page_title: Roger Steinmann
section_title: PhonY (in production)
hierarchical_section_title: Roger Steinmann / Career / PhonY (in production)
caption_attribution_description: English: PhonY-shoot in Phuket, by on-set still photographer Russel Geoffrey Banks, March 16, 2018
context_page_description: Roger Steinmann is a filmmaker and entrepreneur.
  Most notable is his biopic Illusion Infinity, starring Dee Wallace, Mickey Rooney, Timothy Bottoms, Barbara Carrera, Martin Kove, Theresa Saldana, and Lilyan Chauvin.
  In 2018, Steinmann started to film the farce-comedy PhonY in Switzerland and Thailand. The Los Angeles-segment had to be canceled due to lead actor Burt Reynolds' untimely death. In December 2019, Golden Globe winner Elke Sommer agreed to participate.
context_section_description: Our world caught up with constant (ab-)use of cell-phones: What would happen if all cells and computers became unusable? This topic led to the 2016/2018-screenplay 'PhonY' with the unique interactivity between segments in Los Angeles, Switzerland, Australia, Thailand and Canada.
  In spring 2018, the filming commenced in Switzerland with Pascal Ulli and Gilles Tschudi; it was followed by the Thai segment. The remaining segments with Burt Reynolds and Barbara Carrera were scheduled in Los Angeles for October 2018. Though, a mere month before, Burt Reynolds untimely passed away, and the production stalled temporarily. It is scheduled for a 2020 delivery.
caption: Roger Steinmann (left) on the set of 'PhonY' in Phuket/Thailand
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