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!

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*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: End of the Beginning
Writer: Robert Watson
Budget: TBD

Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline:  Four passengers ride along in an otherwise deserted subway car late at night; they are somehow familiar to one another but not sure how. The wheels screech, lights flicker and something comes out of the darkness.  Christian high tension thriller / horror film.

*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: DIRK AND THE DEVIL   
Budget: TBD
Writer- Bobbie Frega
Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline: A man who is upset with the evil in the world duct-tapes the devil to his radiator.   Christian and Dark Independent Comedy.

*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: CAMP EDEN
Budget: TBD
Writer- Andre van Heerden
Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline: An unpopular teen travels to a camp to win the girl of his dreams – not realizing it’s an evangelical Christian camp.  Christian and Broad Teen comedy

*NEW
ProdCo: Cloud10Pictures
Title: Apocalypse V
Budget: TBD
Contact: Cloud Ten Pictures, info@cloudtenpictures.com; 905-684-5561 

Logline: Established popular series.  God’s champions during the tribulation period must cling to faith even after death.  Christian, End-Times evangelical thriller.

ProdCo: Fountain Films Production Company
Title: The Last Gasp
Budget: $200K
Writer- Britton Andrews
Director – Josh Overbay
Executive Producers: Sheryl Fountain, Jay Black, Matt Kinne
Producers – Sheryl Fountain, Ken Altman

Shoot Dates: Jun 1 to Jul 6, 2009
Locations: Hampton Roads, VA
Needs: Accepting Film Interns & Headshot until April 1st

Logline: In the war-torn wasteland of mid-21st century America, John Aston and his fellow drug-addicted ‘Sweepers’ are trying to destroy the last of their cyborg enemy and re-establish civilization. When his current mission goes awry, though, John finds himself battling withdrawal-induced visions and leading a group of his foes to a supposed Promised Land in an alternate dimension. 

ProdCo: Advent Film Group
Title: Pilgrim’s Progress Musical
Budget: –
Source: Allegory by John Bunyan

Notes: This is a 3D animation project currently in development.
Locations: Virginia, Manila, India

 
ProdCo: Prolific Pictures
Title: Just Mercy
Budget: –
Director: Jeffrey R. Henry
Writers: Jeffrey R. Henry, Robert J. McCrea, Peter Coleman
Source: based on the Novel “Rolling Thunder” by Mark Mynheir

Notes: Just wrapped photography on the Trailer. Distribution locked, seeking investors.
Location: Trailer shot in Mooresville, NC

Logline: Officer John Russell has just been assigned a high-profile missing kid case which will take all his time and energy. But his aging father re-emerges after 30 years in jail wanting to reconcile, but John can’t move beyond the horrors of the past. Things he thought were long buried are now threatening his job, his family and his own salvation.

 
ProdCo: ContinuousTake Productions
Title: Kaffir Boy
Budget: –
Director: Hannah Sink
Producers: Michelle McGrier, Simon Boyce
Writers: Michelle McGrier, Hannah Sink, Mark Mathabane
Source: Based on the Novel “Kaffir Boy” by Mark Mathabane

Notes: Development funds have been raised.
Location: Los Angeles (Production Office), South Africa (Production)
Needs: Production Financing 

Crew: TBD
Contact: www.continuoustakeproductions.com

Logline: This captivating historical drama tells the harrowing true story of Johannes Mathabane, as he struggles to grow up in the poorest township in South Africa, where bloody gang wars are a rite of passage, and where life is measured in days not years. His sheer determination to escape the brutality of apartheid during the 1970’s leads him to the most unlikely of places – the tennis court- where he finds solace and a passport to freedom.

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ProdCo: Cornfed Pictures
Title: Vacant House
Budget: <$10,000
Writer/Director/Producer: Jeremy Casper
Producer: Jeremy Casper and Kelly Erickson
DP: Tom McCarty

Notes: 60% of the film is in the can. The final week of shooting will be May 6-11
Location: Los Angeles, CA

Crew Needs:  We need willing and able bodies starting NOW through May 12th who can help out with everything from pre-production assistances to crew positions.  The shoot is May 6-11 and will shoot in the greater LA area.  Currently looking for a SOUND RECORDIST, grips, grip electrics, and PAs.  So, if you think you can hold a boom pole, you’ve got tons of experience, or you’ve never been on a film set in your life but you want to learn, then come on out and help!  Compensation: we’ll feed you!  And get you a copy of the completed film.

Contact: jercasper@gmail.com

Logline: A man’s tumultuous relationship with his father is healed when he attempts to reunite a dead man with his estranged son.

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ProdCo: Messenger Films
Title: The Bill Collector
Budget: –
Writer/Director: Cristobal Krusen
Exec. Prods: Cristobal Krusen, Douglas Maddox
Producers: Kenneth Altman, Douglas Maddox

Notes: Shot between 10/6/08 and 11/8/08, planned release Autumn 2009
Location: Shot and posted entirely in Hampton Roads, VA
Needs: None at this time
Contact: –

Logline: Lorenzo Adams is in trouble. The hard driving manager of a collections agency must pay an old debt of $100,000 in a matter of days or face certain death. An unlikely friendship with his would-be killer and a cockamamie scheme to hire desperate down-and-outers from an inner-city mission all amount to nothing when Lorenzo finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

ProdCo: Reel Frog Films
Title: Book of Ruth
Budget: –
Director/Editor: Stephen Patrick Walker
Writers: Stephen Patrick Walker, Salvatore Di Salvatore
Starring: Carman, Dan Haggerty, Sherry Morris, Lana Wood, Eleese Lester, DJ Perry

Notes: In Post-Production; TBN Television Premiere Spring 2009
Location: Filmed at Passion Play in Eureka Springs, AR and Frazier Park, CA
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A young widow follows her mother-in-law to Israel in hopes of a better life.

ProdCo: Daros Films
Title: Greyscale
Budget: under $1M
Written/Directed/Starring/Produced by: Ryan Dunlap
CoStarring: Doug Jones, Anthony Tyler Quinn and Tim Russ

Notes: Currently in Post-Production
Location: Shot in Tulsa, OK
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A neo-noir thriller about a painter with trauma-induced color blindness trying to unravel the mystery that killed his wife.

ProdCo: Highlander Films
Title: A Night at the Silent Movie Theatre
Budget: under $1M
Director: Tim Russ
Writers: Calix Lewis Reneau & Aydrea ten Bosch nee Walden
Starring: Phil LaMarr, Tony Todd, Ethan Phillips and Al White

Notes: Currently in post at The Lot
Location: Shot on Location in Los Angeles
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please

Logline: A comedy about a rock singer taking his last, best shot at stardom in the old silent movie theatre house.

ProdCo: Theoretical Entertainment and Baylor Film & Digital Media 
Title: Endings
Budget: <$23K
Writer/Director: Chris Hansen
Producer: Brian Elliot

Notes: Shot June 2008. Currently in Post-Production. Expected completion date is June 2009
Location: Shot in Texas (Waco and Bellmead)
Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please
More Info: www.theoreticalentertainment.com

Logline: ENDINGS is about three people converging on the eve of their own demise and how they form a unique bond that ultimately changes their lives in an instant. It explores love, sacrifice, and the true nature of family.

ProdCo: Praise Pictures
Title: Standing Firm
Budget: –
Writer/Producer/Director: Kyle Prohaska

Notes: Pickups shot in February; Currently in Post-Production
Location: Lewiston, NY

Needs: None at this time
Crew: Positions filled, no inquiries please
Info: http://www.standingfirmmovie.com/

Logline: STANDING FIRM is a story of forgiveness and finding peace in times of suffering. Dave, a widower, is working himself to death. Late nights doing paperwork and running on fumes is the norm. Dave’s son Steven, the only remaining Christian of the family has been watching his fathers now unhealthy lifestyle with great concern unsure of what to do next. Soon God moves on Steven’s heart to stop complaining about his fathers situation and help him instead. As Dave begins to move in the right direction, he searches for the ultimate question about his wife’s death…..WHY?

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