After All These Years, Patrick Duffy is Making His Big Screen Debut! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 08-13-2009, 12:06 AM

Patrick Duffy is making his studio feature debut in "You Again," a Disney comedy being directed by Andy Fickman. Jimmy Wolk also has come aboard.

The actors join Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis and Odette Yustman, among others, in a story that centers on a woman (Bell) who finds out that her brother is planning to marry the girl (Yustman) who made her high school years a living hell. She tries to convince him that his fiancee is not the nice girl she pretends to be.

Duffy will play a former high school crush of both Weaver and Curtis.

Despite gaining huge recognition in TV thanks to his starring role in primetime soap "Dallas," Duffy never made the transition to movies. (One reason was back then, series shot 30-35 episodes a season.) He starred in several TV movies, toplined the sitcom "Step by Step" with Suzanne Somers in the 1990s and recently has appeared in daytime serial "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Duffy's break was meeting Fickman at a Father's Day function -- the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute to television dads. Soon after, Fickman offered the actor, repped by Pakula/King & Associates, the part.

Wolk is playing the brother about to get married. The feature is a step up for the actor, who has appeared in CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Front of the Class" and the Disney/ABC pilot "Solving Charlie." Wolk is repped by WME Greenlight Management.

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Marvo301 · 08-13-2009, 12:30 AM

I hadn't realized that Patrick Duffy had never been in a big screen movie before. It's about time!

catlover79 · 08-13-2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

I hadn't realized that Patrick Duffy had never been in a big screen movie before. It's about time!

Same here! He's been in show biz for so long, I never realized he'd never appeared on the big screen. Better late than never!!

Schmoopie · 08-13-2009, 03:10 AM

That's cool! I didn't realize he hadn't been on the big screen either! It sounds like a good one, but I'll probably have to check it out on DVD. I seem to always miss the movies in the theatre and by the time I get around to it, they are already on DVD!

Patrick was in a made-for-TV movie; Danielle Steele's Daddy back in the early 90's I think. That's one of my favorite Danielle Steele books. My other one is Heartbeat. John Ritter is in that one. Both are really good. I'd love to read those again, since it's been so long!

Andrea

08-13-2009, 12:06 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	After All These Years, Patrick Duffy is Making His Big Screen Debut! Patrick Duffy is making his studio feature debut in "You Again," a Disney comedy being directed by Andy Fickman. Jimmy Wolk also has come aboard. The actors join Kristen Bell, Sigourney Weaver, Jamie Lee Curtis and Odette Yustman, among others, in a story that centers on a woman (Bell) who finds out that her brother is planning to marry the girl (Yustman) who made her high school years a living hell. She tries to convince him that his fiancee is not the nice girl she pretends to be. Duffy will play a former high school crush of both Weaver and Curtis. Despite gaining huge recognition in TV thanks to his starring role in primetime soap "Dallas," Duffy never made the transition to movies. (One reason was back then, series shot 30-35 episodes a season.) He starred in several TV movies, toplined the sitcom "Step by Step" with Suzanne Somers in the 1990s and recently has appeared in daytime serial "The Bold and the Beautiful." Duffy's break was meeting Fickman at a Father's Day function -- the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute to television dads. Soon after, Fickman offered the actor, repped by Pakula/King & Associates, the part. Wolk is playing the brother about to get married. The feature is a step up for the actor, who has appeared in CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame's "Front of the Class" and the Disney/ABC pilot "Solving Charlie." Wolk is repped by WME Greenlight Management. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...e5d2f4d479f424
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Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,460	I hadn't realized that Patrick Duffy had never been in a big screen movie before. It's about time!
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08-13-2009, 03:10 AM	#4
Schmoopie Keep Calm and Love Snoopy Forum Star Join Date: Jul 13, 2008 Location: Lynnwood, Washington Posts: 15,697	That's cool! I didn't realize he hadn't been on the big screen either! It sounds like a good one, but I'll probably have to check it out on DVD. I seem to always miss the movies in the theatre and by the time I get around to it, they are already on DVD! Patrick was in a made-for-TV movie; Danielle Steele's Daddy back in the early 90's I think. That's one of my favorite Danielle Steele books. My other one is Heartbeat. John Ritter is in that one. Both are really good. I'd love to read those again, since it's been so long! Andrea
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