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Viral Short Nets Luke Barnett FBI Role, New Projects

6/2/2026

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Actor Luke Barnett’s short “The Crossing Over Express,” posted September 2024 in the United States, earned half a million views and neared two million, prompting two directors to offer him roles and Producer Max Hurwitz to give him an FBI role in “Dark Winds.”
Luke Barnett is filming “Fatherhood” with actor Noam Kroll and adapting the short and “Goodbye, Monster” with composer Bear McCreary, writer Jeff King and comedian Patton Oswalt.

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Story summary

Actor Luke Barnett’s short “The Crossing Over Express,” posted September 2024 in the United States, earned half a million views and neared two million, prompting two directors to offer him roles and Producer Max Hurwitz to give him an FBI role in “Dark Winds.”
Luke Barnett is filming “Fatherhood” with actor Noam Kroll and adapting the short and “Goodbye, Monster” with composer Bear McCreary, writer Jeff King and comedian Patton Oswalt.