EXCLUSIVE: Sky Yang is set to star in the Justin Lin-directed feature The Last Days of John Allen Chau, which was written on spec by Ben Ripley.
The project is based on an Alex Perry-penned article for Outside Magazine. The Gotham Group developed the film internally. Besides directing the pic, Lin will also produce alongside Andrew Schneider and Sal Gatdula through Lin’s Perfect Storm shingle, along with Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson through The Gotham Group and Clayton Townsend, who is also on board as producer.
Executive producers include Perry, Luke Speed of Speed Literary and Talent, Outside Magazine and George Heller of Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
The Last Days of John Allen Chau is based on the Outside Magazine article of the same name published by journalist Alex Perry.
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