A Thundercane Production
A Thundercane Production
The Film
Mock Trial is a semi-scripted, semi-improvised ensemble mockumentary.
Think Mighty Ducks meets Election with a dash of A Few Good Men. An underdog story with jokes, and big ill-fitting suits.
Directed by Jessica McKenna
Written by Jessica McKenna & Zach Reino
A story about the passions that burn bright when we're young — and the glory days that shape who we become.
Starring
Jessica McKenna
Zach Reino
Mario Houle
Brianna Reed
Cheri Oteri
With
Lennon Parham · Zeke Nicholson
Payam Banifaz · Ross Bryant
Mary Sohn · Paul F. Tompkinsand more
Official Trailer
On Screen
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Creative Team
Co-Writers · Executive Producers · Director
Zach Reino & Jessica McKenna are a versatile musical comedy duo. They wrote and composed music for the WGA Award-winning Peacock series Baking It starring Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler and Andy Samberg. The duo has also written songs and musical sketches for Rick and Morty, Party Over Here (a Fox sketch show produced by The Lonely Island), the Peacock series Pitch Perfect: Bumper In Berlin, Buzzfeed, FunnyOrDie and Nickelodeon. Zach and Jess have developed TV and film projects with Dropout TV, David Wain (The State, Role Models, Wanderlust) and Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions. They also created and starred in Serious Music, a digital series for ABC. This past summer, they wrapped production on their independent feature film Mock Trial — written by and starring the duo, with Jessica directing. Currently, Zach and Jess are co-writing and co-directing with David Wain on their musical Three Months Later.
Their musical podcast Off Book has been praised by Indie Wire, USA Today, Parade, AV Club and Splitsider, and featured at Comedy Central's Clusterfest, Moontower, the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, and the Netflix Is A Joke Festival in LA. Zach and Jess were named one of Vulture's "Comedians You Should and Will Know" and in 2019 released their debut full-length comedy album The Calendar Album with Comedy Dynamics. Off Book is currently touring North America and consistently selling out venues across major markets.
Director of Photography · Producers
Matt Kane and Marc Underhill of Thundercane Productions are a team with over 10 years experience behind the camera. After starting with online sketches, they quickly pivoted to narrative film, with their first short Moving In premiering at the Provincetown International Film Festival. Their first feature, Auggie, starred Richard Kind and was released by Samuel Goldwyn Films for US Theatrical distribution to critical acclaim, Myriad Pictures for international sales, and was selected by the New York Times’ Fall Movies Preview. Recent credits include the viral shorts Practically Gay (5.5M+ views) and I Live In Your House (890K+ views), the upcoming sci-fi-comedy feature Embodiment and two to-be-released comedy music videos for Dropout TV.