The 2024 Fantasia Film Festival will open with a world premiere for Bookworm, the Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher starrer from New Zealand filmmaker Ant Timpson.
The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her long-absent American magician father (Wood) comes to look after her, and together they take an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness to find a mythological beast that leads to increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.
Among other new titles added to the lineup for Fantasia’s 28th edition are world bows for Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, starring Kit Harrington; Isaac Ezban’s dystopian coming-of-age tale Parvulos; and Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, starring Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny.
There are also...
The indie reteams Wood with Come to Daddy director Timpson and saw the Lord of the Rings actor return to New Zealand for production. In Bookworm, Fisher plays a 12-year-old girl whose life is turned upside down when her long-absent American magician father (Wood) comes to look after her, and together they take an ill-advised camping trip into the rugged New Zealand wilderness to find a mythological beast that leads to increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.
Among other new titles added to the lineup for Fantasia’s 28th edition are world bows for Alexander J. Farrell’s The Beast Within, starring Kit Harrington; Isaac Ezban’s dystopian coming-of-age tale Parvulos; and Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, starring Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny.
There are also...
- 6/7/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The second wave of titles have just been announced for this year's edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival and of course there are some doozies in the mix. First off, Ant Timpson's Bookworm, starring Elijah Wood and Nell Fisher will have its world premiere when it opens the fesitval this year. It looks absolutely delightful and fun. Japanese anime Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain, werewolf movie The Beast Within, starring Kit Harington, the coming-of-age horror flick Parvulos from our friend in Mexico, Isaac Ezban, Canadian gore horror Scare Shitless! directed by Vivieno Caldinelli featuring practical effects by Steven Kostanski, Protuguese grass-roots horror flick The Old Man and the Demon Sword, and underground micro-budget story about a relationship, Me And My...
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- 6/6/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled its second wave of titles, which includes the world premiere of Ant Timpson’s “Bookworm” as the opening night film. This year’s edition, the 28th for the festival, will run from July 18 to August 4. More titles will be announced July 3.
Other world premieres included in the line-up are “The Beast Within” starring Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), which follows a young girl as she starts to question her atypical life in her family’s compound in England, and makes a shocking discovering about her dad; and “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain,” with director Kenji Nakamura reviving the thrills of the original anime.
“Bookworm” stars Elijah Wood (“Yellowjackets”) and Nell Fisher (“Evil Dead Rise”). The official logline reads, “Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a...
Other world premieres included in the line-up are “The Beast Within” starring Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”), which follows a young girl as she starts to question her atypical life in her family’s compound in England, and makes a shocking discovering about her dad; and “Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain,” with director Kenji Nakamura reviving the thrills of the original anime.
“Bookworm” stars Elijah Wood (“Yellowjackets”) and Nell Fisher (“Evil Dead Rise”). The official logline reads, “Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a...
- 6/6/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Taika Waititi, Sam Huntington, Rhea Seehorn, Dan Harmon, Matt Jones, Brian Posehn, Mindy Sterling, Kate Micucci, Britney Young | Written by Christopher Hewitson, Clayton Hewitson, Justin Jones | Directed by Vivieno Caldinelli
I do have to admit that the simple reason for me watching Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss is because Taiki Waititi stars in it. As is often the case, just because one actor yu like is in a movie (particularly low budget movies) it might not be the best reason to view it. But it’s Taiki Waititi right?!
As you might be expecting Waititi isn’t actually in the movie a whole lot but on to that later. Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss is a ridiculous comedy about a young couple who move in to a place that is clearly to good to be true. It’s well located, super cheap and is home to ritualistic...
I do have to admit that the simple reason for me watching Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss is because Taiki Waititi stars in it. As is often the case, just because one actor yu like is in a movie (particularly low budget movies) it might not be the best reason to view it. But it’s Taiki Waititi right?!
As you might be expecting Waititi isn’t actually in the movie a whole lot but on to that later. Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss is a ridiculous comedy about a young couple who move in to a place that is clearly to good to be true. It’s well located, super cheap and is home to ritualistic...
- 6/11/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Claire and Paul (Kate Micucci and Sam Huntington) move to La for her new job at an ad agency. They find a very cheap apartment, but there’s one catch: the cult members who drop by on a regular basis to commit ritual suicide in their bathtub.
Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss is an odd little film; a small scale but often self-consciously wacky comedy that also has a streak of black humour running through it. The tone is slippery from scene to scene, meaning the screenplay by Christopher and Clayton Hewitson and Justin Jones doesn’t always knit together well, but two things help the film find some consistency.
The first of these things is Kate Micucci, who came to my attention through Garfunkel and Oates; her musical comedy project with her friend Riki Lindhome. Here, her wide-eyed expressiveness works perfectly as Claire is at first baffled by...
Seven Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss is an odd little film; a small scale but often self-consciously wacky comedy that also has a streak of black humour running through it. The tone is slippery from scene to scene, meaning the screenplay by Christopher and Clayton Hewitson and Justin Jones doesn’t always knit together well, but two things help the film find some consistency.
The first of these things is Kate Micucci, who came to my attention through Garfunkel and Oates; her musical comedy project with her friend Riki Lindhome. Here, her wide-eyed expressiveness works perfectly as Claire is at first baffled by...
- 6/9/2020
- by Sam Inglis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A new trailer has been released for comedy ‘Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss ‘ featuring Taika Waititi as a suicide cult leader.
The offbeat comedy follows a couple taking a chance on a place with impossibly low rent, not knowing the former occupant was a cult leader. To make matters more bizarre, an endless string of followers routinely break into their home to ceremoniously sacrifice themselves.
Directed by Vivieno Caldinelli the film stars Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Taika Waititi, Dan Harmon, Rhea Seehorn, Mark McKinney, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, Josh Brener, Mindy Sterling and Dana Gould.
Also in trailers – Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross bring the noise in new trailer for ‘The High Note’
The film hits Us cinemas March 6th with an On-Demand and digital release on March 17th.
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The offbeat comedy follows a couple taking a chance on a place with impossibly low rent, not knowing the former occupant was a cult leader. To make matters more bizarre, an endless string of followers routinely break into their home to ceremoniously sacrifice themselves.
Directed by Vivieno Caldinelli the film stars Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Taika Waititi, Dan Harmon, Rhea Seehorn, Mark McKinney, Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, Josh Brener, Mindy Sterling and Dana Gould.
Also in trailers – Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross bring the noise in new trailer for ‘The High Note’
The film hits Us cinemas March 6th with an On-Demand and digital release on March 17th.
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- 3/3/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Vivieno Caldinelli's dark comedy Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh will have its European premiere at the Lund Fantastik Film Festival this weekend. We have been given a couple clips to share with you, which you will find below. A small-town couple finds the perfect apartment in the big city, except there's one catch: the apartment is home to the ritualistic suicides of a deranged cult. Seven Stages to Eternal Bliss... stars Kate Micucci and Sam Huntington as the young couple. The cult members, including their founder played by Taika Waititi, are played by comedic talents the likes of Maria Bamford, Mark McKinney, Josh Brener and Brian Posehn. Dan Harmon stars as the...
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- 9/27/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Excessive absurdity is to be expected from a film titled “7 Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss by Passing Through the Gateway Chosen by the Holy Storsh,” and Vivieno Caldinelli’s feature doesn’t disappoint in that regard. But the outlandishness proffered by this comedy is of such a strident sort that any possible laughs quickly turn to eye-rolling groans. Despite inclusion in the Midnight movies section of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, this atonal affair is unlikely to elicit much good will from audiences of any genre persuasion.
Ohio transplants Claire (Kate Micucci) and Paul (Sam Huntington) have no sooner moved into their new Los Angeles apartment than they’re discovering the reason for its unbelievably low rent: It’s the former home of the Holy Storsh (Taika Waititi), a cult leader who killed himself in the bathtub, and is now a place where his disciples come to follow his fatal lead.
Ohio transplants Claire (Kate Micucci) and Paul (Sam Huntington) have no sooner moved into their new Los Angeles apartment than they’re discovering the reason for its unbelievably low rent: It’s the former home of the Holy Storsh (Taika Waititi), a cult leader who killed himself in the bathtub, and is now a place where his disciples come to follow his fatal lead.
- 5/1/2018
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Finding your dream apartment is never easy, especially in a city like Los Angeles, and while there are plenty of things worth letting slide for cheap rent, a revolving door of crazy cult members who want to commit suicide in your bathtub probably isn’t one of them. But what if those cult members were on to something?
“7 Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh” poses this absurd question with the same goofy energy as its long-winded title. It’s wild and funny ride, but comes equipped with a pinch of existential dread.
Director Vivieno Caldinelli, who got his start working on Canadian sketch shows, puts his comedy roots to good use by wrangling “Kids in the Hall” star Mark McKinney, Maria Bamford, Taika Waititi and more for inspired cameos. But the string of familiar faces all have a one-dimensional quality. In many ways,...
“7 Stages To Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh” poses this absurd question with the same goofy energy as its long-winded title. It’s wild and funny ride, but comes equipped with a pinch of existential dread.
Director Vivieno Caldinelli, who got his start working on Canadian sketch shows, puts his comedy roots to good use by wrangling “Kids in the Hall” star Mark McKinney, Maria Bamford, Taika Waititi and more for inspired cameos. But the string of familiar faces all have a one-dimensional quality. In many ways,...
- 4/30/2018
- by Jamie Righetti
- Indiewire
Company X and MarVista Entertainment have attached Kate Micucci (Ducktails, The Lego Batman Movie), Sam Huntington (Rosewood, Detroit Rock City) and Dan Harmon (Community, Harmonquest) to star in Corpse Tub, a dark comedy film helmed by Vivieno Caldinelli (My Pal Satan) and based on a script written by Christopher Hewitson, Justin Jones, and Clayton Hewitson.... Read More...
- 10/4/2017
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Kate Micucci (“The Big Bang Theory”), Sam Huntington (“Rosewood”), and Dan Harmon (“Rick and Morty”) will star in Corpse Tub, a dark comedy from Company X and MarVista Entertainment, Deadline reports. Vivieno Caldinelli (This Hour Has 22 Minutes) directed the film, based on a script by Christopher Hewitson, Justin Jones, and Clayton Hewitson. “It follows […]...
- 10/4/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Kate Micucci (The Big Bang Theory), Sam Huntington (Rosewood), and Dan Harmon (Rick and Morty) will star in Corpse Tub, a dark comedy from Company X and MarVista Entertainment. This marks the second co-production of a four-picture deal currently in place between the two companies, following the Marianna Parka-directed pic, Bitch, which premiered at Sundance this year. Vivieno Caldinelli (This Hour Has 22 Minutes) directed the film, based on a script…...
- 10/4/2017
- Deadline
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for September 2016, including "American Gods", "Flatliners", "Taken" and a whole lot more:
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Jul 11 - Aug 26/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen
Dir.: Yael Staav
Sep 12 - Oct 28/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 -...
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Jul 11 - Aug 26/16
Baroness Von Sketch Show
Season 2
TV Series
Bvss 2 Productions Ontario Inc. / Frantic Films
Prod.: Graham Ludlow, Jeff Peeler
Exec.Prod.: Jamie Brown, Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen
Dir.: Yael Staav
Sep 12 - Oct 28/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 -...
- 8/24/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for August 2016, including "Taken", "Flatliners", "People Of Earth" and a whole lot more:
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Mar. 14 – Sep 30/16
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Backstage
Season 2
TV Series
Fresh TV
Prod.: Brian Campbell
Exec. Prod.: Brian Irving,
Lara Azzopardi
Dir.: Mario Azzopardi,
Wendy Morgan, Director X, Rt!,
Warren P. Sonoda, Lara Azzopardi
Jul 5 - Aug 19/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 - Sep 2
Buckout Road
Feature
Buckout Productions Ltd
Prod.
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Alias Grace
Mini Series
Halfire Entertainment
Prod.: Sarah Polley, DJ Carson
Dir.: Mary Harron
Aug 15 - Nov 15/16
American Gods
TV Series
Fremantle / Starz Network
Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,
Michael Green, Neil Gaiman
Dir.: David Slade & Various
Mar. 14 – Sep 30/16
Anon
Feature
Anon Film Prods. Canada Inc.
Prod.: Dan Bekerman
Dir.: Andrew Niccol
Backstage
Season 2
TV Series
Fresh TV
Prod.: Brian Campbell
Exec. Prod.: Brian Irving,
Lara Azzopardi
Dir.: Mario Azzopardi,
Wendy Morgan, Director X, Rt!,
Warren P. Sonoda, Lara Azzopardi
Jul 5 - Aug 19/16
Bruno & Boots II And III
TV Movie (2)
Aircraft Pictures
Prod.: Anthony Leo, Andrew Rosen
Dir.: Vivieno Caldinelli
Jul 22 - Sep 2
Buckout Road
Feature
Buckout Productions Ltd
Prod.
- 7/25/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Getting a film into the Toronto International Film Festival is an achievement most filmmakers can only dream of. Getting a film into Tiff called Portal To Hell!!! which stars the late Roddy Piper battling Cthluhu himself, reads like a total pipe dream. It ain’t so though. Writer/co-star Matt Watts and director Vivieno Caldinelli are the boy wonders behind this off-the-wall […]...
- 9/16/2015
- by Amy Seidman
- Fangoria
Recently we got a chance to review the insanely entertaining short Portal To Hell!! from the comedy directing/writing duo of Vivieno Caldinelli and Matt Watts, and starring the late, great Rowdy Roddy Piper. What’s even more of a bonus was… Continue Reading →
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- 9/8/2015
- by Matt Boiselle
- DreadCentral.com
Potential awards season contenders Truth from James Vanderbilt and Marc Abraham’s I Saw The Light starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams land world premiere slots, while Paco Cabezas’s Mr. Right will close the festival.
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
London is the subject of the seventh annual City To City programme that features world premieres of Tom Geens’ Couple In A Hole starring Paul Higgins and Kate Dickie and Michael Caton-Jones’ Urban Hymn with Letitia Wright and Shirley Henderson. Elaine Constantine’s Northern Soul gets a North American premiere.
The world premiere of Catherine Hardwicke’s Miss You Already is among five additions to the galas alongside Mr. Right, an action comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick.
Matthew Cullen’s Martin Amis adaptation London Fields and David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis get first public screenings in the Special Presentations roster with I Saw The Light.
Tiff top brass also unveiled the Contemporary World Cinema section, featuring...
- 8/18/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Last month, the world sadly lost "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, a legendary figure on film and in the ring, and a true gentleman. One of the last projects Piper appeared in was Portal to Hell!!!, a short film in which a doorway to Lovecraftian creatures is opened. Portal to Hell!!! will premiere next month at Tiff, and now the short film's official trailer has been revealed.
In addition to his prolific career within the wrestling ring, many remember Piper from his terrific turns in a lengthy list of films, including John Carpenter's They Live and Hell Comes to Frogtown. Featuring Piper going up against Cthulhu-like monsters as a building super with a sense of humor, Portal to Hell!!! looks to remind viewers why they cherished Piper and will continue to admire his powerful onscreen presence.
Directed by Vivieno Caldinelli from a screenplay by Matt Watts, Portal to Hell!!! stars the late Roddy Piper,...
In addition to his prolific career within the wrestling ring, many remember Piper from his terrific turns in a lengthy list of films, including John Carpenter's They Live and Hell Comes to Frogtown. Featuring Piper going up against Cthulhu-like monsters as a building super with a sense of humor, Portal to Hell!!! looks to remind viewers why they cherished Piper and will continue to admire his powerful onscreen presence.
Directed by Vivieno Caldinelli from a screenplay by Matt Watts, Portal to Hell!!! stars the late Roddy Piper,...
- 8/13/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Great Old One is being summoned into the basement of a disused apartment building and the only man who can stop Cthulhu's arrival is wrestling great Rowdy Roddy Piper. That's the basic hook on Portal To Hell!!! (yes, the punctuation is part of the title) - the Toronto International Film Festival selected short film that sadly goes down as the final on screen work for the WWE star, working here with acclaimed Canadian comedy director Vivieno Caldinelli (Picnicface, This Hour Has 22 Minutes) and SFX whiz Steve Kostanski (Manborg, The Void). The apartment-superintendent hero of this primo slice of Canuxploitation has enough on his plate, what with all the plumbing and electrical problems and high-maintenance tenants. But then some jerks open up a multidimensional...
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- 8/13/2015
- Screen Anarchy
The entertainment world has lost a true icon - and a genuinely quality person - with word that wrestling superstar and lead actor in John Carpenter's They Live, Rowdy Roddy Piper, passed away in his sleep last night from cardiac arrest.This sort of news is never fun to write but this one comes with a more personal sting than most. It must have been nearly two years ago now that Toronto based director Vivieno Caldinelli reached out to me saying that he and a friend (Matt Watts) had been sitting around talking about how much they loved They Live and, hey, why didn't anybody make movies like that any more. So they'd written one, a short film titled Portal To Hell. And having written it...
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- 8/1/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Roddy Piper vs. Cthulhu. That premise alone has us all sweaty with fanboy anticipation, and this first still did nothing but make that anticipation grow like a mythical tentacled beast! Dig it! Vivieno Caldinelli directs this Indiegogo success story. Synopsis:… Continue Reading →
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- 3/6/2015
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Distributor acquires international sales rights to Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy, which stars Roddy Piper.
Raven Banner has acquired international sales rights to Portal to Hell.
The distributor, who will also release the feature in Canada, joins Xyz Films who are handling Us rights to Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy, which stars Roddy Piper as a semi-retired building manager who discovers a supernatural portal in the basement and has to stop old god Cthulhu becoming overlord of the Earth.
Portal to Hell is part of the Harold Greenberg Fund’s Shorts to Features programme which nurtures short films with a goal towards realising their feature versions. The short film will shoot in March 2015 with an aim to package the feature film in Fall 2015.
Executive producer Andrew Rosen commented: “It’s crazy and amazing. We’re still in the middle of our Indiegogo campaign to raise money for the short film, and now we...
Raven Banner has acquired international sales rights to Portal to Hell.
The distributor, who will also release the feature in Canada, joins Xyz Films who are handling Us rights to Vivieno Caldinelli’s horror comedy, which stars Roddy Piper as a semi-retired building manager who discovers a supernatural portal in the basement and has to stop old god Cthulhu becoming overlord of the Earth.
Portal to Hell is part of the Harold Greenberg Fund’s Shorts to Features programme which nurtures short films with a goal towards realising their feature versions. The short film will shoot in March 2015 with an aim to package the feature film in Fall 2015.
Executive producer Andrew Rosen commented: “It’s crazy and amazing. We’re still in the middle of our Indiegogo campaign to raise money for the short film, and now we...
- 12/18/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Director Vivieno Caldinelli ("Picnicface") and writer Matt Watts ("The Newsroom") are preparing to shoot their short film Portal to Hell. The film is a Lovecraftian homage and a battle against Cthulhu. To star Roddy Piper (They Live), financing for this title has already begun. As well, the short film will be developed into a feature film, in late 2015. Raven Banner will distribute the feature in Canada. More details on Portal to Hell are previewed here. In the story, Jack (Piper) discovers several cultists in his basement. He also discovers that they are trying to bring the god Cthulhu into his world, through sorcery. Jack must enlist the help of others to stop this madness, or else everyone is doomed. This film is still in the early phases of production. And, the filmmakers could use the support of horror fans to bring the short film to life. Details on the film's Indiegogo campaign are listed below.
- 12/17/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Anything involving H.P. Lovecraft is worth a look, but when it’s a short film that stars They Live’s Roddy Piper, then you have movie magic. Director Vivieno Caldinelli and writer Matt Watts have taken to Indiegogo to ask for help getting funding for their short film, Portal to Hell.
Here’s a little bit of info on the film itself:
Jack is a simple man with simple needs. Mostly he just needs to be left alone to read his book. It’s a good book and he likes it, or at least he would if the tenants of the building he manages weren’t so damn needy themselves. And it’s not just blown fuses and clogged toilets here … no, when the building power goes out the culprit is a pair of tenants opening a portal to hell in the basement. Does this count as building maintenance? Is...
Here’s a little bit of info on the film itself:
Jack is a simple man with simple needs. Mostly he just needs to be left alone to read his book. It’s a good book and he likes it, or at least he would if the tenants of the building he manages weren’t so damn needy themselves. And it’s not just blown fuses and clogged toilets here … no, when the building power goes out the culprit is a pair of tenants opening a portal to hell in the basement. Does this count as building maintenance? Is...
- 11/27/2014
- by Max Molinaro
- SoundOnSight
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.” John Carpenter fans remember this “Rowdy” Roddy Piper line from 1988’s They Live, but imagine if Piper said something similar to Cthulhu upon entering the demon city of R’lyeh. If this sounds epic, then you may be interested in funding Portal to Hell, a short film co-starring Piper and Cthulhu that just launched an Indiegogo campaign.
Portal to Hell is guaranteed to be made next March and contributions to the Indiegogo campaign will help fund the special effects creation. The better the film looks, the better its chances are of being turned into a feature film, as Portal to Hell’s creative team is planning on using the short film to pitch a full film version beginning next fall. To learn more about this project, visit:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/portal-to-hell...
Portal to Hell is guaranteed to be made next March and contributions to the Indiegogo campaign will help fund the special effects creation. The better the film looks, the better its chances are of being turned into a feature film, as Portal to Hell’s creative team is planning on using the short film to pitch a full film version beginning next fall. To learn more about this project, visit:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/portal-to-hell...
- 11/26/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Director Vivieno Caldinelli, writer Matt Watts and star Roddy Piper have teamed up with executive producer Todd Brown, executive producer Andrew Rosen, and FX guru Steve Kostanski to bring horror fans Portal to Hell a crowdfunded horror-comedy effort that will begin as a short film before heading into feature territory.
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- 11/26/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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