Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall to Play Gay Cannabis Activists in Justin Kurzel’s ‘Burning Rainbow Farm’ About Infamous 2001 Police Siege
- Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall will star in the true-life thriller Burning Rainbow Farm directed by Justin Kurzel, set to launch at Cannes 2025.
- The film is based on the 2001 deadly police siege of Rainbow Farm in Michigan, where gay cannabis activists Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm faced local authorities after losing custody of their son.
- Burning Rainbow Farm portrays Crosslin and Rohm's creation of a peaceful pot-friendly utopia and culminates in one of America's largest standoffs involving police and the FBI.
- Director Kurzel described the film as a love story of two outliers raising their middle finger to hate, saying, "This is who we are, and we dare you to take it from us."
- The film, scripted by Tommy Murphy and based on Dean Kuipers' 2006 book, is expected to spotlight the courageous, memorable union of Stan and Woodall's characters and will release with CAA Media Finance handling North American rights.
Insights by Ground AI
Does this summary seem wrong?
13 Articles
13 Articles
All
Left
4
Center
Right
Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall to play a gay couple who run a 'stoner utopia'
Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall were recently announced as the stars of a film where they will play a gay couple, reports Variety. In the upcoming thriller, Burning Rainbow Farm, Woodall will portray Tom Crosslin and Stan will be Rollie Rohm. They are the only two people who have been announced for the cast thus far.The film follows the true story of Crosslin and Rohm, a gay couple in 1990s Michigan who built a “pot-friendly utopia” that was cons…
·Santa Fe, United States
Read Full ArticleCoverage Details
Total News Sources13
Leaning Left4Leaning Right0Center0Last UpdatedBias Distribution100% Left
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources lean Left
100% Left
L 100%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
Ownership
To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage