Zombie Western Bullets for the Dead is due to roll in Queensland in July, the first in a slate of low-budget genre films from a new joint venture between Cathy Overett.s Brisbane-based Cathartic Pictures and UK sales agent Stealth Media Group.
Overett told If the aim is to produce two or three films a year, each budgeted at $3 million, using the 40 per cent Australian producer tax offset, which Stealth will sell internationally. The $2 million Bullets for the Dead marks the feature debut of Australian writers-directors Joshua C. Birch and Michael Du-Shane, developed from a 3-minute film, 26 Bullets Dead, which they shot in 2011 when they were students at the Griffith Film School.
The plot revolves around a bounty hunter (Christopher Sommers) who escorts a fiery young woman (Kathryn Beck) and her gang of misfits to the sheriff. En route he discovers the remains of a massacre and rescues its sole survivor,...
Overett told If the aim is to produce two or three films a year, each budgeted at $3 million, using the 40 per cent Australian producer tax offset, which Stealth will sell internationally. The $2 million Bullets for the Dead marks the feature debut of Australian writers-directors Joshua C. Birch and Michael Du-Shane, developed from a 3-minute film, 26 Bullets Dead, which they shot in 2011 when they were students at the Griffith Film School.
The plot revolves around a bounty hunter (Christopher Sommers) who escorts a fiery young woman (Kathryn Beck) and her gang of misfits to the sheriff. En route he discovers the remains of a massacre and rescues its sole survivor,...
- 5/23/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Voice coach and actor Troy Mackinder has sent us a copy of his book Practically Speaking – A practical guide to learning the American accent, a practical approach to learning the accent.
After reading this book and using the supplementary DVD and CD, actors will know exactly what they need to work on and how to do it to learn the American accent (www.practicallyspeaking.com.au).
This competition is for actors only, as they will be the ones who will benefit from Mackinder’s method.
To win, email miguel@focalattractions.com.au and tell us, what Australian actor does the best American accent?...
After reading this book and using the supplementary DVD and CD, actors will know exactly what they need to work on and how to do it to learn the American accent (www.practicallyspeaking.com.au).
This competition is for actors only, as they will be the ones who will benefit from Mackinder’s method.
To win, email miguel@focalattractions.com.au and tell us, what Australian actor does the best American accent?...
- 8/31/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Chicago – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have a VIP prize pack for 10 lucky winners for the new film “Daybreakers”! The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill.
Each prize pack includes an aluminum water bottle, mini poster and B+ Blood Bag energy drink. “Daybreakers” also stars Isabel Lucas, Christopher Kirby, Robyn Moore, Troy MacKinder, Michael Dorman, Charlotte Wilson, Emma Randall, Mungo McKay and Claudia Karvan from writers and directors Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig.
To win your free “Daybreakers” prize pack courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer a question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! “Daybreakers” opened on Jan. 8, 2010. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Daybreakers” with Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe.
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Each prize pack includes an aluminum water bottle, mini poster and B+ Blood Bag energy drink. “Daybreakers” also stars Isabel Lucas, Christopher Kirby, Robyn Moore, Troy MacKinder, Michael Dorman, Charlotte Wilson, Emma Randall, Mungo McKay and Claudia Karvan from writers and directors Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig.
To win your free “Daybreakers” prize pack courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer a question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! “Daybreakers” opened on Jan. 8, 2010. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Daybreakers” with Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe.
Image credit: Lionsgate
Here is the plot description for...
- 1/18/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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