What I Did Last Week ...

It's like What I Did on My Summer Vacation but shorter and less exciting.

Went to check out the Jack Hill double feature at the famous New Beverly on Tuesday. Saw SPIDERBABY and THE BIG BIRD CAGE. Both excellent movies.

On Wednesday, I acted in a music video for Jane Jensen & The Born Again Floozies. Good times. Got to hang out in a mint condition 1963 Corvair. Unfortunately all I had is my iPhone for photo ops, but here's a little behind the scenes shot:



Believe it or not, this was the first time that I had ever met Jane - both a Hoosier (like me) and a Troma alumni (she played Juliet in TROMEO & JULIET). It was kind of like finally getting to meet a second cousin that you've heard about at a million family reunions ... But in this case it's the gnarled and twisted branches of the Troma Family Tree. I'll post a link to the video when it's done and up on the internet somewhere.

On Thursday night I recorded some "radio personality" dialog for Creep Creepersin's latest film, simply entitled HE.

It's been quite some time since I've actually done anything but write, so it was an action-packed week for me.

DEADGIRL continues to rock the festival circuit. We played the Rome Independent Film Festival and The Hong Kong International Film Festival last week. This week it's the Florida Film Festival in Orlando.

Next up, we'll be having our Portland Premiere at the Deep Red Film Fest the weekend of April 24-25 alongside such films as Frank Henenlotter's BAD BIOLOGY and BLACK DEVIL DOLL. Check out the Deep Red Film Fest Site for more information.

I've got TWO movies playing at the 25th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival. DEADGIRL and the World Premiere of Chad's latest film, SOMEONE'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. Check out the festival's film pages for DEADGIRL and SKATD.

And check out this bad-ass trailer for SOMEONE'S KNOCKING AT THE DOOR before youtube pulls it down. I'm in there, but you've got to have a heck of a set of eagle eyes to catch me:



Okay, that's it for the time being. Maybe something else exciting will happen and I'll have a reason to post again soon. In the meantime, back to working on this new script ...

-T

Two Posts in a Week???

I really should get on this blog more often. I always give lip service to getting serious about the updates and then let the work lag. It just so happens that there are a few more nuggets of news:

DEADGIRL is having its Asia Premiere at the HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in a few weeks. Three screenings are scheduled and the third one is already SOLD OUT! I know that there's no one reading this site who's planning on attending, I just thought that this was cool news ... You can see all about it at the HKIFF website's Deadgirl Page.

We're also screening at the Boston Underground Film Festival this weekend - two shows. There are a couple more European screenings coming up that I'll be able to announce soon.

I also had a really nice interview with Theron Neel at Fatally-Yours.com, which you can read right HERE.

I just found out on Fangoria.com that Tom Devlin and Lola Wallace's THE TREK is hitting DVD on April 10th. Hey, I'm in that movie! You can read all about the release right HERE.

Yep, that's about it for the time being. I might actually be shooting something next week, so check back for photos from that project.

On a completely non-movie related note, anybody who knows me knows that I'm a book-devouring fiend. I've been cranking my way through the oeuvre of Lawrence Block, Grand Master of mystery and crime fiction. It's always exciting when I find someone new to read and even more so when their output is so prolific. The guy's written like 80 novels or something insane like that. It should take me at least a few months to find and devour his complete works - I just finished reading his 900 page short story collection, ENOUGH ROPE. So if you're looking for something new to read, check out Block - 100% "Trent approved."

Lawrence Block Website

- T

Anybody Still Here?

Geez, it's been like a month since I updated the blog. How lame.

Not a whole heck of a lot to talk about these days, once again. Been writing, trying to get stuff read, trying to land a gig. I couldn't take the facial hair any more and cut it off ... hoping that it doesn't end up being a case of Samson-itis.

Last week was Lynh's birthday, tomorrow is Max's 7th birthday, and next month is my ten year wedding anniversary, so this is always a busy time for me personally. But, as I said, not a lot to report on professionally at the moment.

A script that I wrote last year is seeking a director right now. Hopefully someone will attach themselves to the project and then I'll finally be able to talk about it. I'm trying hard to land another job with the same company writing a sequel to a big-budget film that came out last year ... but that's all I can say about it right now.

I just turned in a "guest writer" chapter to my boys Adam Minarovich and Kevin Woods' upcoming book entitled HOW NOT TO MAKE A MOVIE. Something I know a lot about. I'll keep you posted as that project nears its release date.

DEADGIRL continues to screen all over the world, dividing audiences wildly everywhere it goes. If you head over to the DEADGIRL BLOG, you can see that we made AMC's "Top Ten Best Horror Movies of 2008" list ... and also the top slot on someone else's "Top Ten Worst Movies of 2008" list. I love it all, good and bad.

There's also a really great interview with one of DEADGIRL's directors, Gadi Harel, on Twitch Film, which you can (and should) read HERE.

DEADGIRL is currently playing all over Germany as part of the Fantasy Film Festival. It's next stop is this weekend in Stuttgart. It's also been announced that we'll be playing two midnight shows at Orlando's Florida Film Festival in April. All the info for those screenings can be found HERE.

There are quite a few more festival screenings coming up, but I can't announce them until they're official. Heck, it'll give me an excuse to update the blog!

Not making any movies these days means not having any interesting new photos. Thank God for Facebook, though. Brad Harper, sound recorder for SUBURBAN NIGHTMARE and LIVING & DYING sent me an old-school shot from the set of SN, which I'll share right here in lieu of anything new. Enjoy. I'll be back when there's something to report ... who knows when that'll be ...



-T