Alexa Swinton, David Arquette, Wyatt Oleff & Sawyer Spielberg Set For Demolition Derby Drama ‘Wreckless’ From First-Time Feature Filmmaker Kayla Arend
Deadline reports that Alexa Swinton, David Arquette, Wyatt Oleff and Sawyer Spielberg have joined the cast of "Wreckless," an independent sports drama shooting in Rochester, Minnesota. The film marks the directorial debut of Kayla Arend, who co-wrote the script with Mickey Falcone, and centres on the male-dominated world of demolition derby racing to tell a father-daughter story about addiction, grief and recovery.
Swinton plays Joni, a troubled teenager who enters a demolition derby, while Arquette plays her father Larry, a recovering addict; Oleff plays Joni's boyfriend Atlas and Spielberg plays Bo, Larry's neighbour and sponsor, alongside local Rochester cast members. Arend, an NYU film graduate whose thesis was executive produced by Spike Lee, said the story draws on her own experience as the child of a father who battled addiction, and the film is being produced by Resonate Entertainment's Clément Bauer and Vic Brandt with several executive producers attached.
- Four actors cast in indie drama "Wreckless," shot in Minnesota
- Story follows a father-daughter relationship set in demolition derby racing
- Marks directorial debut of NYU graduate Kayla Arend
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Wreckless is a low-budget independent drama currently filming in Rochester, Minnesota, and marks the feature directing debut of Kayla Arend, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Mickey Falcone. The story is set in the world of demolition derby racing and follows a father and daughter working through addiction, grief and recovery, drawing partly on Arend's own family experience.
The cast now attached includes Alexa Swinton as Joni, a teenager who takes part in a demolition derby, David Arquette as her father Larry, a recovering addict, Wyatt Oleff as Joni's boyfriend Atlas, and Sawyer Spielberg as Bo, a neighbour and sponsor of Larry's, with local Rochester residents also appearing in the cast.
The film is being produced by Clément Bauer and Vic Brandt of Resonate Entertainment. Casting news like this is typically an early signal of a project moving toward production, giving readers a first sense of who is involved before the film itself is released.