Tim Rozon, Colton Gobbo, Jim Belushi & Bobby Lee Among Cast Set For Action Comedy ‘Karate Ghost’
- Tim Rozon, Colton Gobbo, and Jim Belushi are set to star in the new martial arts comedy Karate Ghost, directed by James Mark and currently in production in Toronto.
EXCLUSIVE:Tim Rozon ( Schitt’s Creek ), Colton Gobbo ( Ginny & Georgia ), and Jim Belushi ( According to Jim ) are set to topline Karate Ghost , a new martial arts comedy from director James Mark that has just recently entered production in Toronto.
Set in a town ruled by absurd karate law, the film watches as a lonely teen forms an unlikely bond with the ghost of his late father’s favorite action hero. What begins as a haunted mentorship quickly escalates into a fight for identity, legacy, and redemption. Rozon leads the cast as Johnny Maim, a washed-up ’90s action star who died tragically mid-stunt now trapped in the afterlife and hungry for one last shot at glory, with Gobbo playing grieving 15-year-old Bobby Brody.
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The film is the latest for mark on the heels of films including sci-fi actioner Fight Another Day , sci-fi thriller Control , sci-fi actioner Enhanced , actioner On the Ropes , and sci-fi actioner Kill Order .
Others in the cast of Karate Ghost include Michael Jai White ( Black Dynamite ), WWE on-air personality Cathy Kelley, Natalie Zea ( Justified ), and comedian Bobby Lee ( MADtv ). Written by Mark and the late Larry Bain, the film’s producers include Mark, Bruno Marino, and Tony Del Rio for Kemodo Entertainment. David Barrett ( Blue Bloods , Twisted Metal ), Plato Fountidakis ( Lost Girl ), and Brent Jones ( Jumper ) are exec producing.
Best known for roles on shows like Schitt’s Creek and Wynonna Earp , Rozon is repped by Edna Talent Management.
Seen on shows like Ginny & Georgia and Son of a Critch , and in 2019’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , Gobbo is repped by AMI Artist Management and Stagecoach Entertainment.
A veteran comedic actor known for roles in everything from SNL to According to Jim , Belushi will next be seen in Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut The Chronology of Water , which is coming off of a well-received premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. He is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and LBI Entertainment.
White is repped by Vault Entertainment; Kelley by Fox Rothschild; Zea by Innovative Artists, True Management, and Gang, Tyre, Ramer; and Lee by CAA, Leviton Management, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
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