Former Ghost House Pictures executive Michael Kirk partnered with award-winning music video director Brian Thompson on the new sci-fi thriller Incident on Highway 73, which is having its world premiere this Friday, October 19th, at Screamfest L.A.
From the Press Release:
Incident on Highway 73 recounts the harrowing final hours of a newly engaged couple who mysteriously disappear while driving through the desert on Christmas Eve, 2005. Michael Kirk (co-producer of The Grudge and The Grudge 2) and Brian Thompson shared producing duties with Kirk writing and Thompson directing the tension-filled 26-minute short. The film stars Elizabeth Schmidt and Ian Alda (Alan Alda's nephew); it was lensed by Jason Hafer and edited by Dave Gallegos. Robert Borer, Kathleen St. Peter, and Jeff Beard served as executive producers.
Kirk and Thompson first met while Thompson was fulfilling a college internship at Ghost House Pictures in 2005. "Brian showed me some of his college work,...
From the Press Release:
Incident on Highway 73 recounts the harrowing final hours of a newly engaged couple who mysteriously disappear while driving through the desert on Christmas Eve, 2005. Michael Kirk (co-producer of The Grudge and The Grudge 2) and Brian Thompson shared producing duties with Kirk writing and Thompson directing the tension-filled 26-minute short. The film stars Elizabeth Schmidt and Ian Alda (Alan Alda's nephew); it was lensed by Jason Hafer and edited by Dave Gallegos. Robert Borer, Kathleen St. Peter, and Jeff Beard served as executive producers.
Kirk and Thompson first met while Thompson was fulfilling a college internship at Ghost House Pictures in 2005. "Brian showed me some of his college work,...
- 10/16/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Filmmaker Brendan Gabriel Murphy
By Terry Keefe
Very occasionally, we here at The Interview run across an up-and-coming talent that deserves inclusion amongst the more established names we generally tackle. Filmmaker Brendan Gabriel Murphy has got youth on his side, along with an eye which has produced some very striking, and unique, imagery in the two short films that we had a chance to see (Swerve and Perceptio). It's the rare short that makes you want to see what the director could do with a feature, but Murphy fits that bill.
He's also got an interesting on-screen collaborator in actor Shiloh Fernandez, who made his film debut in Murphy's 2005 short, Wasted. Fernandez is one of this year's true rising acting stars, having just landed a lead in the reboot of the Evil Dead franchise. Murphy is currently developing a feature entitled Obscura, which will star Fernandez as well.
"It's so...
By Terry Keefe
Very occasionally, we here at The Interview run across an up-and-coming talent that deserves inclusion amongst the more established names we generally tackle. Filmmaker Brendan Gabriel Murphy has got youth on his side, along with an eye which has produced some very striking, and unique, imagery in the two short films that we had a chance to see (Swerve and Perceptio). It's the rare short that makes you want to see what the director could do with a feature, but Murphy fits that bill.
He's also got an interesting on-screen collaborator in actor Shiloh Fernandez, who made his film debut in Murphy's 2005 short, Wasted. Fernandez is one of this year's true rising acting stars, having just landed a lead in the reboot of the Evil Dead franchise. Murphy is currently developing a feature entitled Obscura, which will star Fernandez as well.
"It's so...
- 3/13/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
The short-lived 1980s Marvel Comics series Strikeforce: Morituri will reportedly be turned into a feature film. I'll admit, I'm unfamiliar with this comic series, but the premise sound's really interesting. Strikeforce: Morituri, which ran from 1986 to 1989, was set on an Earth nearly conquered by resource-stealing alien invaders [The Horde]. A scientific process is designed to give a squadron of humans super-powers to fight the aliens, but it also dooms them to die within a year. The series followed the heroic exploits of the strike force who knew they're doomed regardless of how they fare against the aliens. According to Variety, the screen rights to the title were snagged by Waterman Entertainment who have tapped the series' creator-writer, Peter B. Gillis, to script the movie along with Connor Cochran. Jeff Beard will produce. The trade says Waterman Entertainment aims to start production this December. Note:While the setting of Strikeforce: Morituri...
- 7/19/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
How many of you comics fans out there even remember Strikeforce: Morituri? Come on! If you missed it, believe us when we say you missed out! No worries, though; an adaptation is on the way that will no doubt trigger a resurgence in the series' popularity!
According to Variety, Waterman Entertainment has acquired film rights to alien-invasion comic book series Strikeforce: Morituri and plans to start production in December.
The series, created by writer Peter B. Gillis, was published between 1986 and 1989 by Marvel Comics. Gillis and Connor Cochran are writing the script, and Jeff Beard will be a producer on the film.
The story centers on aliens stripping earth of all its resources and a scientist discovering a method of giving humans superhuman powers -- but the process results in the superheroes dying within one year from when they acquire their powers. They fight the invaders with the knowledge that their fates are sealed,...
According to Variety, Waterman Entertainment has acquired film rights to alien-invasion comic book series Strikeforce: Morituri and plans to start production in December.
The series, created by writer Peter B. Gillis, was published between 1986 and 1989 by Marvel Comics. Gillis and Connor Cochran are writing the script, and Jeff Beard will be a producer on the film.
The story centers on aliens stripping earth of all its resources and a scientist discovering a method of giving humans superhuman powers -- but the process results in the superheroes dying within one year from when they acquire their powers. They fight the invaders with the knowledge that their fates are sealed,...
- 7/19/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Leading into the San Diego Comic-Con, Waterman Entertainment has acquired film rights to alien-invasion comic book series Strikeforce: Morituri and plans to start production in December, reports Variety. The series, created by writer Peter B. Gillis, was published between 1986 and 1989 by Marvel Comics. Gillis and Connor Cochran are writing the script and Jeff Beard will be a producer on the film. "Story centers on aliens stripping earth of all its resources and a scientist discovering a method of giving humans superhuman powers -- but the process results in the superheroes dying within one year from when they acquire their powers. They fight the invaders with the knowledge that their fates are sealed, regardless of the outcome." The title comes from the Latin phrase "Morituri te salutamus" -- "We who are about to die salute you!"...
- 7/19/2011
- bloody-disgusting.com
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