eric roberts (julia’s brother) is one of the principals in the movie. i haven’t met him yet. billy badalato is the producer. he also did alien:resurection and top gun.
he was in my office and i mentioned that it would be cool if they had some black ipa at one of their parties (he loves hoppy beers). he was a homebrewer a couple decades ago and he has tried some of mine recently. he got pretty excited about the idea and we talked a few moments.
he stopped back by the office yesterday to let me know that they were actually going to use the beer in a scene from the movie in addition to having it for the wrap party. they even have an artist to design a label for each beer.
i’m brewing a single black ipa for the shoot and wrap party and for the release, we are going to have a single black and a double black ipa.
not quite 15 minutes of fame, but still pretty cool.
I think homebrewed beer is currently a pretty hot commodity in the movie industry, at least in some circles. My twin brothers co-directed an independent feature, “Winter in the Blood”, their second feature movie that is based on the first novel of a close family friend, and it will premiere at the L.A. Film Festival next month. The Montana Film Commission is hosting a party for them after the first showing, and I heard they had someone brew some kind of a wheat beer for the party.
Depending on the size of the cast and crew, you may need more than 6 cases… But congrats on the opportunity. Also glad to see that your local laws allow it to be shared so openly!
