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Declined by Cambalachero 4 months ago. Last edited by Keith D 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Please reference that the film started principal photography. And... 2020? Shouldn't the film be ready by now? If there is a big delay because of development hell, please explain what else is going on that prevents the film from being finished. Cambalachero (talk) 13:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Mass State Lottery
Directed by	Jay Karales
Written by	Jay Karales
Starring	Jay Karales Hans Lam Barboza Nicholas Goroff Yuna Kim Buddy Duress Sheila Ball Austin Wright Jake Hanrahan
Production company	Forgotten Genres
Release date	2024
Country	United States
Language	English

Mass State Lottery is an upcoming 2024 American comedy crime film written and directed by Jay Karales (known professionally as LowRes Wünderbred.)^[1] Starring Jay Karales, Hans Lam Barboza, Nicholas Goroff, Yuna Kim, Buddy Duress, Sheila Ball, Austin Wright, Kenney Dorcely, and Jake Hanrahan.

Plot

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A private investigator manipulates a grieving mother to save his dying business and stumbles upon a pattern of murders.

The film is inspired by Boston cases in the smiley face murder theory.

Cast

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Jay Karales as Rathke
Hans Lam Barboza as Devlin
Nicholas Goroff as Evans
Yuna Kim as Eun-Hee Kim
Buddy Duress as Ivan Amari and Church Fitzgerald
Austin Wright as Justin Amari
Jerry Schultz as Frances Zëger
Sheila Ball as Katherine Amari
Dalton Pruitt as John Doe
Jake Hanrahan as John Doyle
Kenney Dorcely as MySpace

Production

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Filming

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The film started principal photography in the first week of March 2020. Production was forced to be halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Principal photography resumed in November 2021 and finished in January 2022. Additional scenes were shot during December 2022 and December 2023 in New York, Massachusetts, and Seoul, South Korea.^{[citation needed]}

Casting

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The primary cast of Jay Karales, Hans Lam Barboza, Jacob A. Miller, Kenney Dorcely, Thomas Speed, and Jerry Jensen - collectively known as the comedy troupe Headshot, LLC., was announced to headline the feature in early 2020.

In July 2020 journalist and Popular Front creator Jake Hanrahan was cast as conspiracy theorist podcaster John Doyle.

Eric Roberts (Star 80, The Dark Knight) was initially cast as the film's antagonist, but was later dropped by director Karales and producers Jerry Jensen, Hans Lam Barboza, and Jacob A. Miller.

In January 2022 Buddy Duress (Good Time, PVT Chat) was announced to have signed on to play dual characters in the film. Buddy Duress would pass away in November 2023, with his death being announced by Karales and brother Christopher Stathis in February 2024.^[2] Mass State Lottery is his final film.

Release

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Mass State Lottery will be released in 2024. The first theatrical trailer was released on YouTube May 6, 2021.^[3] The second theatrical trailer was released August 17, 2022 on the Forgotten Genres website. The third and final trailer was released on YouTube and Instagram on May 9, 2024^[4].