Life Is Hot in Cracktown News

Brandon Routh Learns "Life Is Hot in Cracktown"

March 16, 2007 03:03:59

Seemingly wanting to make people recognize him not merely as the new Superman, Brandon Routh appears to have taken a contrasting acting stint in his big screen credits.

A site on the actor, brandonrouth.com, revealed that the striking hunk has nabbed a role as a drug addict in urban drama "Life Is Hot in Cracktown" for Ithaka Entertainment. Routh himself has confirmed his inclusion in the project as posted in the site's askbrandon section.

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Six Immigrating to "Cracktown"

March 13, 2007 03:03:47

Building a promising ensemble cast, Shannyn Sossamon, Lara Flynn Boyle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mark Webber, and Tony Plana have all come onboard to join Victor Rasuk and Kerry Washington in urban drug-addiction drama "Life Is Hot in Cracktown", The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

Based on Buddy Giovinazzo's eponymous 1993 collection of short stories, the project intertwines several unsettling tales of people in a neighborhood ravaged by crack cocaine. The author himself has been confirmed to both write and direct with Larry Rattner and William Fisch producing for Ithaka Entertainment.

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Four Dwell in "Cracktown"

February 24, 2007 08:02:35

Constructing a cast lineup, Evan Ross, Michael Rapaport, Kerry Washington, and Victor Rasuk are all positive to highlight indie urban drama "Life Is Hot in Cracktown", The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.

Adapted from Buddy Giovinazzo's eponymous 1993 collection of short stories, the project intertwines several unsettling tales of people in a neighborhood ravaged by crack cocaine. Quincy-born actress Illeana Douglas, last seen in "Factory Girl", has also been attached to star in.

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