Six Days in Evergreen by Shane Stanley + The Legend of Van Dorn Debuts at Cannes

Musician & Producer #1 Box Office Hit Gridiron Gang Debuts Two Films at Cannes

Los Angeles, CA (April 22, 2025). Shane Stanley is a 2X Emmy® Award-winner, musician and filmmaker. He produced #1 box office hit, Gridiron Gang that starred Dwayne Johnson. Shane will be screening two new films at Cannes Film Festival next month. The films are Six Days in Evergreen starring Dawn Olivieri (Yellowstone, Lioness) in her debut lead singing role. And, The Legend of Van Dorn based on the life of Civil War General Earl Van Dorn. Whose personal demons ultimately led to his demise and radically changed the outcome of the war.

Six Days in Evergreen is a labor-of-love passion project by Shane Stanley. It stars Yellowstone breakout phenom Dawn Olivieri (“Sarah Atwood”) in her debut lead singing role. A renowned, struggling rock star returns to her small town. As she unexpectedly reconnects with her first love and former songwriting partner. She must repair the damaged friend and family relationships she left in the wake of her fame years ago.

Over 20 original songs are from Stanley. Along with Grammy® nominated composer and producer Ran Pink. Plus film and commercial composer Tommy Fields. They are in the soundtrack and have been cleared for worldwide usage and licensing.

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The stellar cast includes Penelope Ann Miller (The Artist, Monster). Johnny Whitworth (Empire Records, Limitless, 3:10 to Yuma). Richard Burgi (The Sentinel, Desperate Housewives) and A Martinez (Ambulance, Longmire). Grammy Award-winner Debby Boone, and Kaitlin Doubleday. Reggie Austin (Agent Carter, Pretty Little Liars).

An indie film force, Stanley has made a dozen top-producing independent films, serving as a multitasking writer, producer, director, and editor, much like recent Oscar®-award winner Sean Baker (Anora). Over the past two years, his film Double Threat, starring Danielle C. Ryan, Matthew Lawrence and Dawn Olivieri, was listed on The New York Times’ “Top 5-Action Movies to Stream Now” list and was the sole indie feature among Hollywood blockbusters on Amazon Prime’s “Top 10 in the US” list, remaining there for two months and peaking at #4. The film has enjoyed similar success on Netflix’s worldwide charts, ranking #1 in 16 of 17 countries upon its debut and remains on the platform’s list of most watched films in 2024. His feature Night Train, starring Danielle C. Ryan and Diora Baird, premiered on HULU. Where it reached #1 and remained in the top spot for an astonishing fiveconsecutive weeks.

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Stanley is the author of What You Don’t Learn In Film School.” The best-selling movie production audiobook of all time. He has won over two dozen prestigious international film and TV awards spanning his 35+ year career in “the biz.”

Artist View Entertainment will screen The Legend of Van Dorn and Six Days in Evergreen at Cannes Sales Office. Riviera E7 for details. For more information, please visit artistviewent.com or email Scott J Jones [email protected] or Patti Rose at [email protected].

Artist View Entertainment
Established in 1991 by its President Scott J. Jones. Artist View Entertainment. Inc. is a distributor of feature films and TV programming. Licensing its content through theatrical, home video, pay-per-view (PPV), Free TV, Cable TV and Pay TV. And, all forms of video-on-demand (VOD). Through the years Artist View has entered into license agreements across all forms of media. With some of the largest independent distributors and studios in the world.

Now is in its 34th year of operations. Artist View is a well-established, globally recognized independent distribution company. It is known for the 250+ projects it represents in all genres and budget ranges.

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