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May 20, 2024
FAYE DUNAWAY WRAPS FILMING ON JONATHAN BAKER’S ‘FATE THE MOVIE’ AHEAD OF CELEBRATORY MOMENT AT CANNES FOR HER HBO DOCUMENTARY ‘FAYE’
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Baker Entertainment Group, a film production company led by
visionary filmmaker Jonathan Baker, has announced Janet Montgomery as a young Faye Dunaway in
“Fate The Movie”. Dunaway has just wrapped her role as Tilly, which spans an entire lifetime, bridging
the character to life by the talents of both Dunaway and Montgomery into one central character. While
the film is still in production, this marks a significant milestone in her legendary career as Dunaway
heads to Cannes to screen her celebratory HBO documentary “Faye”. Highland Film Group will be on
the ground selling “Fate The Movie” from writer-producer-director Jonathan Baker, making this his
second to last film he’ll ever create.
Janet Montgomery, playing Young Tilly, was cast out of hundreds of actors for this role. “She stepped
in with beauty, love, and laughter to play a strong sophisticated soul which will illuminate the film.
Once Janet listened to the music of the movie, Nessun Dorma, Nat King Cole's ‘Unforgettable’, and
our original song “forever is yesterday” by singer songwriter Trease,” said Baker. “Out of all our cast
members, Janet has worked the hardest to embody and challenge her character through Faye
Dunaway and into her original performance of Young TIlly. Everyone is a muse in this movie for me as
I step into every character as I bring them to life. With Janet's background and chemistry with
Brandon Routh, this is an epic love story that will live on forever.”
“I think he’s one of the important directors that we’re watching today. And I think it’s a really interesting
film. He’s got a great cast, it’s an amazing script, and what drew me to the film is we’re all in a holistic
retreat so that means maybe we’re not all there at the same time and it’s interesting from that point of
view. I like him very much. And I'm glad to be in this film with him,” said Faye Dunaway in an interview
with Vancouver Sun.
Jonathan Baker stated, “Faye Dunaway is one of the greatest actors of our time. When I crafted her
role in the film “Fate”, I could see no one else that could play that part better than her. With such
respect and admiration, I had the pleasure to experience the brilliant performance of Faye Dunaway
alongside Harvey Keitel in my film.”
Synopsis: It takes a minute to find a special person and an entire lifetime to forget them. After a
rescue mission gone wrong, a firefighter Sam Ellis (Brandon Routh) connects with a stranger from the
past Tilly (Janet Montgomery) while he's healing at a rehabilitation center and is transported through
time to find the only thing saving his soul, is his realization of true love.
Jonathan Baker is producing “Fate The Movie” after being in development for five years, bringing a
singular ambition and passion to creating this feature film.
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Company Websitehttps://www.bakerentertainmentgroup.com
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