Frontman The Movie

Actor Zack Ward ("Transformers," "The Christmas Story") , whose TV credits include
"Deadwood," "Titus," "NCIS," "Lost" and "Crossing Jordan," among others,
will direct and star in his original screenplay, "Frontman."
The film will be shot entirely in Louisiana under a special credits program negotiated by Global Universal.

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Deacon Jennings is the biggest producer in reality television... or was, until the contestants of his "survivor" styled hit show resorted to eating each other to... survive. Five downward spiraling years later, Deacon is just about to blow his brains out when fate intervenes in the shape of his former partner and ex-girlfriend, Kathy

Even though Deacon left Kathy holding the bag on the whole cannibalism fiasco, she lifts him from the gutter by offering him a job producing a new reality show called "Frontman", an "American Idol" meets "Big Brother" for pop star wannabees.

But Deacon is still a pariah in the film industry and nobody will work with him. So he does what any good producer would do: he whores his integrity. Scraping the bottom of the barrel, he gathers any semi conscious bi-ped that can carry a camera, hoist a sound boom or aim a spotlight and SHAZAM! A production crew is born! Now the fun begins.

The casting call brings hundreds of dreamers on stage to audition for the show, and like most people, they suck. But Deacon searches through the garbage and finds his gems. The "Frontman" house is set up with lights, hidden cameras and hidden microphones so nobody is safe and every dirty little secret is ripe for the plucking.

The show begins, hosted by the ex MTV V.J., Bolt Stevens. If hair had an I.Q, it would still be smarter than Bolt. The first challenge is "Stix and Shots" with famous Motley Crue drummer, Nikki Stix. Our contestants have to do shooters of Vodka every 10 minutes while playing the drums: to prepare for the vigorous life of a rock star Front Man on tour. And our winner is.... Stephanie Lovings! Or is she? Deacon catches Kathy switching Vodka for water! The show is fixed?

Kathy reveals her revenge on Deacon for sinking her with his cannibalism ship; the money behind the show comes from Paulie "the Barber" Leonetti, the most feared mob boss in the country. Deacon gets a little "face time" with Paulie and learns the facts: the show is fixed and his daughter, Stephanie, wins, or Deacon and his crew die.....ugly.

Deacon relies on his producer morals and quickly agrees to anything that will save his ass. He returns to the "Frontman" house to tell his crew of idiot savants only to learn of more tragedy; Stephanie has slipped into a coma. Well, not really "slipped". She got hit in the head with a garden gnome, fell in the pool and Jaret, one of the "helpful" crew, threw her an extension chord instead of a rope. So, bludgeoned and electrocuted into a coma is more accurate.

This makes life a little harder. How do you make a comatose gangsters daughter win a reality show and the hearts of America? By pulling together and working as a team! Of course zapping her with a cattle prod so it looks like she's talking doesn't hurt either.

With their lives on the line, this bunch of second stringers has to run in a touch down and maybe, just maybe, Deacon is the man to lead them to glory.

With physical comedy the likes of "Weekend at Bernie's" and "Old School", and cutting edge dialogue akin to "Wedding Crashers" and "The 40 year old Virgin", "Frontman" is high stakes comedy at its best, satisfying the most intelligent and juvenile audiences at the same time.

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