Steve Guttenberg & Christie Brinkley Board Coming-Of-Age Family Comedy ‘American Summer’

Shooting has begun in Northern New Jersey and will extend into mid-October. Gray (Fightville, Jamie

Marks is Dead) is directing from a script that he wrote with Jennifer B. White.

Pic follows Mikey (played by Guttenberg), now in his 60s, who vividly journeys back to his childhood during one of the best summers of his life when he met the girl of his dreams, scored a spot on the travel

baseball team, worked his first job and began his growth out of boyhood all in the sudden wake of his dad missing overseas on a military mission.

Logan Gray (Just Beyond, Surfside Girls) stars as ‘Young Mikey’ and Mia Talerico (Disney’s Good Luck Charlie) stars ‘Young Kelly. Also starring are Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years, Reagan), Cullen Moss (Outerbanks, Your Honor), Erinn Ruth (Super Pumped, Billions), Michael Cuomo (Nanny), Ellen Toland (Inside the Rain), Stephen Krahel, retired NY Yankees and NY Mets World Series Winner Lee Mazzilli and retired NY Yankee World Series Winner Luis Sojo plus newcomers Callie Reese (“What Breaks the Ice”), Cash Chisum, Jaba Keh, Carter J Thomas, Max Malas, Maximus Virgili, Chance Stout and introducing Noodle (the family puppy who saves the day).

“American Summer is a tale for a multi-generational audience to enjoy together. I look forward to sharing the film with the world as I want to bring people together to laugh and feel in their own way,” said Gray.

“I’m excited to be working on such a feel good movie. The story requires the creative team to put together a narrative that is not only universal, but unique in its own style. American Summer has the potential to bring generations together, and that’s what audiences ask for in a great family film,” shared Guttenberg.

Gray (A Birder’s Guide to Everything Jamie Marks Is Dead) and Michael Cuomo (The Light of the Moon, Happy New Year, upcoming Brooklyn, Minnesota) are producing. Guttenberg, Brinkley, Brian Dubin, and Stephen Krahel are EPs. Josh Folan and Danny Ward are co-producers. American Summer is a co-production of Relentless Filmz (Gray) and Brooklyn Owl Pictures (Cuomo). Gray is repped by Ramo Law. Guttenberg is repped by Vault Entertainment and CAA. Brinkley is repped by Artist Brand Alliance and Untitled Entertainment.