Verve Signs SXSW Director Richard Wong (Exclusive)
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Verve has signed filmmaker Richard Wong, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. His most recent feature, Come as You Are, premiered in March at SXSW and is a remake of the 2011 Belgian film Hasta la Vista. In both pics, three young men with disabilities take a road trip to a brothel that concentrates on clients with special needs. The trio in the new movie are played by Grant Rosenmeyer (The Royal Tenenbaums), Hayden Szeto (The Edge of Seventeen) and Ravi Patel (Master of None), who are able-bodied, while Gabourey Sidibe also stars as the jaded nurse who drives them. Wongs directorial feature was 2006s Colma: The Musical, on which he also served as story writer, cinematographer, editor, producer and sound designer.
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