Hawaii Crew Get A Special Delivery
Special Delivery, a low-budget movie of the week for the Lifetime Movie Network, begins 15 days of shooting on Friday through Feb. 22. There have been four weeks of pre production. The film is expected to air in December.
Special Delivery stars Lisa Edelstein (pictured first below, credit Michael Yarish/FOX), who plays Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the FOX series House, and Brenda Song (pictured second below), who plays London Tipton on Suite Life.
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Edelstein plays Pacific Rim bonded courier Maxine Carter. She must transport uppity teen Alice (Song) from her father in China to her mother in Hawaii. Max soon discovers a trap has been set up for her client and must do everything she can to keep Alice safe. Michael Scott is directing. The original script is by Matt Dearborn.
The entire film will be shot at about 16 locations on Oahu, including Kahala, Waikiki, Chinatown, North Shore, Turtle Bay Resort. Honolulu Airport, a nightclub, hospital, and several street scenes.
The production company — Special Delivery LLC — is based at the Hawaii Media Inc. in Halawa Valley. The MOV is the first by the Island Film Group headed by Ric Galindez and Roy Tjioe. Some 90 percent of the crew is local, according to producer Francis Conway. (Conway is a Hawaii production veteran having worked here on Blue Crush, Baywatch Hawaii, Baywatch movies and the NBC cop series Hawaii.) The only crew and execs brought in from Los Angeles are the production designer, director of photographer, assistant director and Conway. Local crew include Randy Spangler as locations coordinator; Dean Des Jarlais, gaffer; Anna Fishburn, extras casting director, and Brock Little, stunt coordinator. Little was stunt coordinator on the HBO series John from Cincinnati.
Producer Conway describes Special Delivery as a Midnight Run-style action-comedy.
The entire cast is local with the exception of the two stars. Producers need about 18 background actors of all ages and ethnicities who will receive $75-$135 for eight hours work, plus any overtime. There will not be any weekend filming. A few scenes are supposed to be China so Asian actors are needed. The rest of the film takes place in Hawaii. What is especially needed are a 20-35 year old male and female “club goers.”