New images of Rupert Friend in upcoming 'Renee' film

The upcoming indie film, Renee starring Kat Dennings (in the title role), Chad Michael Murray and Rupert Friend (as producer David McKenna) just launched its official site yesterday (Wednesday). The website looks great with lots of images (including on set and behind the scenes photos featuring RF in a few of them, which you can see below...) and cool contents to get you interested in the film.

"Renee" The Movie, was filmed entirely on location in Orlando, Florida. The indie drama is based on the true story of Renee Yohe, whose battle with drugs, depression, addiction and cutting led to the creation of the charity group To Write Love On Her Arms.

The movie is about a troubled young woman whose issues with self-esteem, substance abuse and self-injury (“cutting”) will star the formidable Kat Dennings, with Chad Michael Murray and Rupert Friend (“The Young Victoria”) also int the cast.

The film is slated for a 2012 release, but no theatrical release date has been announced yet.

No trailer yet either, but in the meantime, check out and watch the Behind The Scenes: The Music in the Movie "Renee" (which includes Rupert in one of the cast and crew interviews where he appeared a couple times at around 3:37 and 5:03) as well as on set, behind the scenes, and a still of Rupert as David McKenna. Plus the film's synopsis and more below! ...





(source: twostreetsENT)

Also, watch "Renee" Character Profile: Kat Dennings on playing 'Renee Yohe'  (featuring a few clips from the film, which features RF as McKenna) and see another bts video as I've previously posted here: Watch Behind The Scenes: A First Look into 'Renee' the Movie starring Kat Dennings and Rupert Friend

Official Synopsis

“Renee” follows 19-year-old Renee Yohe (Kat Dennings) who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the film follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery. The true story behind “Renee” is responsible for inspiring the global non-profit To Write Love on Her Arms.

On Set/BTS/Renee website screen capture
featuring Rupert Friend as David McKenna

 (source: Renee official site)

Updated 2/22/12 Here's a press release (sent to me via email from Ashley Slone, Press & Promotions at Bonded Entertainment. Thanks!)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Upcoming Rupert Friend Film, "Renee," Launches New Site Using Emerging “3D-Illusion” Web Design Trend

ORLANDO, FL (February 16, 2012) - The upcoming independent film "Renee," starring Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girl$, Thor), Rupert Friend (Pride & Prejudice), Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) and Corbin Bleu (High School Musical), launched its new Web site today, which utilizes an emerging “3D-illusion” trend in Web design.

"Renee" is at the forefront of film sites to implement horizontal parallax scrolling, which gives the site a “pseudo-3D” effect. This technique enables multiple backgrounds to move at different speeds, increasing the viewer’s sense of depth in the design and creating more engaging content.

On the new visually intriguing “Renee” site, fans can scroll through several scenes from the film, including one where Dennings crowd surfs across the screen.

To view the “Renee” Web site, visit http://www.ReneeTheMovie.com.

About "Renee"

"Renee” is an independent feature film produced by Two Streets Entertainment. "Renee," based on the true story that inspired the global non-profit movement To Write Love on Her Arms, was filmed in Orlando, FL in Spring 2011 and is anticipated for release in 2012.

Related Renee links
OFFICIAL - http://www.reneethemovie.com/
IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1850418/
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/reneethemovie
TWITTER - http://twitter.com/RENEEthemovie

In other RF movie news, on IMDB there's a new film listed on his filmography with the title: Meet Me in Montenegro, which the status said it's currently filming. In addition, according to Screen Daily, Alicia Vikander, Rupert Friend circle Country of Last Things (FYI: Alicia Vikander co-stars with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen in the upcoming Joe Wright film, Anna Karenina). Also, as I've previously posted last month, On Stage: Rupert Friend to star in Potter's 'Brimstone and Treacle' play  

Watch Behind The Scenes: A First Look into 'Renee' the Movie starring Kat Dennings and Rupert Friend

A video with the Behind The Scenes: A First Look into Renee - The Movie starring Kat Dennings (in the title role), Chad Michael Murray and Rupert Friend (as producer David McKenna) has just been released this past Thursday. It shows the cast filming, behind the scenes of the film, and on set interviews with the cast and crew including Rupert Friend.

“The Renee Project” (working title), was filmed entirely on location in Orlando, Florida. The indie drama is based on the true story of Renee Yohe, whose battle with drugs, depression, addiction and cutting led to the creation of the charity group To Write Love On Her Arms.

The movie is about a troubled young woman whose issues with self-esteem, substance abuse and self-injury (“cutting”) will star the formidable Kat Dennings, with Chad Michael Murray and Rupert Friend (“The Young Victoria”) also int the cast.

Check out and watch the BTS video below! I've included some screen captures I've made of Rupert's BTS and interview as well...

 Watch Behind The Scenes: A First Look into 'Renee' the Movie

(source: twostreetsENT)

BTS Screen Captures featuring Rupert Friend

 Renee - The Movie synopsis

The story follows 19-year-old Renee (Kat Dennings) who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee's life is that of a darker tale: she's a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery.

For more info., following the following...
OFFICIAL - http://www.reneethemovie.com/
IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1850418/
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/reneethemovie
TWITTER - http://twitter.com/RENEEthemovie

Music:
"The Valley" by Danny Leggett
"We Can Try" by Between the Trees

Rupert Friend starts filming 'Renee' with Kat Dennings and Chad Michael Murray

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Kat Dennings, Chad Michael Murray and Rupert Friend are all cast in and have started filming (Wednesday), “The Renee Project” (working title), in Orlando, Florida. The indie drama is based on the true story of Renee Yohe, whose battle with drugs, depression, addiction and cutting led to the creation of the charity group To Write Love On Her Arms.

The movie is about a troubled young woman whose issues with self-esteem, substance abuse and self-injury (“cutting”) will star the formidable Kat Dennings, with Chad Michael Murray and Rupert Friend (“The Young Victoria”) also int the cast.

Friend has largely made his mark in period pieces in the UK (“Cherie,” “Pride & Prejudice,” “The Last Legion”). Read full article here as well as set visit article here.

Also, Collider.com has more info about the indie film, Renee including a press release below...


The press release for The Renee Project:

“RENEE” Starts Filming In Orlando, Florida

KAT DENNINGS, CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY, & RUPERT FRIEND STAR

Independent Movie Also Features Onscreen Musical Performances By
Travie McCoy and Rachael Yamagata, Among Others


Feb. 24, 2011 (Orlando, FL).

Filming has begun on “RENEE,” the independently produced feature film inspired by the true story of Renee Yohe, a young Florida woman whose commitment to cease her cycle of chaos from drug addiction, alcohol abuse and self-injury motivates many teenagers and young adults today.  Starring Kat Dennings (upcoming “Thor,” “Norah and Nick’s Infinite Playlist”) as ‘Renee,’ Chad Michael Murray (“One Tree Hill”) as ‘Jamie Tworkowski’ and Rupert Friend (“The Young Victoria,” “Pride & Prejudice”) as ‘David McKenna,’ the supporting cast also includes Corbin Bleu (“High School Musical”), Mark Saul (“The Social Network,” “Grey’s Anatomy”), Will Peltz (“Sugar”) and Juliana Harkavy (upcoming “Dolphin Tale”).

Nathan Frankowski (“No Saints For Sinners”) directs the movie from the script he helped write with newcomer Kate King Lynch.  Their script is what attracted the attention of this remarkable cast who are some of the brightest young stars of Hollywood.

The story follows 19-year-old Renee (played by Kat Dennings) who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale:  she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury.  In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery.

Told in juxtaposition between gritty realities and rich fantasy, the film will also have a strong musical presence featuring performances on camera from Travie McCoy and singer/songwriter Rachael Yamagata, among others.

Two Streets Entertainment is a collaborative production endeavor of investors and producers fused together to ensure this story is told.

“Renee” is produced by Cameron “Kim” Dawson, David Blair McKenna, and David Nixon with Executive Producers Tom Swanson and Jayson Stringfellow rounding out the producing team. Paul Sirmons is the Line Producer.

Notably, Producer David Blair McKenna was the person who offered his home to Renee some years ago so she could become sober for those five days before entering rehab, which cemented their life-long friendship.

Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms (www.twloha.com), wrote a true story about meeting Renee during those intense five days.  He posted the story on MySpace, and to his surprise, found that it resonated with many teenagers and young adults to the extent that he created the successful non-profit group, naming it after the title of his story, “To Write Love on Her Arms.”  Since 2006, the TWLOHA team has responded to thousands of emails from over one hundred countries asking for help, as well as donating almost $1,000,000 for treatment and recovery.

Music Supervisor Josh Lujan Loveless of Orlando-based Bonded Records is responsible for signing onscreen musical groups for the film. In addition, he secured the rights for “Lose Your Soul,” an original tune from Anti Records’ indie band, Dead Man’s Bones (Ryan Gosling & Zach Shields)

Shot entirely on location in Orlando, where Renee Yohe is from, the movie will feature as many backgrounds and locations as possible from the actual true story.

Two Streets Entertainment is pleased to include Valencia Community College, The DAVE School, and Full Sail University as participants in production.  Some of their film major students are working on this movie to gain valuable experience.

Filming began on Feb. 23 and will wrap on March 29, 2011.

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‘Renee Project’ draws Dennings and Rupert Friend to an Orlando-made film  

Updated 3/1/11...
Like the facebook page for "Renee" the movie. The website for the movie is also now online! Contents coming soon! Also, check out the and Like the real Renee Yohe's facebook page!


Plus if you live in Orlando, Florida, you can sign up to be one of the extras for the following...
EXTRAS CASTING CALL - "MUSIC FESTIVAL SCENE"