Carson Lund, Director Of Cannes & New York Film Festival Baseball Movie ‘Eephus’, Signs With Empirical Evidence

EXCLUSIVE: Empirical Evidence’s management division has signed American filmmaker Carson Lund, who directed Eephus, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section.

Eephus was acquired by Music Box Films out of Cannes for U.S. distribution and will release the film theatrically in March 2025. The film is set to have its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival this week.

The comedy-drama, which uses amateur baseball to reflect on the passage of time, charts how a men’s veteran baseball game stretches to extra innings on a beloved field’s final day before demolition. 

Lund is a founding member of the LA-based filmmaker collective Omnes Films. Eephus marks the second project from Omnes Films to screen in the Directors’ Fortnight section along with Tyler Taormina’s Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, which Lund shot. 

Next up, Lund is producing Omnes Films’ Raccoon with a script by Eephus co-writer and director Michael Basta. Tim Heidecker is set to play the lead. He’s also developing several of his own scripts that will continue to explore working-class New England milieus with a deadpan comedic perspective.

Literary management outfit Empirical, led by Derrick Eppich, reps clients including playwright John J. Caswell, Jr., Brandon Harris (Redlegs), Tyson Wade Johnston (Streamline), Andrew Barchilon, Blacklist writers Briggs & Wes Watkins (Beachwood), Michael Moskowitz (Wyler), Sean Thomas (Laker Girl), and Geraldine Inoa (The Walking Dead).

Empirical Evidence’s feature production slate includes projects with Kaplan Morrison (The Brutalist), Anova Pictures (The Silencing), Birchall Entertainment (Dreams in Nightmares), Black Label Media (Sicario), and Mucho Mas Media (The Long Game).