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Where Will You Go, Sam Lee Wong?
Based upon the acclaimed short story by the late Gabrielle Roy, Where Will You Go, Sam Lee Wong is slated to commence principle photography on location in Canada and China.

Veteran Director Jean Beaudin (IMDB Filmography) (winner of the Palm D’Or at Cannes and winner/nominee of numerous other awards including the Genie and Gemini) will direct the screenplay written by Sharon Riis (IMDB Filmography) (Savage Messiah, Loyalties, Latitude 55).

Producers of Where Will You Go, Sam Lee Wong? are Sean Hewitt (IMDB Filmography), whose last film as Producer, Carry Me Home, earned both an Emmy Award nomination for stage and screen legend Jane Alexander (IMDB Filmography) and a Humanitas Prize for original screenplay for Christopher Fay, and Bob Crowe (IMDB Filmography) of Angel Entertainment (Shadow Puppets, Rabbit Fall, Spirit Creations).

Tony Leung (IMDB Filmography) is under negotiation to play the lead role of Sam Lee Wong.

Where Will You Go, Sam Lee Wong? is a poignant, comical, and at times wrenching tale of what it was like to immigrate from the teeming ports of China to the desolate open prairies of Saskatchewan in the early decades of the last century. At once fresh and funny, heartbreaking and exhilarating, “Where Will You Go, Sam Lee Wong?” is an intimate and probing glimpse into one man’s journey into the unknown and his summoning of the strength and humanity to survive the vagaries of fortune.

Tupelo 77
Tupelo 77 is a film about the idiosynchratic characters who work at and frequent a rural diner outside Tupelo, Mississippi during the summer of 1977, the year of Elvis Presley's death and the hottest summer on record in Mississippi.

The film chronicles their efforts to transcend the grueling obstacles of poverty, racial and religious differences, and the persistent wounds of war.

Actors expected to appear in the film include Regina King (Ray), Morris Chestnut (The Best Man) and Shelley Long (Cheers). The soundtrack will feature the unforgettable songwriting team of Gamble and Huff, architects of the acclaimed “Philly Sound” in soul music (“Me and Mrs. Jones”) and will be shot on location in Louisiana and Mississippi in cooperation with the Mississippi and Louisiana Film Offices.

To be produced by Sean Hewitt and Rich Mancuso, with a script by Rich Mancuso, in association with EMCHRIS FILMS LTD.

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Soup Kitchen Film’s last feature, Carry Me Home, was financed and broadcast by the Showtime Network, produced by Sean Hewitt and Anna Ryan Hansen. Brought in on time and under budget, Carry Me Home starred Penelope Ann Miller (Carlito’s Way, The Freshman, Biloxi Blues, Awakenings, Kindergarten Cop) and veteran stage and screen legend Jane Alexander (nominee/winner of numerous Emmy, Tony and Academy Awards) who earned an Emmy Nomination for her commanding performance as Mrs. Gortimer. The film also garnered a prestigious Humanitas Award nomination for original screenplay by Christopher Fay for his “outstanding contribution to entertainment that also enriches, probes the meaning of the human life and motivates love within the human family”. The film was distributed worldwide by MGM.