"Mayor Cupcake" to start filming this month

This article in The Cape Gazette confused me because it's dated August 17th but says "Next Monday, August 17th," but either way, a movie called Mayor Cupcake? Pretty cool!

Look out, Bridgeville – here comes Mayor Cupcake.

She’s going to shut down city hall and move all the town offices into booths at Jimmy’s Grille.

She’s going to make the town lean and prosperous, nationally famous and be courted, herself, for national office.

And all without swearing or nudity.

If it sounds like famous movie director Frank Capra meets Sarah Palin in Sussex County, you’re on the right track.

Only in this case the director is Dewey Beach’s Alex Pires and the star, playing Mayor Cupcake, is Lea Thompson of “Back to the Future,” “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “Caroline in the City” fame. Bring in Judd Nelson from a number of 1980s brat-pack films like “Breakfast Club” to play a recalcitrant Georgetown antique dealer and all of a sudden Delaware’s southernmost county is beginning to glitter.

Starting next Monday, Aug. 17, filming will begin on the full-length feature titled “Mayor Cupcake.”...

Pires said the story goes like this. Mayor Cupcake starts as an uneducated, dropout, inexperienced maker of cupcakes. Lea Thompson’s husband, Howard Deutch, who directed and met her on the set of “Some Kind of Wonderful,” also plays in the movie as the Bridgeville mayor’s best friend. Their two daughters in real life play her daughters in the film. Nelson plays an antiques dealer based loosely on the real Sussex antiques dealer known as Quail. Cupcake loves the fact that he deals in antiques but rarely sells them. “Her world is Bridgeville, exactly as we know it,” said Pires. “The town hall is there, the fire department, Rapa Scrapple. It’s very beautiful – exactly like it is. Life is fine.

“Act Two,” said Pires, “One of the daughters forges her mother’s name and puts her on the ballot in an election against the popular mayor. She tries to get off the ticket but can’t. In the election she gets eight votes. The incumbent mayor gets 800. No harm, no foul. But then the incumbent chokes on a cupcake and dies. Cupcake becomes Mayor Cupcake.”


Oh, and Greta Van Susteren of Fox News fame will play herself!

Interestingly, I couldn't find it on IMDB (International Movie Database), but I did find a Mr. Cupcakes. Here's the blurb about it from IMDB:

MR. CUPCAKES is a stylish and unique comedy with a serious heart. David is a famous baker; his only problem is that he hasn't baked anything in his whole life. Would he be able to stand against everyone at the ultimate Bakeoff, in order to save the person he loves? Mr. Cupcakes uses the point of view of an all American 'hero' to explore the different layers of the dysfunctional relationship of an Asian father and his 'useless' Asian- American daughter. Written by Anonymous

And you can watch Drew Selzter's audition for Mayor Cupcake on YouTube.

Comments

Cute blog! Just to cure your confusion - the article in the Cape Gazette was printed Friday, but not posted on the web until this morning.
Falsk said…
Just so you know, the film is not yet listed on IMDB and isn't related to "Mr. Cupcake". I assume someone will put it up closer towards the end of production.
The Delaware Independent Filmmakers are proud to have helped in the pre-production of this film. We have a few members working on the film and we can't wait to see it. www.whatsthedif.net