Film News Roundup: Stunt Coordinator Shauna Duggins Directing ‘Guardian’

In today’s film news roundup, stunt coordinator Shauna Duggins is moving into the director’s chair, an arm-wrestling comedy is heading for the big screen and “Socrates” gets sold.Director HiredEmmy-winning stunt coordinator Shauna Duggins will direct the action drama “Guardian” from Cory Byam’s script in her directorial debut.Voltage Pictures and Wonderland Sound are the production companies.

Producers are McG and Mary Viola, Voltage’s Nicolas Chartier and Dominic Rustam.

Steven Bello of Wonderland and Jonathan Deckter of Voltage are also executive producers of the project, alongside Duggin’s long-time collaborator Brian Machleit.“Guardian” tells the multi-layered story of a top assassin who becomes the reluctant guardian for the son of the last man he killed – entangling himself in a mob power struggle and an unexpected crisis of conscience.

Duggins became the first female stunt professional to win an Emmy in 2018 for her work on Netflix’s “Glow.

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