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EXCLUSIVE: Matty Matheson and Ricky Staffieri, stars of FX’s The Bear, person collaborated pinch shaper Hannah Welever to motorboat Super Athletic Film Co., a accumulation institution focused connected championing a caller people of creatives successful their activity connected original stories for movie & TV.
Matheson and Staffieri forged an instant enslaved connected nan award-winning culinary bid The Bear, returning for its last play successful June, pinch their roles arsenic Fak brothers, Neil and Teddy. They connected pinch Welever done that show, wherever she served arsenic producer’s adjunct and, astatine 1 point, 2nd portion head of photography.
At Super Athletic Film Co., Matheson and Staffieri will service arsenic executive producers, pinch Welever arsenic Head of Development. The institution launches pinch a slate already successful mobility — their first characteristic being Grind, a darkly comedic thriller directed by Peter Collins Campbell connected which we first reported successful August 2025. Starring Janeane Garofalo, Jack Haven, Hari Nef, and Killer Mike and EL-P of Run nan Jewels, that title won nan 2026 Frontieres Platform astatine nan Marche Du Film successful Cannes and is still successful post.
Super Athletic Film Co. conscionable premiered its short, Run It Back, arsenic portion of nan Vital Stories filmmaker programme astatine nan Tribeca Festival. Directed by Abby Pierce and starring Tiffany “Tiny” Cruz and Sing Sing‘s Clarence Maclin, nan movie follows Sweet Tea (Cruz) successful nan 12 hours pursuing her re-entry into nine aft a four-year situation sentence.
In summation to its activity successful movie and TV, Super Athletic Film Co. will supply full-service commercialized accumulation services, partnering pinch brands, agencies and creatives connected premium marque campaigns.
“The older we get, nan much we recognize making things is simply a batch for illustration being connected a sports team,” nan Super Athletic trio told Deadline. “It’s not astir uncovering nan shiniest group successful nan room. It’s astir creating pinch group who make you better, nan group who situation you, animate you, and who you genuinely want to walk your clip with.”
An executive shaper on The Bear, successful summation to playing Neil Fak, Matheson is simply a chef, restaurateur, actor, producer, and three-time New York Times bestselling writer who owns 9 restaurants successful Canada and nan U.S. He runs Matheson Food Company, Blue Goose Farm, and nan relaunched Rosa Rugosa brand, fronts nan set Pig Pen, lends his sound to animated features like Gabby’s Dollhouse and Toy Story 5, and returned pinch Season 3 of his Netflix cooking series Just a Dash in January. He is repped by WME.
Staffieri is co-executive shaper on The Bear, successful summation to playing Teddy Fak, and tin adjacent beryllium seen in Vought Rising, Amazon MGM’s prequel to The Boys and Gen V. As a filmmaker, he has developed and produced award-winning communicative projects, documentaries, branded campaigns, and original content. He is repped by Independent Artist Group, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
A champion of underrepresented filmmakers, Welever is simply a shaper pinch a inheritance successful directing and cinematography. A co-producer connected Ramy Youssef’s caller HBO drama special, In Love, she astir precocious served arsenic subordinate shaper connected Caleb Hearon’s upcoming comedy Trash Mountain.
