Shubhabrata Dutta
Bennett Lasseter has locked in his sophomore directorial feature after an impressive debut! The Cinemaholic has learned that the director will helm the upcoming mystery movie ‘Secret Life of the Coach’s Wife.’ The filming for the project will begin in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 2 this year. Mark Lyons wrote the screenplay.
The plot centers on Lisa Clarkson, a “super-mom.” She is the wife of Sam Clarkson, the coach of the local high school team, and the mother of Teresa, the captain of the cheerleading team. Sam has a reputation to maintain, especially since his team includes the highly touted prospect Noah Downey. Soon, the death of one of the students rattles the entire community, and it is Lisa who gets after the case, detecting the numerous clues. While she has a trail of breadcrumbs to take her to the truth, she has no idea that it will disrupt her life big time.
Lasseter’s debut feature directorial was the Hulu teen romance movie ‘The Ultimate Playlist of Noise,’ which follows high school teenager Marcus Lund (Keean Johnson), who loves the different sounds around him. Unfortunately, a tumor diagnosis will soon take his hearing away. Thus, he and his new friend, Wendy (Madeline Brewer), go on a road trip to record 50 sounds he loves the most and make a playlist.
Lasseter has many short films to his directorial credits, including ‘Stealth,’ which centers on a transgender tweenager born a boy but secretly living as a girl with her mother’s support; ‘Son of a Barman,’ which centers on a young businessman reconnecting with his Irish roots; and the sci-fi flick ‘Written in Stone.’
Mark Lyons has three short films to his writing credits, namely ‘Jessup,’ which revolves around a manipulative young man and his psychiatrist; ‘The Ephesian,’ centering on a father who meets his infant son’s killer; and ‘Girls,’ a non-linear narrative about a 14-year-old pregnant African-American girl who meets two Caucasian women.
Fayetteville served as a primary filming location for the third season of HBO’s ‘True Detective.’ The mystery thriller movie ‘Mindcage,’ starring Martin Lawrence, Melissa Roxburgh, and John Malkovich, was also shot in the region.
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