INTERVIEW: Gary Moore Reveals Mysteries of the Acting Universe
Gary Moore has been busy lately. And busy is good. He currently has three films in post-production: The Trial, The Bill Collector and Main Street. Wired4Film recently caught up with Gary -- which wasn't as difficult as it sounds seeing as we're Facebook buds...nice one, Networking! Anyway, he graciously splayed open that Kevin Spacey-like noggin of his and laid bare the mysteries of the acting universe. Mysteries which we pass on to you now! WIRED4FILM: Hi Gary, thanks for taking some time out of your schedule to talk to Wired4Film. We've explored filmmaking from a variety of angles, but not yet ...
This Present Darkness: The Film That Almost Was
by John J. Schafer On June 23, 2009 I updated my Facebook status to read: “John J. Schafer's dream project... Frank E. Peretti's "This Present Darkness". FX dream team... ILM, Stan Winston Studio, Weta Digital and Weta Workshop. Budget... Priceless;)” I received about a dozen or so comments posted on my wall. I received 43 e-mails on the topic. I decided to dig up an old blog that I had written. The write up was originally posted on July 30, 2006 and has NOT been updated. The original blog was much longer but after being posted on Blogger and on MySpace I had ...
Christian Box Office – May 2009
Just updated this list of 68 Faith-based films as defined by BoxOfficeMojo.com. Is YOUR film on the list? Why not? Mine's not either. That mean's we've still got work to do, people! Let's get crackin'! We've got some blockbusters to make! Movies produced by Christians that promote or embody their religions. ( 1980-Present) from http://www.BoxOfficeMojo.com Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross /Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 The Passion of the Christ NM $370,782,930 3,408 $83,848,082 3,043 2/25/04 2 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe BV $291,710,957 3,853 $65,556,312 3,616 12/9/05 3 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian BV $141,621,490 3,929 $55,034,805 3,929 5/16/08 4 The Nativity Story NL $37,629,831 3,083 $7,849,304 3,083 12/1/06 5 Fireproof Gold. $33,456,317 905 $6,836,036 839 9/26/08 6 Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie Art. $25,581,229 1,625 $6,201,345 940 10/4/02 7 One Night with the King 8X $13,395,961 909 $4,120,497 909 10/13/06 8 The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything Uni. $12,981,269 1,340 $4,251,320 1,337 1/11/08 9 The Omega Code Prov. $12,614,346 450 $2,354,362 304 10/15/99 10 End of the Spear RM $11,967,000 1,163 $4,281,388 1,163 1/20/06 11 Facing the Giants IDP $10,178,331 441 $1,343,537 441 9/29/06 12 Expelled: No Intelligence ...
INTERVIEW – Phil Cooke is the Billy Graham of Brand
Wired4Film takes a literary turn as we dive into Phil Cooke's latest tome, The Last TV Evangelist. Subtitled, Why The Next Generation Couldn't Care Less About Religious Media and Why it Matters. Sub-subtitled, After You've Read "Roaring Lambs" Read This Book Before You Attempt Media of any Kind or You Die! Okay, I admit, I made the last one up. But it's true. Well, if by "you die" you mean "suffer public humiliations galore." Anyway, there's a short list of reads that film and media professionals should ingest before they begin their sojourn into media greatness. This is one of those ...
PRODUCTION REPORT: MAY 2009
There are a lot more faith-based films out there in progress than we realize. This Production Report is a new monthly feature on Wired4Film to give space and credence to all the hard work going on out there. To keep you in the know. But we can't keep you in the know if we don't know about the know, you know? So if you're sitting in Development or Production or Post on a faith-based feature, drop us a line so we can include you in the next Production Report! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- //...IN DEVELOPMENT...< *NEW ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures Title: End of the Beginning Writer: Robert Watson Budget: TBD Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 Logline: ...
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Gary Moore has been busy lately. And busy is good. Wired4Film recently caught up with Gary and he graciously splayed open that Kevin Spacey-like noggin of his and laid bare the mysteries of the acting universe.
This Present Darkness: The Film That Almost Was
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