Juicers
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Drama, Sport
Juicers follows two lifelong friends racing toward a pro bodybuilding dream. Funny, raw, and intense, their friendship is tested as ambition and rivalry collide, in a story about who we were, who we hoped to be, and who we become - making you question what you’d risk for your dream.
Juicers
New York City, New York | Film Feature
Drama, Sport
1 Campaigns | New Jersey, United States
59 supporters | followers
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Goal: $20,000 for development
Juicers follows two lifelong friends racing toward a pro bodybuilding dream. Funny, raw, and intense, their friendship is tested as ambition and rivalry collide, in a story about who we were, who we hoped to be, and who we become - making you question what you’d risk for your dream.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Two lifelong friends and training partners are preparing for the most important bodybuilding competition of their lives: a professional qualifying tournament where only first place earns a pro card. Their lives have been built for this moment. They train relentlessly and navigate their suburban world with the confidence of men who believe they’re untouchable. Together, they seem unstoppable.
Everything shifts when a high-profile fitness magazine editor comes to town, scouting a rising star in the bodybuilding world. The attention isn’t on them - yet - but the friends see a chance to step into the spotlight. What begins as an opportunity quickly turns into a crucible. Ambition sharpens, egos flare, and the unspoken hierarchy between them starts to crack as each vies to claim a future that isn’t guaranteed.
As the tournament draws near, their bond frays under the weight of expectation, rivalry, and the fear of being left behind. Training intensifies, lines blur, and the pursuit of success drives them toward increasingly destructive choices. What once felt like a mutual ascent becomes a lonely climb, forcing both men to confront who they are - without the dream, and without each other.
Juicers is a stylized, high-tension character study of ambition, identity, and acceptance. It explores the pursuit of dreams and the reckoning that follows when the life you’ve built no longer guarantees fulfillment.
From the Director, Dillon Sibilla:
"This film was inspired by the stories told to me by my parents, the world they grew up in and the environment that made them. In exploring their stories and this era specifically, I found more and more relatability to the world we find ourselves in today particularly when it comes to ambition, values, and identity. I feel like there are important conversations to be had, and this film can serve as an entry point for multiple generations who can hopefully come together on a common ground."
Juicers draws audiences in with humor, nostalgia, and cultural familiarity - then resonates through an honest exploration of ambition, insecurity, and acceptance. It speaks to viewers who laugh first, reflect later, and recognize themselves somewhere in between.
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Juicers is a co-production between DS3 Films and Generation Iron, well known in the fitness and bodybuilding world for their track record of success film releases. The Generation Iron film series can be thought of as a "spiritual successor" to Pumping Iron (1977), the film that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger's career and serves as an inspiration for Juicers.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Dillon Sibilla (Writer, Director, Producer)
Actor, writer, director, and producer featured on the 94th Academy Award Eligible Nominee List and founder of DS3 Films. Dillon is a SAG-AFTRA committee member and has contributed to over 75 Film, Television, and off-Broadway theater productions with budgets ranging from $6,000 to $160M, accumulating an estimated $500M in the box office.
PAST WORK:
Dan Silver (Co-writer, Producer)
Writer, director, producer, and editor based in New York. Drawn to psychological and introspective stories, he explores themes of obsession, fear, isolation, identity, and the perception of reality. His past work includes A BEAT TO REST and BENIGN and has been featured by Short of the Week, Directors' Library, FilmSupply Films, Kodak Motion Picture Film, and Young Directors Award.
PAST WORK:
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Edwin Mejia Jr. (Executive Producer)
Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3) and Partner at The Vladar Company. Mejia has helped develop, finance and produce a variety of feature films with partners such as Lionsgate/Starz, Hulu, Sony Music, Showtime, and many more. Edwin helped produce THE HURT BUSINESS, JEREMY SCOTT THE PEOPLE’S DESIGNER and RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING.
Vlad Yudin (Executive Producer)
Director and Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3), Director of THE HURT BUSINESS (Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey, Rashad Evans), RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING (featuring Ronnie Coleman), CT FLETCHER MY MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and Executive Producer of the ARNOLD CLASSIC EVENT BROADCAST.
PAST WORK:
PARTNERSHIPS:
We have several key marketing partners associated with the film to help promote through production and beyond. These include some of the biggest organizations in bodybuilding including Arnold Schwarzenegger's Arnold Classic, the Mr. Olympia competition, and Muscle & Fitness magazine (the latter two established by IFBB founder Joe Weider who discovered Arnold).
With the accumulative audiences of our team, marketing partners, and cast we project an estimated reach of 10-15 million people on Instagram alone. Across platforms that number is much higher.
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Our team have worked with and have direct relationships with the following vendors. Once this film is made, we know that it will have a home. Supporting this campaign helps us get this project to a point where our team can do what they do best.
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We are currently in development on Juicers. At this time, we have:
- Our script
- Key partnerships for marketing and distribution
- Core production team
- Initial locations
- Core gear
We've also begun the casting process. As an independent feature, all existing fees and resources have been funded out of pocket. This campaign will directly support essential development costs such as legal, tax, accounting, and more (retainers, permits, insurance, etc.). These critical resources will allow us to move forward with a strong foundation.
We have everything in place to hit the ground running and ensure this film gets made and gets seen (and it WILL get made and distributed). This campaign finalizes the film's package, and from there we can secure the rest of the budget for the film. With you on board this campaign will be what pushes Juicers intro pre-production.
Please pledge, follow, and share with friends, family, co-workers, and anyone you meet!
Contributing to this campaign is not just a call to help out independent film or support a socially impactful message, this is an invitation to join the team! Every bit goes a very long way, and every single contributor is a valued member of the Juicers team and production story. We truly appreciate your support and want to ensure that every single one of you who gives knows that we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You're right there with us, and we hope that the offerings on this campaign can at least somewhat reflect that.
If you have any specific ideas, requests, or suggestions, as a valued member of the team please feel free to reach out anytime. I'm more than happy to discuss. [email protected]
Thank you so much again!
Dillon Sibilla, Director
P.S.
Please copy & paste the text below and send to anyone you know!
Check out the crowdfunding campaign for Juicers! A bodybuilding film set in the late 70s. Helps us get this made! https://seedandspark.com/fund/juicers
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Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Legal Fees
Costs $8,000
This is to ensure all contracts, agreements, and other legal documents are solid throughout development, pre-production, and post-production
Tax, Accounting, & Development Fees
Costs $7,000
This goes to essential development costs associated with ensuring our film is set up meets tax and accounting standards.
Wardrobe
Costs $2,500
Juicers is set in 1979, so in order to bring this world to life we need period appropriate clothing.
Art Department
Costs $2,500
This is how we really bring the world of 1979 to life. Juicers will require period appropriate sets, props, etc.
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Dillon Sibilla (Writer, Director, Producer)
Actor, writer, director, and producer featured on the 94th Academy Award Eligible Nominee List and founder of DS3 Films. Dillon is a SAG-AFTRA committee member and has contributed to over 75 Film, Television, and off-Broadway theater productions with budgets ranging from $6,000 to $160M, accumulating an estimated $500M in the box office.
Dan Silver (Co-writer, Producer)
Writer, director, producer, and editor based in New York. Drawn to psychological and introspective stories, he explores themes of obsession, fear, isolation, identity, and the perception of reality. His past work includes A BEAT TO REST and BENIGN and has been featured by Short of the Week, Directors' Library, FilmSupply Films, Kodak Motion Picture Film, and Young Directors Award.
Edwin Mejia Jr. (Executive Producer)
Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3) and Partner at The Vladar Company. Mejia has helped develop, finance and produce a variety of feature films with partners such as Lionsgate/Starz, Hulu, Sony Music, Showtime, and many more. Edwin helped produce THE HURT BUSINESS, JEREMY SCOTT THE PEOPLE’S DESIGNER and RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING.
Vlad Yudin (Executive Producer)
Director and Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3), Director of THE HURT BUSINESS (Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey, Rashad Evans), RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING (featuring Ronnie Coleman), CT FLETCHER MY MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and Executive Producer of the ARNOLD CLASSIC EVENT BROADCAST.
Terrell Tyler (Executive Producer)
Director, producer, and writer based in New York creating character-driven documentary, narrative, and commercial work. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a graduate of Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business in Economics. Terrell credits include BRUCE JACKSON: NEVER FAR FROM HOME and THE STORY OF JOHN CASALI, and his work has featured 50 Cent and Konstantinos Argiros at the 50th anniversary of the Athens Olympic Stadium.
Don Hampton II (Producer)
Don is an actor, producer, and financial professional whose work spans stage, television, and commercial media. He is best known for his leading roles in the off-Broadway productions JUAN AND EMMETT and TURNING POINT, as well as numerous appearances in Viacom (MTV) television and commercial projects. Most recently, Don appeared in the 2023 off-Broadway production BONHOEFFER – THE LAST DAYS and made an appearance on THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW.
Ryan M. Perez (Cast)
Actor and podcast host based in New York. Trained at NYU Tisch with credits including LAW & ORDER: SVU, THE GILDED AGE, and FBI. Ryan created and hosts AN ACTOR DESPAIRS, a Top 100 podcast with 300+ episodes and over a million downloads. Through both his acting and podcast, he offers a candid, unfiltered look at the realities of building a life in the arts.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
Two lifelong friends and training partners are preparing for the most important bodybuilding competition of their lives: a professional qualifying tournament where only first place earns a pro card. Their lives have been built for this moment. They train relentlessly and navigate their suburban world with the confidence of men who believe they’re untouchable. Together, they seem unstoppable.
Everything shifts when a high-profile fitness magazine editor comes to town, scouting a rising star in the bodybuilding world. The attention isn’t on them - yet - but the friends see a chance to step into the spotlight. What begins as an opportunity quickly turns into a crucible. Ambition sharpens, egos flare, and the unspoken hierarchy between them starts to crack as each vies to claim a future that isn’t guaranteed.
As the tournament draws near, their bond frays under the weight of expectation, rivalry, and the fear of being left behind. Training intensifies, lines blur, and the pursuit of success drives them toward increasingly destructive choices. What once felt like a mutual ascent becomes a lonely climb, forcing both men to confront who they are - without the dream, and without each other.
Juicers is a stylized, high-tension character study of ambition, identity, and acceptance. It explores the pursuit of dreams and the reckoning that follows when the life you’ve built no longer guarantees fulfillment.
From the Director, Dillon Sibilla:
"This film was inspired by the stories told to me by my parents, the world they grew up in and the environment that made them. In exploring their stories and this era specifically, I found more and more relatability to the world we find ourselves in today particularly when it comes to ambition, values, and identity. I feel like there are important conversations to be had, and this film can serve as an entry point for multiple generations who can hopefully come together on a common ground."
Juicers draws audiences in with humor, nostalgia, and cultural familiarity - then resonates through an honest exploration of ambition, insecurity, and acceptance. It speaks to viewers who laugh first, reflect later, and recognize themselves somewhere in between.
Juicers is a co-production between DS3 Films and Generation Iron, well known in the fitness and bodybuilding world for their track record of success film releases. The Generation Iron film series can be thought of as a "spiritual successor" to Pumping Iron (1977), the film that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger's career and serves as an inspiration for Juicers.
CREATIVE TEAM:
Dillon Sibilla (Writer, Director, Producer)
Actor, writer, director, and producer featured on the 94th Academy Award Eligible Nominee List and founder of DS3 Films. Dillon is a SAG-AFTRA committee member and has contributed to over 75 Film, Television, and off-Broadway theater productions with budgets ranging from $6,000 to $160M, accumulating an estimated $500M in the box office.
PAST WORK:
Dan Silver (Co-writer, Producer)
Writer, director, producer, and editor based in New York. Drawn to psychological and introspective stories, he explores themes of obsession, fear, isolation, identity, and the perception of reality. His past work includes A BEAT TO REST and BENIGN and has been featured by Short of the Week, Directors' Library, FilmSupply Films, Kodak Motion Picture Film, and Young Directors Award.
PAST WORK:
Edwin Mejia Jr. (Executive Producer)
Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3) and Partner at The Vladar Company. Mejia has helped develop, finance and produce a variety of feature films with partners such as Lionsgate/Starz, Hulu, Sony Music, Showtime, and many more. Edwin helped produce THE HURT BUSINESS, JEREMY SCOTT THE PEOPLE’S DESIGNER and RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING.
Vlad Yudin (Executive Producer)
Director and Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3), Director of THE HURT BUSINESS (Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey, Rashad Evans), RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING (featuring Ronnie Coleman), CT FLETCHER MY MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and Executive Producer of the ARNOLD CLASSIC EVENT BROADCAST.
PAST WORK:
PARTNERSHIPS:
We have several key marketing partners associated with the film to help promote through production and beyond. These include some of the biggest organizations in bodybuilding including Arnold Schwarzenegger's Arnold Classic, the Mr. Olympia competition, and Muscle & Fitness magazine (the latter two established by IFBB founder Joe Weider who discovered Arnold).
With the accumulative audiences of our team, marketing partners, and cast we project an estimated reach of 10-15 million people on Instagram alone. Across platforms that number is much higher.
Our team have worked with and have direct relationships with the following vendors. Once this film is made, we know that it will have a home. Supporting this campaign helps us get this project to a point where our team can do what they do best.
We are currently in development on Juicers. At this time, we have:
- Our script
- Key partnerships for marketing and distribution
- Core production team
- Initial locations
- Core gear
We've also begun the casting process. As an independent feature, all existing fees and resources have been funded out of pocket. This campaign will directly support essential development costs such as legal, tax, accounting, and more (retainers, permits, insurance, etc.). These critical resources will allow us to move forward with a strong foundation.
We have everything in place to hit the ground running and ensure this film gets made and gets seen (and it WILL get made and distributed). This campaign finalizes the film's package, and from there we can secure the rest of the budget for the film. With you on board this campaign will be what pushes Juicers intro pre-production.
Please pledge, follow, and share with friends, family, co-workers, and anyone you meet!
Contributing to this campaign is not just a call to help out independent film or support a socially impactful message, this is an invitation to join the team! Every bit goes a very long way, and every single contributor is a valued member of the Juicers team and production story. We truly appreciate your support and want to ensure that every single one of you who gives knows that we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. You're right there with us, and we hope that the offerings on this campaign can at least somewhat reflect that.
If you have any specific ideas, requests, or suggestions, as a valued member of the team please feel free to reach out anytime. I'm more than happy to discuss. [email protected]
Thank you so much again!
Dillon Sibilla, Director
P.S.
Please copy & paste the text below and send to anyone you know!
Check out the crowdfunding campaign for Juicers! A bodybuilding film set in the late 70s. Helps us get this made! https://seedandspark.com/fund/juicers
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Legal Fees
Costs $8,000
This is to ensure all contracts, agreements, and other legal documents are solid throughout development, pre-production, and post-production
Tax, Accounting, & Development Fees
Costs $7,000
This goes to essential development costs associated with ensuring our film is set up meets tax and accounting standards.
Wardrobe
Costs $2,500
Juicers is set in 1979, so in order to bring this world to life we need period appropriate clothing.
Art Department
Costs $2,500
This is how we really bring the world of 1979 to life. Juicers will require period appropriate sets, props, etc.
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Dillon Sibilla (Writer, Director, Producer)
Actor, writer, director, and producer featured on the 94th Academy Award Eligible Nominee List and founder of DS3 Films. Dillon is a SAG-AFTRA committee member and has contributed to over 75 Film, Television, and off-Broadway theater productions with budgets ranging from $6,000 to $160M, accumulating an estimated $500M in the box office.
Dan Silver (Co-writer, Producer)
Writer, director, producer, and editor based in New York. Drawn to psychological and introspective stories, he explores themes of obsession, fear, isolation, identity, and the perception of reality. His past work includes A BEAT TO REST and BENIGN and has been featured by Short of the Week, Directors' Library, FilmSupply Films, Kodak Motion Picture Film, and Young Directors Award.
Edwin Mejia Jr. (Executive Producer)
Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3) and Partner at The Vladar Company. Mejia has helped develop, finance and produce a variety of feature films with partners such as Lionsgate/Starz, Hulu, Sony Music, Showtime, and many more. Edwin helped produce THE HURT BUSINESS, JEREMY SCOTT THE PEOPLE’S DESIGNER and RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING.
Vlad Yudin (Executive Producer)
Director and Producer of the Box Office Hits GENERATION IRON 1, (2 & 3), Director of THE HURT BUSINESS (Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey, Rashad Evans), RONNIE COLEMAN THE KING (featuring Ronnie Coleman), CT FLETCHER MY MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and Executive Producer of the ARNOLD CLASSIC EVENT BROADCAST.
Terrell Tyler (Executive Producer)
Director, producer, and writer based in New York creating character-driven documentary, narrative, and commercial work. Trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a graduate of Seton Hall's Stillman School of Business in Economics. Terrell credits include BRUCE JACKSON: NEVER FAR FROM HOME and THE STORY OF JOHN CASALI, and his work has featured 50 Cent and Konstantinos Argiros at the 50th anniversary of the Athens Olympic Stadium.
Don Hampton II (Producer)
Don is an actor, producer, and financial professional whose work spans stage, television, and commercial media. He is best known for his leading roles in the off-Broadway productions JUAN AND EMMETT and TURNING POINT, as well as numerous appearances in Viacom (MTV) television and commercial projects. Most recently, Don appeared in the 2023 off-Broadway production BONHOEFFER – THE LAST DAYS and made an appearance on THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW.
Ryan M. Perez (Cast)
Actor and podcast host based in New York. Trained at NYU Tisch with credits including LAW & ORDER: SVU, THE GILDED AGE, and FBI. Ryan created and hosts AN ACTOR DESPAIRS, a Top 100 podcast with 300+ episodes and over a million downloads. Through both his acting and podcast, he offers a candid, unfiltered look at the realities of building a life in the arts.