says the person whose job it is to
prevent history from changing. It’s
a race against time for everyone.
Will history change?
ReRUN was written by Gary O.
Bennett and directed by his wife
Alyssa Rallo Bennett. The two
New Jersey residents founded
and run Stonestreet Studios, Inc.,
a multi-purpose, visual motion
picture production studio in New
York City. The studio creates feature
films, TV pilots, web series,
and short form content. Nearly all
of the scenes in ReRUN were shot
in New Jersey (mostly Tenafly and
Bergenfield locations).
The Bennett’s, who originally met
while both were working on their
first film projects, have a great
working relationship in which they
are both committed to making
films together. Gary writes a piece,
Alyssa reads it and makes notes.
Gary then rewrites it and give it
back to his wife. The works eventually
get readings, more development,
and are created with the
idea of Alyssa directing and both
of them serving as producers.
Gary Bennett says he has been
interested in science fiction and
the possibility of time travel ever
since he was a kid. “One of my favorite
Star Trek episodes from the
first year or two was ‘The City on
the Edge of Forever’ where they
go back to Nazi Germany. Spock
figures out that if Kirk falls in love
with this woman and prevents her
from dying that the whole war will
change and Nazi Germany will
win. In ReRUN, we refer to the
characters as time travelers and
they do travel in time and space as
well, but we don’t define who they
are. They were inspired by The
Beatles and It’s a Wonderful Life.”
In the same vein as the Frank
Capra classic, George learns that
changing history can have unforeseen
results.
“The thing that made me fall in
love with this script and made me
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