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Well folks, I thought I might share a bit of
information about what's
up at P13, Ohio's premiers effects and production facility, and give some tips on DVD's you can give as gifts to your independent film making friends. First on the list: "Buried Alive", directed by P13's Robert Kurtzman in New Mexico last year, featuring makeup and visual effects by the gang at P13, was released by Dimension Extreme on October 23, and can be found at your local video rental store, Best Buy, etc. Actually, every time I'm at Blockbuster, the darned thing is checked out. Hopefully the distributer will get a box of them to us so we don't have to go out and buy the thing. "Hallowed Ground", directed by long time friend David Benullo, featuring makeup effects by the boils and ghouls at P13 (Sorry. I had a Forrie moment there....) hit the shelves on October 9th. Really low budget affair, but pretty well crafted and a lot of fun to watch. You can't go wrong with a boogedy scarecrow. For an even more up to the minute release, "Undead or Alive", the zombie western we did makeup and visual effects for in New Mexico last year, was released December 11th. Starring Chris Kattan and James Denton and directed by Glascow Phillips, it's really a ball (And I usually can't stand Chris Kattan!) "Living Hell", the last of The Horror Chronicles films that were shot in New Mexico, has made a deal with the SciFi Channel, and from what I heard will be on sometime in February. Featuring makeup and visual effects by Precinct 13, look for it as one of those SciFi world premiere events.... Final release info.... Universal Home Entertainment will be releasing Robert Kurtzman's "The Rage" on DVD on February 26th, 2008. Entirely locally financed and produced, a number of the folks who frequent these postings were involved in it's creation, and
it promises to be one of
the most thrilling roller coaster rides you'll ever see. Upcoming films to look for that we've been working on lately... P13 artists will be wrapping up work after a three month shoot in New Mexico this week on the set of Will Eisner's "The Spirit. The film, which is being directed by Frank Miller, looks to be a Christmas theatrical release for next year. Makeup effects are by Precinct 13, as well as the all important mask for the Spirit himself (I made 75 of the damned things. If yer good to me....) "The Dead Matter" was produced out of the P13 studio this last summer, and is currently in editorial. Once again all Ohio residents helped fill both cast and crew positions, and we're looking forward to getting our hands on some footage to do our VFX magic in the coming months. While we were Dead Mattering here, Bob was back in New Mexico this summer directing "To Live and Die", an action thriller starring Sean Patrick Flanery and Joe Pantoliano. The film is currently here being edited, and I'm trying to juggle my duties on makeup effects on "Slaughter", and supervising the VFX on Bob's movie to make sure that those get done by the time he gets to sound mix. And speaking of VFX, tucked in there is handling some VFX work for "Ghouls", directed by Precinct 13's other director-in-residence, Gary Jones, which was shot for a sinfully low amount of money during a 14 day shoot in Bulgaria earlier this year. It's already been picked up by the SciFi channel for a spring 2008 airing. As always, please send your updated resumes letting us know what you're up to. We appear to have even bigger/better on the horizon for the upcoming year, and want to get the local crew folks involved as much as possible. Thanks for looking, and have a Happy Holiday season. Al, The Calm P13 Guy Alan Tuskes Visit the website for Precinct 13's newest film.... Robert Kurtzman's "The Rage" at www.theragefilm.com |