EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Lowell (Promising Young Woman), Jeanine Mason (Upload), and Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride) have wrapped on the Colorado production of The Man Who Changed the World, a drama spanning generations that’s inspired by the story of visionary entrepreneur Lawrence “Bud” Stoecker.
In the film directed by Greg Pritikin (The Last Laugh), Lowell and Mason play a young couple navigating the trials of marriage, parenthood, and personal legacy. Shawn co-stars as legendary futurist and systems theorist Buckminster Fuller, the architect of the geodesic dome, whose philosophies echo through the picture. The story spans the 1940s, 1960s, and present day, with Illeana Douglas (Goodfellas), Fred Stoller (Everybody Loves Raymond), Ted Lange (The Love Boat), and Matt Wood (Saturday Night) rounding out the cast.
“This is a story about how one family’s spirit of invention, resilience, and love rippled through generations,” Pritikin told us. “We’re thrilled to bring this to life with such a passionate cast and crew, and we can’t imagine a better place than Colorado to tell it.”
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Written by Heidi James, the film is produced by Michael William Downey, Todd Remis, and Jenny Napier. Dean Stoecker of the Colorado-based Ranch Productions served as executive producer.
Perhaps best known for starring in Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and Hulu’s How I Met Your Father, Lowell’s other recent credits include GLOW, Breaking News in Yuba County, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, and the hit Netflix miniseries Inventing Anna. He is repped by CAA.
Mason starred on The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico and has also been seen on shows like The Perfect Couple, Upload, and Grey’s Anatomy, among many others. She is repped Mason by Verve, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Gang, Tyre, Ramer.
Known for iconic turns in films like The Princess Bride and My Dinner with Andre, Shawn has recently been seen starring on shows like Evil and Young Sheldon, and is repped by AKA and Opus Entertainment.
Repped by Jackoway Austen, Pritikin’s past feature credits include horror thriller The Mistress with John Magaro; buddy comedy The Last Laugh starring Chevy Chase, Richard Dreyfuss, and Andie MacDowell; and the dramedy Dummy with Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich, among other projects.
Ranch Productions is repped by Greenberg Glusker.
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