Vertical Buys David Duchovny’s ‘Bucky F*cking Dent,’ Dramedy Set During the 1978 Red Sox-Yankees Pennant Race (EXCLUSIVE)
28.03.2024 - 16:35
/ variety.com
Brent Lang Executive Editor Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to “Bucky F*cking Dent,” a father-son story set against the 1978 Red Sox vs. Yankees pennant race.
The movie was written, directed by and stars David Duchovny. It also happens to be based on Duchovny’s 2016 best-selling novel of the same name. The cast of “Bucky F*cking Dent” includes Logan Marshall-Green (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”), Stephanie Beatriz (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), Jason Beghe (“Chicago P.D.”), Evan Handler (“Californication”) with Daphne Rubin-Vega (“In the Heights”) and Pamela Adlon (“King of Staten Island”).
The film is produced by Yale Productions’ Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman, as well as Duchovny. “Bucky F*cking Dent” had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. The release date is slated for later this year.
The film follows Ted (Marshall-Green), a failed writer-turned-Yankees Stadium peanut seller who moves back home after learning of the failing health of his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty (David Duchovny). While Marty tries to make amends for his past, his condition worsens whenever his beloved Sox lose a game. To keep his dad’s spirits up, Ted takes matters into his own hands and manufactures a winning streak for the local team with the help of dad’s neighborhood pals.
In the process, Ted strikes up a bond with Marty’s charming “Death Specialist,” Mariana (Beatriz), reigniting his writing ambitions. “I wrote ‘Bucky F*cking Dent’ as a screenplay more than ten years ago but couldn’t get it made, so I wrote it as a novel,” said Duchovny. “Then, I re-wrote it as a screenplay from the novel.