William Fichtner to make directorial debut with passion project

William Fichtner is set to make his directorial debut with a film he has co-written.
The actor will appear in and direct Cold Brook, a drama that will film this summer (17) in Buffalo and Cortland County, New York. Sons of Anarchy’s Kim Coates and Lost’s Harold Perrineau will also appear in the movie.
Fichtner will also produce the project, which will tell “the story of two ordinary guys in a small town who embark on an extraordinary adventure”.
He adds, “It’s a story about coming home; something everyone, everywhere has an innate desire to do.”
The actor began writing the film several years ago, and admits he always knew he wanted his Black Hawk Down co-star Coates to star in the production.
“When my writing partner, Cain DeVore, and I began to work on Cold Brook, and the story evolved over the years, the one thing that never changed was that we were writing it for me and Kim Coates,” Fichtner adds. “I met Coates in 2001 shooting Black Hawk Down in Morocco, and we’ve been great friends ever since.”