Palm checks into 'Motel'
Sundance pic bought by studio
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The film was developed at the Sundance Filmmakers Lab in 2002, where Kang worked with Sundance alum Miguel Arteta, a producer on "The Motel."
"The Motel" was also produced by Matthew Greenfield, Arteta's producing partner at Flan de Coco Films, as well as Gina Kwon and Karin Chien.
Exec producers are Richard, Esther and Edie Shapiro.
Palm Pictures' David Koh brokered the deal.
"The Motel" is the story of 13-year-old Ernest Chin, who lives and works at a sleazy, hourly-rate motel on a strip of desolate suburban byway. Misunderstood by his family and blindly careening into puberty, Ernest befriends Sam Kim, a self-destructive yet charismatic Korean-American man who has checked in to the motel. Sam teaches the fatherless boy all the rites of manhood.
The primarily Asian-American cast is led by Jeffrey Chyau (Ernest), Sung Kang (Sam) and Jade Wu.
"The Motel" is the first film that longstanding partners Greenfield and Arteta are producing as a team. Formerly, the duo's projects, such as Fox Searchlight pic "The Good Girl" and Artisan Entertainment's "Chuck and Buck"have been helmed by Arteta and produced by Greenfield.
