About

Mitch Klebanoff

began his career by writing DISORDERLIES for Warner Brothers. He then co-produced and wrote the #1 Box Office hit, BEVERLY HILLS NINJA, starring Chris Farley and Chris Rock. These films opened the door for numerous writing assignments including a draft of OCEAN’S 11 and rewrites on the thriller, 36 HOURS TO DIE staring Treat Williams and Kim Catrall and a production rewrite on THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD staring Jeff Daniels, Catherine O’Hara and Dabney Coleman. He has sold over twenty feature film scripts to DISNEY, TOUCHSTONE, UNIVERSAL, WARNER BROTHERS, NEWLINE, TRISTAR, SONY, MGM, UNITED ARTISTS, LIONSGATE and TNT. He has performed rewrite work and consulting on projects starring Hillary Duff, Alicia Silverstone and Jami Fox. His work covers all genres – comedy, suspense, fantasy, and science fiction. He has worked with stars such as Chris Farley, Chris Rock and Dana Carvey. Films he has written have attracted talent such as Nick Cage, John Travolta, Treat Williams, and Eric Stoltz, as well as top directors. In just the past five years, he has produced over forty half hours of television for Disney and written a pilot for ABC FAMILY. Currently, he has completed a screenplay for SONY, entitled BOAT PARTY and one for LIONSGATE, entitled HORNY OLD MEN to star Michael Caine. In the next year, his latest film, THE DANCING NINJA, which he wrote and produced, will be released by CJ Entertainment and Sony.

Lucas Grabeel

Springfield, Missouri native Lucas Grabeel began his acting career in local community theater productions such as Oliver!, Romeo and Juliet, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He ventured out to Los Angeles in 2004, and soon began working on the third installment of the Halloweentown series; the Disney Channel Original Movie, Halloweentown High as the character Ethan Dalloway. He reprised his role in the fourth installment, Return to Halloweentown. In 2006, he was cast as Ryan Evans in the Disney Channel telefilm High School Musical, he became an active part of an ongoing media phenomenon that has encompassed a 2007 telefilm sequel (High School Musical 2) and a 2008 feature film (High School Musical 3: Senior Year); directed by Kenny Ortega. Grabeel has made TV guest appearances on TV series such as Boston Legal, Til Death, Veronica Mars, and Smallville. Some of his other movies include, The Adventures of Food Boy, Alice upside down, Lock and Roll Forever, and College Road Trip. In 2008 he appeared in the movie Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Sean Penn. Grabeel was voted Most Likely to Do Big Things in 2009 by MTV. He founded his very own production company called 14341 Productions. Grabeel was honored with the Maverick Star Award at The Temecula Valley International Film Festival for his extraordinary diverse talent and the impressive body of work he has amassed in both film and music. He co-starred in the upcoming film What’s Wrong with Virgina, directed by Lance Black. Grabeel most recently played the lead in the film The Legend of the Dancing Ninja.