James T. North wanted to make a limited-budget film that blends both trained and non-trained actors in a film. In the production process, he crafted a nifty story of vigilantes exacting revenge against sexual abusers after hearing a story from a personal friend for Filthy Animals. With his childhood friends of Austan Wheeler and Ryan Patrick Brown, family and former professor, two vigilantes are born in hunting down child molesters but with their own personal character flaws in the movie.

The film also stars Raymond J. Barry (Just Married, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story), Mena Elizabeth Santos (The Red Tide Massacre, When Today Ends), and Peter Larney (Housecall).

Here is the official synopsis:

Set on Christmas Eve, Filthy Animals tells the story of two outlaw misfits, Lars, a thrill-seeking drug enthusiast, and Freddy, a bodybuilder recently out of rehab, who hunt down child sexual predators.

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LRM Online’s Gig Patta talked with director James T. North and actor Austan Wheeler about the project’s origins, exploring the characters’ mental capacities, a third storyline character with the flower shop, and vigilantes hunting sexual predators.

James T. North studied film production and media studies at El Camino College. Previously, he produced a short film The Painter about a former championship boxer confronting his rage and sorrow after a family member makes a documentary film about him. Filthy Animals is his feature film directorial debut.

Austan Wheeler is best known for his villainous role in the ID Channel series Betrayed. He was trained in the film and television department at Point Loma Nazarene University and minored in theater under the teachings of Walter Williams. He also studied under John Homa and Jeff Dockweiler at JH Productions. His earlier stage theater work included Tom Giles in Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man and as The Valet in Jean-Paul Satre’s No Exit. He appeared in the television series Wild West Chronicles as Emmit. His other credits include appearing in short films with Umbra, He Believed in Himself, It Made All the Difference, The Best Man, and Are You Worthy of Good in Your Life.

Filthy Animals is in select theaters and available on VOD on Friday, December 13.

Watch the exclusive interview with James T. North and Austan Wheeler below. Let us know what you think of the interview.

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Source: LRM Online Exclusive, Freestyle Digital Media