'Water & Power' flows to screen

five years after "Water & Energy" bowed on stage in La, Richard Montoya, in the comedy troupe Culture Clash, is developing a movie version in the play.Montoya is writing, pointing and creating the drama that stars Jacob Vargas, Enrique Murciano, Nicholas Gonzalez and Clancy Brown of a California senator who must help his crooked cop from the brother from a criminal offence that has backfired on L.A.'s eastside.Murciano plays the politician, nicknamed Water, while Gonzalez might be the cop, Energy. Both received the nicknames by their father (Vargas), an worker for your city's Department water and.Movie, whose locations cover South Central and East La, is founded on happens play of the title that Montoya composed and first demonstrated in 2006 within the Mark Taper Forum, in L.A.The pic was modified incorporated within the Sundance Feature Film Lab in 2007. Producers are really wanting to premiere the film within the Sundance Film Festival within the month of the month of january.Montoya's recent credits include "Ray Crowne," "Nacho Libre" and "Falling Lower."Pic is produced by Mark Roberts through his Roberts/David Films shingle (behind "Others with Chocolate" and "Danika"). The film is executive produced by James Flach, and co-produced by Marco Santiago Junior. for SunCast Entertainment. Lorenzo O'Brien and Emilio Rivera work as co-producers."We're very excited to battle this wonderfully written script, that's helmed with a painter getting a strongly unique and distinct voice" Santiago Junior. mentioned. Contact Marc Graser at marc.graser@variety.com