Trent Willmon with lead actress Joanna Goode. Photo by Vicki Schmidt, courtesy of Hallmark Direction Co.
December 11, 2007 — Trent Willmon will make his silver screen debut next summer with the theatrical release of Palo Pinto Gold, a family-friendly, action-packed Western set in the late 1800s.
Trent begins filming in January in Texas and is also contributing music to the movie's soundtrack. In the film, Trent takes on the lead role of Jake Landers, a Texas rancher turned Ranger in a classic battle of good over evil. Roy Clark and Mel Tillis are also in the cast, and Kinky Friedman makes a special guest appearance playing the governor of Texas. A one-minute trailer for the film will be posted on palopintogold.com in the next month.
Trent, who grew up on a ranch in West Texas, is an avid rider and roper and has always included cowboy-themed songs on his albums. His third studio album, Broken In, will be released on February 26, 2008; the title track will be the new single and ships to radio this month.
Trent released "The Beer Man Cookbook" in June, is sponsored by Wrangler and is the spokesperson for Horses for Healing, a therapeutic riding center for special needs children. As a songwriter, he has written songs for Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Montgomery Gentry and Wade Hayes. He is currently playing more than a hundred dates a year.
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