Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment has beefed up its sales slate as the American Film Market gets underway in its virtual form.The company has acquired world rights on the hybrid live-action/animated family comedy Ollie.
In development, the pic will star Mario Lopez (Saved By The Bell) alongside skateboarder and musician Tony Alva. Story follows CJ, a 13-year-old by who is having a tough time at his local skatepark.
His life takes a dramatic, adventurous and positive turn when he is befriended by Ollie, a skateboarding bulldog who was just fired from his watchdog job.Lopez will produce and voice the character Ollie.
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