EXCLUSIVE: Taylour Paige (Zola) has signed on to star alongside Vito Schnabel in The Trainer, the upcoming dark comedy, which Tony Kaye (American History X) is directing from a script by Schnabel and Jeff Solomon.The film, which has been in development for nearly a decade, is based on an original story by Schnabel.
It unfolds over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos and follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream.
Julia Fox and Steven Van Zandt are also confirmed to star.Schnabel, Kaye and Jeremy Steckler (Old Man and the Gun, Only the Brave) are producing, with George Paaswell (Night House, Jack Goes Boating) serving as exec producer.
Production will kick off in Los Angeles early next month.Paige is perhaps best known for her turn as the title character in Janicza Bravo’s comedic crime pic Zola, which recently won her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
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