Brian White is stepping up to the plate to play a budding baseball star opposite Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett in the Walt Disney Co. comedy Mr. 3000. White, best known for his recurring role on the FX drama series The Shield, will play a rising star who befriends Mac's character. Being directed by Charles Stone, Mr. 3000 centers on a former Detroit Tigers player (Mac) who comes out of retirement when three of his base hits are disallowed, dropping him below the prized 3,000-hit plateau. Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Maggie Wilde are producing the project, which was penned by Eric Champnella and Keith Mitchell. Frank Marshall, Johnathan Glickman and Steven Greener are executive producing. Disney production exec Jason Reed is overseeing for the studio. In addition to his work on The Shield, White starred in the ABC television movie Nancy Drew, which was a backdoor pilot produced by Lawrence Bender and Kevin Brown. He is represented by UTA, Roklin Management and attorney Eric Feig.
Michael Rispoli is set to join Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett in the Walt Disney Co. baseball comedy Mr. 3000. Being directed by Drumline helmer Charles Stone, Mr. 3000 centers on a retired Detroit Tigers player (Mac) who comes out of retirement when three of his base hits are disallowed, dropping him below the prized 3,000-hit plateau. Rispoli will play Mac's former teammate turned business partner in the film. Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Maggie Wilde are producing the project, which was penned by Eric Champnella and Keith Mitchell. Frank Marshall, Johnathan Glickman and Steven Greener are executive producing. Disney production exec Jason Reed is overseeing for the studio. A veteran actor with a slew of feature film and television credits, Rispoli has appeared in such films as Death to Smoochy and Rounders as well as on the small screen in The Sopranos and Touched by an Angel. He is repped by the Gersh Agency and LMRK Management.
- 5/16/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Angela Bassett has signed on to star opposite Bernie Mac in the Walt Disney Co. baseball comedy Mr. 3000. Being directed by Drumline helmer Charles Stone, Mr. 3000 centers on a retired Detroit Tigers player (Mac) who comes out of retirement when three of his base hits are disallowed, dropping him below the prized 3,000-hit plateau. Bassett will play a sports reporter who is Mac's love interest in the film. Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Maggie Wilde are producing the project, which was penned by Eric Champnella and Keith Mitchell. Frank Marshall, Johnathan Glickman and Steven Greener are executive producing. Disney production exec Jason Reed is overseeing for the studio. Bassett, who has starred in such films as The Score, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale, also appears in the upcoming Sony Pictures Classics drama Masked & Anonymous. Bassett is repped by CAA.
- 4/29/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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