Updates

It has been awhile since I updated, so here are a few updates for you, dear reader. 

Next week, Billy, Isaac, and I will be going to beautiful Hawaii to accept the Gold Kahuna Award at the Honolulu Film Awards. Sadly, we will have to return to the mainland, because we have a lot of other things to do. 

In June, we open the Summer 2012 NJ IFF, which should be pretty great. The folks behind that festival have been nothing but awesome so far. While we are in Hawaii, the lovely and talented Christina Garced will be doing a television interview for Red Scare's screening at the festival (more details when I have them). Then, later in the month of May, we'll be doing a radio interview as well. So, that ain't bad. 

Beyond that, for Red Scare, we eagerly hope for and wait for news about other festivals. 

In the meantime, we are not just sitting on our asses. The success of Red Scare has greatly motivated us. The webseries, Loster, was always going to be our next major project, but we have pushed that back a bit for various reasons and plan to shoot that in the summer. Before that, however, we decided to knock out three short films. 

The first, Toilet Prayers, was written and directed by me and was shot two weeks ago. It is an existential comedy that takes place in a bathroom. It stars Dan Gregory, Isaac Platizky, and a cameo by Bill Farley. Joey Mosca DP'd and worked sound, while Tony Pineiro worked lights and camera. Devin Graham was in charge of locations. I am happy to say that the first rough cut has just been finished. Once this project is done, I will be putting it on youtube for people to watch for free. 

The second short film, Tell Me Something Good, was written by Dan Gregory and directed by Sean Feuer. It is a dark comedy about a hostage situation, and we filmed that last week. Starring: Isaac Platizky, Dan Gregory, Scarlett Santiago, and myself. Joey Mosca worked sound, Tony Pineiro worked lights. Blake Zawadzki was in charge of locations. 

The third and final short film, The Dare, was also written by Dan Gregory and will be directed by Bill Farley. It also stars Dan Gregory, Faith Sullivan, Ilana Seagull, Samantha Algieri (sp?), and myself. It will be shot in the very near future. 

All of the above projects are not only awesome, but they are a joint venture between Narrow Bridge Entertainment, XXIVK Productions, and Maniac Films... A great assemblage of talent if I ever saw one. 

Phew. Okay, I had more to say than I thought. 

Stay tuned, 

Sam 

Actor, Writer, Producer

Red Scare