One To Watch: Darren Weiss Hits the Big Screen in First Leading Role with Break, debuting In Theatres April 26th.

Carlos Lacayo
4 min readApr 23, 2024

Gravitas Ventures’ drama/thriller Break directed by Will Wernick stars Darren Weiss (Inside Man, Tin Soldier, Bardejov), Victor Rasuk (Reasonable Doubt, Netflix’s The Baker and The Beauty, HBO’s How To Make It In America), Jeff Kober (The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy), Caleb Emery (Good Girls, Hunters) Patricia Belcher (Father Stu, 500 Days Of Summer) and supporting cast includes Braedyn Bruner, Uriah Shelton (Freaky), Wendy Braun (Atypical), Suzen Baraka (Blue Bloods), and, introducing Petra C. Matheson, hits theatres across North America on April 26th, with a focus in Darren’s native Detroit, NY, Los Angeles, and more.

Break is a powerful underdog story with a lot of heart, reminiscent of 21 and 8 Mile” states Gravitas Vice President, Bill Guentzler. The Showdown Productions feature Break, which will hit MetaMedia and its cinema partners across North America on April 26th, will then be followed by a digital release on June 11th across Amazon, Itunes, VOD and more to be announced.

The film follows Eli (early 20s), played by Darren Weiss, as he juggles two jobs, tries to juggle taking care of his sister and mother, and relationship. A series of unexpected events Introduces him to the world of Detroit Pool where he learns his…

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Carlos Lacayo

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