James Russo News

'Getting There!' is being extended by the Hollywood Independent Theater Festival at the Hudson Theatres on October 23, 7 PM. Written, produced, and performed by Rebecca O’Brien. Directed by Cameron Watson.

This holiday season, Centenary Stage Company presents Disney's The Little Mermaid. Performances will run November 24 – December 10 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center of the Centenary University campus.

The return engagement of the award-winning show Getting There!, written, produced, and performed by Rebecca O'Brien, and directed by Cameron Watson, will play the Hudson Guild Theatre on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 8:15 p.m.

Getting There! will be presented in June at Hudson Guild Theatre.

Button Man Films announces the AFM World Market Premiere and first-ever screening of the new mob thriller, MobKing.

The official trailer for the film, Starf*cker, has been released. The movie stars Erik Fellows, most known for his roles in Being Rose, Break Even, Texas Heart, Purgatory, Days of Our Lives, and The Bay. Watch here!

Meteor Shower by renowned actor, producer, and writer, Steve Martin is now being performed at Centenary Stage Company.  This is the one to see.  The expert direction of the Company’s Artistic Director, Carl Wallnau complements Martin’s clever plot and the play’s finely tuned dialogue. Make the trip to the Hackettstown theatre and enjoy!

The Mob King film is adapted from Dapagio's 'The Mob King' series which has been acquired by Wanda Halcyon Television, Global Television Operations and Un Nouveau Du Jour for worldwide distribution, and is scheduled to release in 2022.

The Downtown Urban Arts Festival will enter The Twilight Zone with the premiere of genre play- and screenwriter, Rollin Jewett's latest play, THE BIG DREAM, JUNE 23 @ 7:00 p.m. at the Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St, NYC.

Yakima, WA Adele Pomerenke is starring in the historical drama 'The Penitent Thief,' starring Kevin Sorbo and James Russo. She plays the role of Herodias, Herod's (Kevin Sorbo) wife. 'The Penitent Thief' drama movie will be released on December 22, 2020.

Cobalt Pictures has acquired foreign distribution rights to The Penitent Thief starring Jay Giannone  (American Hustle, The Departed), Stelio Savante (Infidel, Running For Grace), James Russo (Django Unchained, Open Range), & Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Andromeda). North American distribution rights are licensed to Vertical Entertainment.  

Rapper/actor DMX's Staten Island, New York-shot feature film Chronicle of a Serial Killer, is set for a theatrical release on October 5, 2020.

Rebecca O'Brien is a survivor, and she's back! Now in remission from a bout with cancer, the writer-performer re-enacts her miraculously healing encounters with strangers as she rode the bus on Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood, to and from her treatments at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Deadline reports that Danny Trejo, Billy Zane, Randy Couture, and James Russo will star in a new action film from director Justin Lee.

Random Media, a leader in distribution of independent cinema, has acquired Stanulis Films' '5th Borough' crime thriller. 

dick clark productions announced today that Participant Media and DreamWorks Pictures' Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly and starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali and Linda Cardellini, will receive both the “Hollywood Ensemble Award” and “Hollywood Screenwriter Award” at the 22nd Annual “Hollywood Film Awards,” which will take place on Sunday, November 4 at The Beverly Hilton. The TIFF 2018 People's Choice Award winner is written by Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga and Brian Currie and is inspired by a true friendship that in 1962 transcended race, class and the Mason-Dixon line.

Multicom Entertainment Group has acquired worldwide rights to the true-story romantic drama THE BROKEN ONES. Directed by Elyse Niblett-Russell, the film was written and produced by Cece King (“Marvel's Jessica Jones,” “The Good Fight”), and stars King, Charlie Bewley (TWILIGHT, “Colony”), Margaret Colin (INDEPENDENCE DAY, UNFAITHFUL), Constance Schulman (“Orange is the New Black”) and James Russo (DJANGO UNCHAINED). Produced by Ramfis Myrthil, Jeff Solema, Janek Ambrose, Charlie Bewley and Julie Helton, THE BROKEN ONES is set for release on multiple VOD platforms and DVD on July 10th.  

Multicom Entertainment Group has acquired worldwide rights to the true-story romantic drama THE BROKEN ONES. Directed by Elyse Niblett-Russell, the film was written and produced by Cece King (“Marvel's Jessica Jones,” “The Good Fight”), and stars King, Charlie Bewley (TWILIGHT, “Colony”), Margaret Colin (INDEPENDENCE DAY, UNFAITHFUL), Constance Schulman (“Orange is the New Black”) and James Russo (DJANGO UNCHAINED). Produced by Ramfis Myrthil, Jeff Solema, Janek Ambrose, Charlie Bewley and Julie Helton, THE BROKEN ONES is set for release on multiple VOD platforms and DVD on July 10th.  

Actress Tara Reid (Sharknado / American Pie) and actor James Russo (Django Unchained) have just signed on to appear in the upcoming full length feature film, 'The Fifth Boro', which is based on the popular Netflix series of the same name.

Kevin Sorbo (Let There Be Light, God's Not Dead) has joined James Russo (Django Unchained, Donnie Brasco), Jay Giannone (Patriots Day, American Hustle), Stelio Savante (Blood In The Water, Where The Road Runs Out), Kyle Roark (Murder Made Me Famous, Hide The Monster) & Kyle Hotz (Operation Dunkirk, Dark Iris) in the cast of Don Willis' The Penitent Thief co directed by Jon Blaze and Lucas Miles (Crowing Jules).