From director and star Justin Chon (“21 & Over” and “The Twilight Saga”) with online video sensation Kevin Wu (a.k.a. YouTube’s “KevJumba”), “Man Up” launches globally today on Vimeo On Demand: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/manupfilm.
The hysterical buddy comedy follows 19-year old slacker Martin (Wu), who has big plans after for the summer after finally graduating high school… to do absolutely nothing. He and his best friend (Chon) plan to spend all summer hanging out and playing video games. Their plans are foiled when Martin’s girlfriend, Madison (Galadriel Stineman), drops a bomb on his carefree summer – she is pregnant and refuses to see him until he grows up. To her and her family, Martin is an unambitious bum who can barely take care of himself, let alone a newborn. As his life falls apart, he and Randall embark on a man-quest to figure out what it means to be a dad and “man up.”
Off The Dock and Supergravity Pictures are releasing “Man Up,” a Kinetic Films production. Off The Dock—the new digital studio label from Lakeshore Entertainment—finances, produces, acquires and distributes premium digital influencer-led content. Supergravity Pictures produces and distributes filmed entertainment for audiences worldwide.
The film is co-written by Chon and Wu and also stars Nichole Bloom (“Shameless”), Dion Basco (“The Cleaner”) and Parvesh Cheena (“Outsourced”).
