Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced, and Natalie Morales lead the solid of Kyle Hausmann-Stokes’ darkish veteran dramedy My Useless Buddy Zone.
Ed Harris (Prime Gun: Maverick, Westworld), Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced (Star Trek: Discovery), and Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation, Women) are coming into the Buddy Zone. My Useless Buddy Zone, that’s! The trio stars in a darkish, new dramedy about veterans from two generations as they navigate household and friendship. Kyle Hausmann-Stokes directs from a script he wrote with A.J. Bermudez.
In line with Deadline, the story focuses on a “feminine veteran (Martin-Inexperienced) engaged in a mysterious however snug friendship along with her wise-cracking (and lifeless) greatest buddy from the Military (Morales). When the vet is named to the distant lake home of her estranged Vietnam vet grandfather (Harris), she is tasked with offering the one factor he refuses…assist.”
My Useless Buddy Zone is predicated on a brief Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed in 2022, impressed by his time throughout and after serving within the army. Hausmann-Stokes served 5 years within the U.S. Military as a paratrooper and convoy commander and was awarded the Bronze Star in Iraq. After co-establishing the nonprofit Veterans in Media & Leisure group, he targeted on creating tales depicting the social and human sides of being concerned in a battle.
“My fellow veterans and I usually get lowered to archetypes and melodramatic tropes. We’re rather more dynamic, humorous, advanced than that,” mentioned Hausmann-Stokes instructed Deadline about striving to signify veterans for who they’re. “This will likely be a narrative about veterans we haven’t seen earlier than; one which anybody, army/veteran or not, can relate to and luxuriate in.”
“We’re thrilled to have excessive caliber skills like Ed, Natalie and Sonequa be a part of us in bringing Kyle’s distinctive and emotional story to life. Past the leisure and business potential, we love that the movie highlights veterans and feminine troopers in a contemporary manner and delivers a powerful social message about psychological well being and suicide,” mentioned Acknowledged Legion M’s Co-Founder and CEO Scanlan about spreading Hausmann-Stokes’ skilled viewpoint.
Conflict adjustments folks, and the results of seeing battle may final a lifetime. My Useless Buddy Zone is a singular tackle how emotional and psychological scars form who we’re, appearing as armor for what might come after the bullets, bombs, and sacrifice go away their mark.