Ugly betty star America Ferrera will topline and executive produce the drama American Tragic, with Ryan Piers Williams helming from his own screenplay.
Latino mini studio Maya Entertainment will produce and distribute the picture, with Heather Rae. Sergio Aguero will executive produce the film along with America Ferrrera.
The film will mark the second collaboration of Maya, which also distributed Ferrera starrer How the Garcia Girls Spent their Summer.
“We hope that this is validation of the job we did on ‘Garcia Girls,’ ” said Jeff Valdez, who co-chairs Maya Entertainment along with founder Moctesuma Esparza.
The film revolves around a young war veteran, played by newcomer Ryan O’Nan, who sets off across the country with a buddy to find redemption Ferrera will play his wife and Melissa Le his mother.
The film will begin production in February in New Mexico for a projected fall 2009 release.
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