Roberts/David Films, Inc.

Roberts/David Films, Inc. is proud to announce its latest production, THE THACKER CASE, has wrapped principal photography and is currently in post production:

Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa.

Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department after the young man was arrested for drunk driving. The arresting officer's story is highly suspicious and everyone involved, from the investigating detective to the FBI, appear to be aiding in covering up what actually happened that fateful night.

With a promise made to the Thacker family to expose the truth, Stu dives head first into an uphill battle against lies and corruption. What transpires will change this lawyer's life forever.

Cast: Gabriel Mann, Eliza Dushku, John Savage
Director: Brian Jun (Steel City - Sundance 2006)
Writers: Robert Dean Klein, Stuart M. Pepper and Brian Jun
Producers: Mark Roberts, Lorena David
Executive Producer: Stuart M. Pepper
Co-Producers: Max Velez and Michael Lawrence

When STRANGERS WITH CANDY had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Jerri Blank said, "Whoopee - on me!" Now that the movie has been in theaters, is now playing on Showtime and is now available on DVD, there's no telling what she might say!

The Comedy Central series’ original stars and creators Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert wrote and star in the feature film. Mark Roberts and Lorena David (EXTREME DATING, OUTTA TIME) produced the film along with David Letterman's Worldwide Pants. Joseph Middleton (American Pie 1 & 2, Legally Blonde, Old School) cast the film, which was filmed on location in New Jersey.

STRANGERS WITH CANDY is a dark satire of the moralistic after-school specials and will star Sedaris as Jerri Blank, a 47-year old former "user, boozer and loser" who returns to high school after three decades of hard living. The film will also include co-creators Dinello as Mr. Jellineck, a narcissistic yet fragile art teacher, and Colbert as Mr. Noblet, a strict history teacher with a predilection for Hummel figurines.

"This will be an even more twisted version of the television show," says producer Mark Roberts. "Long-time series fans will enjoy the film and newcomers won’t be left out." The three creators have even higher hopes for their new project: "We’re hoping to achieve in film what we achieved on television, which was upset our parents."

Sedaris, Dinello and Colbert have been longtime friends and collaborators. After meeting at Chicago’s Second City they relocated to New York and developed "Exit 57," a Cable-Ace nominated sketch comedy series that aired for two seasons on Comedy Central in the mid-‘90s. The trio also collaborated together on Wigfield, a novel published by Hyperion and now available in bookstores.

Sedaris, an Obie award-winning playwright, most recently had a supporting role in the feature Maid in Manhattan and recurring guest roles in HBO’s "Sex in the City" and NBC's "Just Shoot Me." Colbert is currently a writer and correspondent for Comedy Central’s "The Daily Show." Dinello’s film work includes "Plump Fiction" and has had roles in the NBC television movie "The Howard Beach Story" and Paramount Television’s "The Untouchables."

STRANGERS WITH CANDY was released by THINKFilm. In addition to its Sundance premiere, the film also screened as part of CineVegas.

Official Website: strangerswithcandymovie.com
Watch the Trailer: YouTube
Order DVD: Amazon
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DANIKA had its world premiere at CineVegas and was an Official Selection of both theAFI FEST and San Diego Film Festival, where it took home Best Feature Film and Best Actress for Regina Hall.

Based on an original screenplay by Joshua Leibner, DANIKA is a psychological horror about a devoted wife and mother who experiences a series of terrifying delusions. She wonders whether she is actually having visions of future events or she is slowly slipping into insanity.

Cast: Marisa Tomei, Craig Bierko, Regina Hall, Kyle Gallner, Nicki Prian, Ridge Canipe, Bailey Hughes
Producers: Mark Roberts, Lorena David, Michael Urbanski, John F. K. Parenteau
Associate Producer: Max Velez
Writer: Joshua Leibner
Director: Ariel Vromen

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Mark Roberts and Lorena David are co-executive producers of the horror film DARK RIDE for Lions Gate Entertainment. The film is directed by Craig Singer and stars Jamie Lynn-DiScala.

DARK RIDE was released on 500 screens in 35 cities, including New York, as part of AFTER DARK HORRORFEST - EIGHT FILMS TO DIE FOR.

Official Website: darkridethemovie.com
Watch the Trailer: Apple.com
Order DVD: Amazon

EXTREME DATING, produced by Mark Roberts and directed by Lorena David, is currently in post production. David is also editing the comedy, which stars Devon Sawa (Final Destination), Amanda Detmer (The Majestic), Jamie-Lynn Sigler (HBO's "The Sopranos"), Andrew Keegan (10 Things I Hate About You) Meat Loaf Aday (Focus, Fight Club, Wayne's World) and Amanda Foreman (WB's "Felicity", Forever Young).

In this action-comedy, four twenty-something friends are looking for love and having no luck. While on a ski trip, one of them finds passion with a beautiful girl after a random accident on the icy slopes. The others quickly conclude that the extreme circumstances of the accident were what caused love to bloom.

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