Star Wars | Sacrifices
Part 2 of the fabulous Star Wars fan film, Sacrifices.
ABADDON | The Webisodes
Spunky television reporter, Ashley McGee confronts suspected crimelord, Simon Turoni on the courthouse steps during a live report. After she and her photographer, Dwayne return to the TV station, she reviews the recorded newscast and is surprised by what she sees.
Star Wars | Sacrifices
One of my good friends and writing partner on ABADDON, Nick Byble, worked on this fantastic Star Wars fan film as the second unit director.
Sacrifices follows the story of Paideia, who is in love with the mysterious Eurydice, but she’s not the only person in Pai’s life with secrets.
Enjoy Part 1 and have a Happy New Year!
FOX Boycott
If you keep up on current movie news, you will by now realize that FOX has won a battle in the ongoing war against Warner Bros. over the much anticipated WATCHMEN movie.
A judge has ruled that, at the very least, FOX has the right to distribute the film. The WB will not take this lying down, mind you, so the the March 6 release date could be in jeopardy.
I’m irritated. Maybe not as irritated as Daniel O’Brien over at Cracked.com, but angry enough to say that MY days of watching FOX movies are over until this is settled.
The boycott has begun.
ABADDON | Development Update
Angel vs. Demon? Man vs. Man? Man vs. Self?
What is the most important element of this story? Should I bump up the action and go the “Bourne Ultimatum” route, or continue to examine the destructive psyche of human anger and vengeance seen through the eyes of the main character.
Make no mistake that ABADDON is a comic book movie for fans of the genre. I’m excited about the revision process. The deadline for the second draft is now January 15 and, after that, I plan to bring aboard a second set of eyes on that draft. At third draft, the process of storyboarding will begin for production of the first ten minutes of the movie to be used as a spec trailer for the film.
Keep watching this space for further updates, and enjoy the “Devilman” video.
Perkins 14 | The Trailer
I must admit that when I stumbled across the Massify site, I became enamored with the concept of a crowd sourced movie. I’ve toyed with the idea of making ABADDON an “open-source” movie, allowing creative commons licensing to spread the love of the filmmaking process.
I’ve also looked at it as a fee based experiment in fundraising. People donate a fixed fee for a chance to make part of a movie their own.
Perkins 14 is an attempt at making the crowd source movie concept a reality. I think that “voting” makes it more of a popularity contest then a true open source experiment, but it is a move in the right direction.
And if the trailer is any indication, the final product looks promising.
Happy Holidays
Since the world is a much smaller place with the internet and many different religions cross the path of this website, I think Carrie Fisher singing to you about a universal holiday might be an appropriate celebration to all! Merry Christmas from Digital Spectrum Films
Thundercats | The Fan Film
This took an incredible amount of work for something not really happening, but it’s a piece of animation history all of us middle-aged geeks would love to see.
Each frame was hand altered in Adobe Photoshop and applied on a video timeline to create the “digital fx.” Look for Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman, Vin Diesel, and that hot little blue chick from FARSCAPE.
Seriously, it’s amazing.
ABADDON | 2nd Draft
For the 30 or so people that faithfully check the contents of this website, I just want to give the heads up that I will be sporadic in updates this week (at best) as I try to pound out version 2.0 of the ABADDON screenplay.
If you have an interest in learning the direction of the film, you can read the first draft HERE.
If you have an interest in seeing this film made, please consider a Paypal donation to the production cost. We have already invested nearly $2000 in the preproduction and are prepared to dump another $3000 in the coming months to start lensing this fun movie.
Every dollar helps.
And if you are looking to make a more serious contribution, check out this page for more information
The Fixer | Ravensfilm Productions
Ravensfilm Productions has a little gem on their hands called The Fixer. Pay special attention to the lighting in this film. It is excellent use of color to reflect mood. If you are more interested in the plot, the filmmakers have provided the following synopsis.
“The Fixer is a feature-length neo noir thriller heavily inspired by the work of Chicago filmmaker Michael Mann. Vic Simmons is a private investigator who helps people left in desperate situations with no solutions. They call him “the fixer.” His desire to protect and help people began when his friends Derrick Lucas & Samantha Bishop died in a car accident fifteen years ago. Vic vowed to become the surrogate big brother of Samantha’s little sister, Katie. For all these years, they have become family. Through it all, Simmons has been to the depths of depression, but has come back with the help of friends Jack Demerest and X. Franklin - polar opposites of each other, yet reflect well upon Vic. Though, Vic’s arduous, exhausting work is something which has only fueled his emotional problems, throwing himself out of sync with his life and obligations to friends and family. This has allowed a domineering and menacing ex-boyfriend by the name of Luther Resnick to haunt Katie’s life, and will force Vic to confront his own problems. Now, he must fix a problem that he never should’ve allowed to happen. But even if he make all things right by everyone else, can he make it all right by himself?