course of it,” Hartnett mentioned.
Tamburri added: “To me, one of the best comedy movies make humor out of great conditions. Most cancers Free does simply that. Mike directed a wonderful movie and the way in which that Terence offers along with his analysis is really inspirational. As somebody who has been affected by most cancers, I can’t await different individuals to see this movie.”
Producers have mentioned they’re aiming for a 2025 pageant launch.
