EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to the dramedy Small Town Wisconsin, starring David Sullivan (Sharp Objects), Bill Heck (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Kristen Johnson (3rd Rock from the Sun), Tanya Fischer (Life on Mars) and Cooper J.
Friedman (9-1-1: Lone Star), slating it for wide release in theaters and on digital platforms on June 10th.The film exec produced by Academy Award winner Alexander Payne (Sideways) watches as perpetual teenager Wayne Stobierski (Sullivan) loses a custody battle, stealing his son away for one last father-son weekend in the city of their dreams: Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
What’s supposed to be a light-hearted adventure transforms into a journey of profound redemption. Niels Mueller (The Assassination of Richard Nixon) directed from a script by Jason Naczek.
Mueller, Liu Hongtao, Scott K. Foley and Josh Rosenberg served as the film’s producers, with Payne and Jinhua Yang exec producing.“We are thrilled to be partnering with the Quiver team who have become the gold standard of independent film distribution.
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