“Omaha” is not only the favorite audible conversation from Eli and Peyton Manning or the most populous city in our 37th state of Nebraska, that is also Cole Webley’s function film’s directorial debut.
Webley, formerly known for its TV advertising, called Robert Machoian’s “Omaha” script “Incredible”. He was specifically struck by the script “purity,” Webley said in Indieview studio, presented by Dropbox.
“When I read the script – an incredible script by Robert Machoian – I would have developed several others that I thought would be my first movie,” Webley told our Kate Er. “This one struck me so clearly … the purity of this script. When you are in this industry, when a script comes with everyone knows only needs to be made to a filmWriting is on the wall. ”
“We saw it almost immediately,” he continued, “and we swung and said,” Why do we try to polish (the other scripts) when this script that came to me in almost its finished state was so clear. It reasoned because of the story as a father. It is a story about dads – there are many elements for it, but there was one who really grasped a grip on me. “
Why? Webley has four children. The film’s producer Preston Lee is also a father, as is their “Omaha” star, John Magaro, who literally plays a character who is simply called “Dad”. Magaros Co-Star on the screen of our studio, Molly Belle Wright, is A child.
“I can’t wait for everyone to meet and see Molly’s performance in this movie,” Wbley said about the 11-year-old actress.
Webley also had kind words for her Ellas (Wright) little brother in the movie, Wyatt Solis (“Charlie” in the movie), who “brought a charm and comedy to the movie which is very, very important” for the subject.
Here is the subject: “After a family tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie wake up by their father and are taken on a cross -country skiing and experience a new world. As their adventure develops, Ella begins to understand that things may not be what they seem, ”says the film’s log line.
It does not end exactly like “Little Miss Sunshine”, as Debuted in 2006 at Sundance.
The night before our 2025 Sundance -Sitdown, Webley says that a man contacted him and “just couldn’t stop talking about how he wanted to go home and tell his dad, who brought him up and his two siblings as solo dad, about this the movie. He was so affected by it. ”
“I get that this movie will not be for every person out there, but … what is right under the surface for us is how much we love our families,” Webley continued. “And that’s what reason.”
See the entire interview with the “Omaha” group above.
“Omaha“Written by Robert Machoian and directed by Cole WebleyThe Premiere on Sundance Film Festival. It is looking for US distribution.
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