Lewis Pullman Cast in Motocross Drama 'Ragamuffin'
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- Lewis Pullman is set to play "Mad Mike," father of a 14-year-old aspiring motocross champion, in Kaitlyn Mikayla's feature directorial debut "Ragamuffin," currently in pre-production.
- David Permut will produce "Ragamuffin" under Permut Presentations with Alex Astrachan; Permut discovered Mikayla's short at Sundance and has financing underway.
- The original short film was executive produced by 4x Oscar nominee Jason Reitman, won Kodak Best Shot on Film (16mm) at HollyShorts, and Best Narrative Short at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, and is inspired by Mikayla's own motocross experience.
- Permut's Sundance development pipeline includes discovering Will McCormack and Rashida Jones and landing them to pen "The Invite," which sold to A24 for $10M+ in Sundance 2025's biggest sale, plus "Twinless" (Roadside Attractions) and Jack Black's "The Polka King" (Netflix).
- Kaitlyn Mikayla was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film and has directed international campaigns for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, Barneys New York, Juicy Couture, Nautica, Nine West, and Lucky Brand.
- Pullman is Emmy-nominated, repped by CAA and Anonymous Content, and most recently starred in Netflix's "Remarkably Bright Creatures" and SXSW narrative feature winner "Wishful Thinking."
Why it matters: Pullman — fresh off a SXSW-winning turn in "Wishful Thinking" and his Emmy-nominated Netflix run — continues stacking prestige indie credits outside his Marvel/Top Gun franchise work. For Permut, "Ragamuffin" extends a Sundance-to-studio pipeline that just delivered A24's $10M+ buy of "The Invite" in January.
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