About Shadow Factory

Shadow Factory is dedicated to producing commercially successful entertainment projects under an efficient economic model. The company is anchored on the creative talent of C. Jay Cox, and structured through the practical experience of Bob Schuck and Richard Santilena and Scott Zimmerman

The Company's goal is to create a body of work that is entertaining, profitable and reflects the creative vision of the partners

Shadow Factory will grow by developing a variety of projects that cover a range of changing markets. With a flexible structure and cohesive production team, more emphasis can be placed on project development and assembling the right talent for the right endeavor. Having worked collaboratively for years, the partners know how to bring together the proper mix of people and resources to make any pursuit meaningful, successful and entertaining.

Shadow Factory's First Project

Kiss the Bride is the latest feature film project from award-winning filmmaker C. Jay Cox, the creative talent behind the hit movies Sweet Home Alabama and Latter Days. Incorporating the elements of great storytelling - an engaging premise, a compelling narrative, and relatable characters - this original screenplay by Ty Lieberman weaves a sweetly romantic and sexy tale. A 2005 Outfest Los Angeles Screenwriting Lab Finalist, Kiss the Bride combines familiar themes from C. Jay's previous films - as well as such past successes as My Best Friend's Wedding, Beautiful Thing, and The Wedding Banquet - with a humor and genuine quality that will appeal to a wide range of viewers.

Synopsis

In high school, Matt (Philipp Karner) and Ryan (James O’Shea) were best friends.  More than friends, actually.  But in the ensuing ten years, they’ve lost contact.  So when Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he’s surprised – especially that Ryan is marrying a woman!
 
Matt interrupts his ideal alternative lifestyle to return to his hometown.  He plans to rescue his former love from whatever “she-devil” has trapped him into this huge mistake.

On the other hand, Ryan’s perky fiancée Alex (Tori Spelling) takes quite the liking to Matt.  Is she very cunning, disarmingly ditzy, completely adorable… or all three? 

As Matt tries to rekindle the old flame, Ryan is intent on putting out any sparks.  Ryan dismisses their old romance as just a “high school thing”, but Matt realizes Ryan may still be the love of his life.  All the while, Matt must deal with “his new best friend” Alex, the two families (Joanna Cassidy, Tess Harper, Robert Foxworth), and a hometown he thought he’d left entirely in the past. 

As the wedding day fast approaches (like a meteor hurtling toward ground zero), old feelings resurface and secrets are revealed.  Each of them must balance the past with the present, and make a choice that will determine the rest of their lives.  

Kiss the Bride is a sexy, fun, romantic comedy, proving the boundaries of love, sexuality and identity are never constant.