Exclusive: Luke Greenfield On Directing The Comedy ‘Half Brothers’

Currently in theaters from Focus Features is the comedy Half Brothers, starring Luis Gerardo Méndez and Connor Del Rio. .

Directed by Luke Greenfield from a screenplay is written by Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman, co-stars included José Zúñiga, Vincent Spano, Pia Watson, Juan Pablo Espinosa, and Jwaundace Candece.

Renato, a successful Mexican aviation executive, is shocked to discover he has an American half-brother he never knew about, the free-spirited Asher. The two very different half-brothers are forced on a road journey together masterminded by their ailing father, tracing the path their father took as an immigrant from Mexico to the US.

Greenfield is best known for directing 2004 comedy The Girl Next Door, and the Jake Johnson-Damon Wayans Jr. comedy Let's Be Cops, which grossed $138 million worldwide on a budget of just $17 million. BlackFilmandTV.com recently caught up with Greenfield as he talked about mixing comedy with drama and casting the two leads.