Variety
Variety Magazine recently featured the Seattle-based project Grassroots. Jason Biggs (American Pie) and Joel David Moore (Avatar) star in the indie political comedy with Peggy Rajski producing through Matthew Brady’s MRB Productions. Stephen Gyllenhaal’s co-writing and directing, based on the memoir Zioncheck for President by Phil Campbell. Brady’s executive producing with Peggy Case and Robin Gurland co-producing. Biggs will portray a recently fired journalist who reluctantly agrees to spearhead the Seattle City Council campaign of his eccentric friend, played by Moore as a former pedicab driver with a burning passion for the Monorail. Gyllenhaal is probably best known for his film Losing Isaiah, starring Jessica Lange, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Halle Berry. Rajski won an Oscar for her directorial debut, Trevor, and her producing credits include Little Man Tate, The Grifters, and Brother From Another Planet. Grassroots is filming now through August around Seattle.