{"id":28615,"date":"2021-10-29T15:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=28615"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:48:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:48:16","slug":"bounce-announces-new-original-movie-starring-wendell-pierce-lauren-holly-dont-hang-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/29\/bounce-announces-new-original-movie-starring-wendell-pierce-lauren-holly-dont-hang-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Bounce Announces New Original Movie Starring Wendell Pierce &#038; Lauren Holly &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Hang Up&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13516\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-560x301.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-260x140.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/bounce_logo_720x486-160x86.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Bounce, the leading broadcast and multi-platform entertainment network serving African Americans, today announced the new original movie &#8220;<strong><em>Don&#8217;t Hang Up<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; an action-thriller based upon real-life events starring Wendell Pierce (&#8220;<em>The Wire<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Tom Clancy&#8217;s Jack Ryan<\/em>&#8220;) and Lauren Holly (&#8220;<em>NCIS<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Picket Fences<\/em>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>The thriller revolves around Chris Daniels (Pierce), a husband and father whose life is upended when he gets a phone call that hurls him into a harrowing journey to save his family. Told his daughter has been taken hostage, Chris is ordered by the kidnappers to complete a series of missions to get her back, all while maintaining one deceptively simple rule: Don&#8217;t hang up.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1554999380\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, the growing number of unanswered texts and calls from his wife Tracy (Holly) leads to escalating fear and even police interference &#8211; which unwittingly puts the safe return of their daughter (Eden Cupid, &#8220;<em>Umbrella Academy<\/em>&#8220;) in even greater jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Don&#8217;t Hang Up<\/em>&#8221; is currently in production in Toronto and will world premiere on Bounce in the spring of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are elated to have Wendell Pierce and Lauren Holly in the starring roles of &#8216;<em>Don&#8217;t Hang Up,<\/em>&#8216; &#8221; said David Hudson, Head of Original Programming, Scripps Networks. &#8220;We are elevating our original programming with superlative artists in unique, high-quality, high-octane stories. This stellar cast will take writer William &#8216;Byl&#8217; Caruthers&#8217; fantastic page-turner screenplay to incredible heights and &#8216;<em>Don&#8217;t Hang Up<\/em>&#8216; will be an edge-of-your-seat thriller.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an actor, I always look for opportunities to do good work with good material. &#8216;<em>Don&#8217;t Hang Up<\/em>&#8216; is a film that meets this standard,&#8221; said Pierce. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always wanted to do a thriller, where an ordinary man is thrown into an extraordinary situation. 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