Ifp has announced its 2013 slate of 163 films in development selected for its Project Forum at Independent Film Week, which runs September 15-19 at New York's Lincoln Center. "The event brings the international film and media community to New York City to advance new projects and support the future of storytelling by nurturing the work of both emerging and established independent artists and filmmakers," Ifp explained in a press release. "Through the Project Forum, creatives connect with the financiers, executives, influencers and decision-makers in film, television, new media and cross-platform storytelling that can help them complete their latest works and connect with audiences." Featured works at the 2013 Independent Film Week include filmmakers and content creators ranging from Academy Award winners Louie Psihoyos ("The Cove") and Cynthia Wade ("Freeheld") to web-series innovators such as Mesh Flinders ("Lonelygirl 5") and Thom Woodley ("The Burg"). “For 35...
- 7/25/2013
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Ifp, publisher of Filmmaker Magazine, announced today 163 projects in development selected for its Independent Film Week Project Forum. Projects include documentaries by such directors as Academy Award Winners Louis Psihoyos and Cynthia Wade; fiction features by documentarians Jennifer Fox and Jeremiah Zagar; fiction features by web creators Mesh Flinders and Thom Woodley; and an original web series, Awesome Asian Bad Guys, by Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco. In addition, a number of projects from Filmmaker Magazine 25 New Faces have been selected, including new work from Carlen Altman, Sophia Takal, the Zellner Brothers, Alex Jablonski, Pete Ohs & Andrea …...
- 7/25/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Will AMC and Oltl Be Saved By Online Upstart? Here's The Latest!
While a Prospect Park rep did not immediately get back to us and an ABC Daytime spokesperson declined to comment, a well-placed ABC source did tell us that the Post‘s reporting contains “inaccuracies.” The insider could not elaborate on the errors — Will only existing episodes be streamed? Are Lucci and her hefty paycheck in fact not part of the deal? — but soap fans shouldn’t be kept guessing for long. I’m hearing that a press release regarding the rumored “rescue” is due out soon.
Thom Woodley: Soaps? Online? Hell yes!
"As some of you know, I have something sort of similar (but also completely different) in the works. But if Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz can take this first massive step and make it work – and I have every reason to believe they can – then...
While a Prospect Park rep did not immediately get back to us and an ABC Daytime spokesperson declined to comment, a well-placed ABC source did tell us that the Post‘s reporting contains “inaccuracies.” The insider could not elaborate on the errors — Will only existing episodes be streamed? Are Lucci and her hefty paycheck in fact not part of the deal? — but soap fans shouldn’t be kept guessing for long. I’m hearing that a press release regarding the rumored “rescue” is due out soon.
Thom Woodley: Soaps? Online? Hell yes!
"As some of you know, I have something sort of similar (but also completely different) in the works. But if Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz can take this first massive step and make it work – and I have every reason to believe they can – then...
- 7/7/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Here's a rundown of some of the latest web series news:
We Love Soaps TV attended the second season premiere party for Downsized on Tuesday night at Copia in New York City. The crowd, which included All's Faire creator Thom Woodley, and Then We Got Help's Julie Ann Emery and Kevin Earley, loved it. Look for additional coverage of this event later today.
Southside, the new movie from The Bay creator Gregori J. Martin starring Kristos Andrews, begins shooting today in New York. Emmy winner and Indie Soap Award nominee Martha Byrne will be playing an NYPD cop in the film.
Speaking of Byrne, the actress has revealed she will be appearing in the web series Pretty (another successful Indie Soap Awards connection!) and is working with Empire writers Greg Turner and Brian Hewson on a new comedy web series. Stay tuned!
Photos by Kevin Mulcahy Jr.
Trailer Made, Ragged...
We Love Soaps TV attended the second season premiere party for Downsized on Tuesday night at Copia in New York City. The crowd, which included All's Faire creator Thom Woodley, and Then We Got Help's Julie Ann Emery and Kevin Earley, loved it. Look for additional coverage of this event later today.
Southside, the new movie from The Bay creator Gregori J. Martin starring Kristos Andrews, begins shooting today in New York. Emmy winner and Indie Soap Award nominee Martha Byrne will be playing an NYPD cop in the film.
Speaking of Byrne, the actress has revealed she will be appearing in the web series Pretty (another successful Indie Soap Awards connection!) and is working with Empire writers Greg Turner and Brian Hewson on a new comedy web series. Stay tuned!
Photos by Kevin Mulcahy Jr.
Trailer Made, Ragged...
- 4/27/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
As soon as we thought we could predict the outcome of the Oscars, here comes another surprise! This one's brought to you by the Writers Guild of America. Picked for Best Original Screenplay was Christopher Nolan's "Inception." The director, famously dissed for not getting a Best Director Oscar nomination, may just win the Best Original Screenplay come Oscar night. Oscar front-runner, "The King's Speech" was not nominated because it didn't quality under union rules which prompted Nolan to say during his WGA acceptance award that he looked forward to a time when he could accept the award "without qualification."
That could be the beginning of a great script Mr. Nolan, go write it :happy
For adapted screenplay, I'm happy to report that Aaron Sorkin's fantastic script won! Based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, "The Social Network" was the only film last year that I predicted to win this very category.
That could be the beginning of a great script Mr. Nolan, go write it :happy
For adapted screenplay, I'm happy to report that Aaron Sorkin's fantastic script won! Based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, "The Social Network" was the only film last year that I predicted to win this very category.
- 2/7/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Two WGA New Media Writing Award categories were added to the lineup for the 2011 ceremonies, including Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media and Outstanding Achievement in Writing Derivative New Media. Today, the Writers Guild announced the nominees: Outstanding Achievement in Writing Original New Media Anyone But Me - “The Real Thing,” ”Identity Crisis,” “Girl Talk,” ”Naming Things,” “Curtain Up” - Story by Susan Miller, Tina Cesa Ward, Written by Susan Miller, Tina Cesa Ward All's Faire - “Episode 1,” “Episode 4,” Episode 5,” Episode 6,” “Episode 7” - Written by Thom Woodley Concierge: The Series - “Episode 1: We’ve Got Flash,” “Episode 2: Complimentary Sandwiches,” “Episode 3: Perfect Resume Builder” - Written by Timothy Cooper The Five Faces Project - “The Shadow” - Written by Michael A. Nixon Madison Avery - “Zac” - Written by Gregory Storm Outstanding Achievement in Writing Derivative New Media The 3rd Floor: The Office Webisode - “Webisode One: Moving On,...
- 1/11/2011
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
Greg & Donny have discovered Farmville. It was only a matter of time. Today the hick comedy web series returns for its second season with “Greg the Farmer,” proving that no internet phenomenon is out of reach of these knuckleheads. Together the duo of Jeff Skowron and Matt Yeager, the creators and stars of the series, make up Puddinhead Brothers on YouTube. Skowron stars as Greg and Yeager as Donny, two Western Pennsylvania yokels discovering the wonders of the internet. Yeager’s also part of the team at Dinosaur Diorama, which brought some of the early NY-based web comedies to national spotlight, like hipster-loving The Burg, RenFaire moc-doc All’s Faire and Vuguru’s branded indie rock road trip The All-For-Nots. Not surprisingly, fellow Burg creator Thom Woodley directs Greg & Donny. Related News:Quick Clicks: ‘The Battery’s’ Streamy, ‘Greg & Donny’, #Streamathon, ‘Alma’ ‘The Burg’ Is Cool Again, Hipsters Back, Yupsters Out...
- 9/8/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Today Sfn Group, Inc. (the parent company to Spherion and other professional staffing organizations) announced it has renewed Streamy Award-nominated comedy web series The Temp Life for a fifth season, establishing it as the longest-running brand-sponsored original web series top date. Production will begin this September in New York and is scheduled to premiere sometime in November. The Legend of Neil’s Tony Janning will be joining returning series regulars Wilson Cleveland, Rachel Risen, Mark Jude, Chris Stetson,Thom Woodley, Sandeep Parikh and Taryn Southern along with other guest stars to be announced in coming weeks. Related News:‘The Temp Life’ Returns, Stocked Up on Web Series Stars Spherion-backed ‘Temp Life’ Re-Staffs For New Season Illeana Douglas Drops Into ‘The Temp Life’...
- 7/29/2010
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Illeana Douglas may be quite the name in web series circles now, especially after landing six Streamy nominations for her popular comedy Easy to Assemble, which just wrapped its second season earlier this year. It even spawned a spinoff series Sparhüsen, which nabbed its own Streamy nod. But aside from those two, the Emmy-nominated TV and film actress has yet to venture into a web series where she isn't the one calling the shots. Looks like that’s about to change. Douglas just wrapped shooting a two-episode guest starring arc on Spherion-sponsored office comedy The Temp Life in New York this week, playing cold hearted CEO Eve Randall. Also shooting a guest spot this week is Taryn Southern who brings back her gumpy midwest It tech Nancy Roder for a few more episodes. This isn’t the first we’ve written about the casting moves on The Temp Life this season,...
- 3/9/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Next New Networks officially announced their "Next New Creators" program today, which works with upstart indie web series and brings them into the Nnn mix in a slightly less formal way than some of the network's originally developed shows. The 4 year-old online TV network—which is really a family of channels like Barely Political, Threadbanger, Indy Mogul, and Channel Frederator—had been working with a select group of shows over the past year in non-exclusive fashion. Auto-Tune the News, the breakout musical satire series from the Gregory Brothers, is probably the most notable of the early crop of shows to come out of the program, grossing over 35 million views on YouTube and other sites. Other web series like those that were tapped for Nnn's new foodie site, Hungry Nation, were also in the program including Daniel Delaney’s street food escapes on Vendr.TV and Max and Rebecca Lando’s...
- 12/16/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
"This tis the story of a band of gentlefolk who strive to bring forthe the finest renntertainment on the entire Delmarva Peninsula!" The folks at Dinosaur Diorama have been busy this month, serving up its first full-length episode of The Burg since 2007 that clocked in at a whopping 20 minutes. Then on November 17th, they premiered their first season of the "Renntertainment" comedy, All's Faire. Now you may be asking yourself, "wait, this is the First season of All's Faire? Wasn't that a Streamy-nominated show last year?" I had the chance to correspond with Dinosaur Diorama's Thom Woodley to get the details on how the current episodes tie into the Kingdom of Gary-shire upon Delmarva universe of Alls Faire. "We did use some of what we shot in 2008," said Woodley. "Those 9 shorts are nonchronological - they're just slices of life at the faire. Actually, we just took those out of our...
- 11/25/2009
- by Jenni Powell
- Tubefilter.com
Not since the Streamy Awards have we seen this many web series stars in one place. Ok not really, but with the fourth season of The Temp Life, the Spherion-backed comedy about life inside a dreadful NY temp agency kicking off today, the cast is loaded up with notable web series stars. The casting moves are signs this four-year old web show is growing up with the medium in which it plays. Call it Web TV's version of keiretsu. Creator Wilson Cleveland, Cjp Communications' Head of Digital Media, built the show back in 2006 for the firm's client Spherion. Incidentally, Cleveland also stars in the The Temp Life, as Nick “Trouble” Chiapetta, the once-ceo of Commodity Staffing, the shoddy agency. This new season picks up with some major changes once Chiapetta returns to office after a 33-week Awol. Notable guest (web) stars: Thom Woodley — co-creator and star of All's Faire, The 'Burg and Vuguru's The All-for-Nots.
- 11/16/2009
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
Like most entertainment-related organizations, The Writers Guild of America East has noticed shifting tides. The organization that gained traction during the labor movement of the 1930s, and effectively built a countervailing negotiating force to the all-powerful studios, has begun to re-envision itself in a world with democratized distribution. I have had the pleasure of asking Lowell Peterson, Executive Director of WGA East, all about the guild, its present position, its future form and what it means to be a signatory in the digital age. He smartly notes that “no one really knows” how new media will change the entertainment industry but, despite the uncertainty, the organization under his auspices has begun to actively engage the community of digital creators; first, by inviting new media signatories and, also, by hosting events that advance the conversation about writing, production and monetization in the digital world. As the first new media signatory, Thom Woodley of Dinasour Diorama,...
- 9/22/2009
- by Jamison Tilsner
- Tilzy.tv
Almost a year ago, The All-For-Nots played their first gig at Manhattan’s Mercury Lounge. Tonight, at Machless in Williamsburg, they will play what could possibly be their last. The band that was born from Michael Eisner’s new media studio, Vuguru and conceived by Kathleetn Grace and Thom Woodley of The Burg and Dinosaur Diorama Productions ended its self-titled web series in late August. The “Synth-Pop Indie-Electro-Folk-Emo-Dance-Gazer-Punk-Americana-Pop Prog-Rock-Emo” fivesome of Johnny, Caleb, Paul, Shirley, and Farrah seemed to be flirting with the idea of going on tour, but sometimes life imitates art. Thom explained over email: “In a surprising turn of events, it turned out very much like our original series - interpersonal drama, musical differences, lack of money. If people want to know what happened to the band, and how a band can fall apart at the same time it’s blowing up, they should go watch The All-For-Nots.
- 12/5/2008
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tilzy.tv
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