Indio Downey Lands First Lead in 'Love In Vein' — SkimNews
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- Indio Downey booked his first lead movie role as Damien in Love In Vein, after brief film appearances including Kiss Kiss Bang Bang alongside his father, Robert Downey Jr.
- Muse Productions is producing Love In Vein in association with ArtHouse Gooning.
- Will De Los Santos wrote and directed Love In Vein from the late Ryan Leone novel Wasting Talent, saying he wanted to honor Leone’s voice and the novel’s rawness without softening its edges.
- Chris Hanley, whose producing credits include American Psycho, Spring Breakers and The Virgin Suicides, will produce alongside Orson Oblowitz, Tricia van Klaveren and Ben D. Wallace; he previously produced Two Girls and a Guy starring Robert Downey Jr. and called working with Indio a “full-circle moment.”
- Jeffrey Gliwa is financing Love In Vein through Blue Shark Pictures and serving as executive producer.
- Love In Vein has principal photography scheduled for Los Angeles in March and April 2027, with additional casting currently underway.
- Robert Downey Jr. experienced addiction issues in the 1990s and overcame them on his way to becoming one of the world’s highest-paid and most in-demand actors, an echo of the themes in Love In Vein.
Why it matters: Indio Downey’s move from brief film appearances to the lead of Love In Vein puts his first starring movie role on the March-April 2027 schedule. Chris Hanley’s involvement adds a direct Downey-family full circle after he produced Robert Downey Jr. in Two Girls and a Guy.
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