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Christian Cintron Appearing in Quentin Lee’s LGBTQiA+ Stand-Up Comedy Concert Feature “Laugh Proud”

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Christian Cintron is bringing the laughs….

The Latino writer, comedian, actor and psychic appears in Quentin Lee’s LGBTQiA+ stand-up comedy concert feature film special Laugh Proud, which has secured theatrical and digital distribution.

Christian CintronTaped on July 1, 2023, the film also features Jason Stuart, Kit DeZolt, Amanda Alvich, Brian Clark aka Brucey, Rowan Niles, Juno Men, Asha Hall and trans drag activist Jazzmun Nichcala Crayton alongside Seven Graham AKA 7G.

Wonderphil Entertainment has signed on to handle all North American and international distribution. The deal was negotiated by Wonderphil CEO Phil Gorn and producer-director Quentin Lee.

Asian American Movies (AAM.tv), a global niché streamer focusing on diasporic Asian Pacific Islander content will release Laugh Proud theatrically in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s NoHo on May 17 and release it for global streaming on May 30.

“Wonderphil is proud to take on this important comedy concert and look forward to finding its place in the sun across the planet,” said Gorn.

Wonderphil will launch international sales at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.

Laugh Proud is a 2024 Canadian Screen Awards nominee.

Cintron has written for Hollywood.com, Queerty, The Authentic Gay and Ranker to name a few. He created Stand Up 4 Your Power, a spiritual, self-improvement standup comedy class. It uses concepts from standup comedy, spirituality and psychology to help pivot your perspective, change limiting narratives, and roll with the punchlines.

Daniel Brühl to Star in Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s Thriller “Rich Flu”

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Daniel Brühl’s acting riches continue…

The 43-year-old half-Spanish actor has joined the cast of the Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia directed thriller, Rich Flu, alongside Macaulay Culkin.

Daniel BruhlRosamund Pike is attached to star in the film, which is expected to begin production in the fall.

In the film, a strange disease is killing off some of the richest and most influential people on the planet. First it was the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires and so on progressively. Now it threatens to strike anyone with any sort of fortune, and no one knows where it might end. With the whole world panicking and our very way of life headed for collapse, people are trying to flood the market with assets the world no longer wants.

Pedro Rivero, Gaztelu-Urrutia and David Desola wrote the screenplay with revisions by Sam Steiner.

Sierra/Affinity is handling foreign sales and has the project available to buyers at this year’s Cannes Film Market. CAA Media Finance is representing the film domestically.

Producers on Rich Flu include Pablo Larraín and Juan de Dios Larraín via their Fabula banner, which produced the movies Spencer, Jackie, and No; Adrián Guerra and Núria Valls via the Nostromo Pictures label; Carlos Juárez; as well as Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia and Albert Soler.

Brühl, who will next star in Stefano Mordini’s racing film 2 Win, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the BAFTAs for Ron Howard’s Rush. 

His previous feature credits include The King’s Man, Captain America: Civil War, Inglourious Basterds and the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.