{"id":19211,"date":"2026-07-27T21:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19211"},"modified":"2026-07-27T21:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:18:28","slug":"heated-rivalry-producer-brendan-brady-boards-romantic-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19211","title":{"rendered":"Heated Rivalry Producer Brendan Brady Boards Romantic Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/heated-rivalry\/\" id=\"auto-tag_heated-rivalry_1\" data-tag=\"heated-rivalry\">Heated Rivalry<\/a><\/em> producer Brendan Brady has jumped on board <em>From Me to You, <\/em>writer-director Daniel Little\u2019s romantic comedy set and shot in Canada\u2019s Yukon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBrady executive produces the Canadian indie alongside David Brady\u00a0and\u00a0Sonny Goldstein, with Marty O\u2019Brien\u00a0producing.  Yukon-based Little\u00a0co-wrote the script for <em>From Me to You <\/em>with playwright and author\u00a0Peter Jickling as it centers on\u00a0two damaged people confronting their inner demons to find love in Whitehorse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAllan Dobrescu, plays Paul, an aspiring writer with cerebral palsy who fancies his mail carrier, Nora, played by Genevieve Doyon. To see her, Paul writes and sends letters to himself. When Nora secretly reads the letters, she becomes intrigued by their anonymous writer and as their lives increasingly intertwine, Paul and Nora confront fears and insecurities before their chance at love slips away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDobrescu and Jickling in real life have lived with cerebral palsy since birth. Director Little in a statement said <em>From Me to You<\/em> aims at having authenticity and heart at its core.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to Allan for bringing such emotional depth, honesty, and insight to the role. We\u2019re also deeply proud to be making this film in the Yukon. The warmth, humor and genuine sense of connection that exists here is an integral part of the story we\u2019re telling. It\u2019s the perfect setting for a film about human connection, vulnerability and finding our place in the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>Battlestar Galactica<\/em> actor Tahmoh Penikett also stars in the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em>From Me to You, <\/em>financed in part by Telefilm Canada and its Talent to Watch program, also has production coin from\u00a0Yukon Media Development, the\u00a0Canada Media Fund, Northwestel Community TV, the\u00a0Disability Screen Office\u00a0and the\u00a0Yukon Film Society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heated Rivalry producer Brendan Brady has jumped on board From Me to You, writer-director Daniel Little\u2019s romantic comedy set and shot in Canada\u2019s Yukon. 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