Killing Winston Jones

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Killing Winston Jones
Directed by Joel David Moore
Written byJustin Trevor Winters
Produced byAlbert Sandoval
Daemon Hillin
Tom Somerset
Peter Winther
Starring Danny Glover
Jon Heder
Richard Dreyfuss
Lesley-Ann Brandt
Danny Masterson
Lin Shaye
Aly Michalka
Tyler Labine
Joely Fisher
CinematographyMorgan Susser
Edited byWalter May
Production
company
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Killing Winston Jones is an unreleased American dark comedy film produced by RadioactiveGiant. [1]

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Production

Crews began filming December 3, 2012, after a delay caused by contract negotiations. The film's director, Joel David Moore, had been otherwise engaged acting in CBGB earlier in the year. [2]

The stars of the film include Danny Glover, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Masterson, and Jon Heder. Moore calls the film a dark comedy, with the plot revolving around two physical education teachers trying to get their name on the gym they used to work at. The principal of that school plans to name the gym in memoriam, but neither of the teachers are dead yet.

Killing Winston Jones is produced by Albert Sandoval and Daemon Hillin, and was intended to be the theatrically released feature film for the multimedia production-distribution company RadioactiveGiant. [3]

Cancelled release

The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters in 2014. [4] However, no release was announced and the studio had not made any statements about the film after 2014. [5]

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