Actor, filmmaker, and singer Ashton Arbab (“General Hospital”) chatted about his new movie “Summer of ’76.”
The movie features Francis Faye (“Black Panthers of WWII”), who plays the role of Rome and also serves as a producer, Lacey Claire Rogers (“Government Cheese”), who plays Renee, Aliza Kate Barlow, who plays Jade, and Matt Sato, who is serving as a producer.
‘Summer of ’76’ film
On the concept for “Summer of ’76,” he said, “It came about by me wanting to write, and direct, my second directorial film.”
“I love the 70’s soul and music coming of age films, which is why I decided to write a coming of age film about three teens in a suburban town who go on a road trip to track down a local legendary rock band that mysteriously broke up years back,” he elaborated.
Playing the lead role of Jet Wilson
He revealed that he is also playing the lead role of Jet Wilson. “Alongside directing, I play the lead role of Jet Wilson, who works at the record store in the small town with his uncle,” Arbab said.
“Jet is the one who gets his trio to go on the road trip to find the band,” he added.
Lessons learned from this screenplay
3) This screenplay will teach the audience about how friendship and straying true to yourself and others is one of the most important things in life. Not always looking for what’s ahead but instead what’s right in front of you.
Hardest part of this filmmaking experience
On the hardest part of this filmmaking experience, he said, “Right now we are in pre-production on this film. We are shooting in early August in Los Angeles. It is super excited to get things going.”
“The hardest part of making your own film and also acting in it is being everywhere all at once, but that’s the fun part,” he said with a sweet laugh.
Future plans
Regarding his future plans, he shared, “We plan to hopefully adapt this film into a feature length, or a series level production. Before then, we will do a festival circuit at all of the major festivals.”
Closing thoughts on ‘Summer of ’76’
For fans and viewers, he remarked, “I would love to tell people that ‘Summer of ’76’ is a film for all ages and that they should definitely follow us on our social media pages for updates on production and where to end up finding the film.”
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