A Horrible Way to Die to premiere at 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

Details on the Toronto International Film Festival website here.

Obviously this is a huge deal for us, and we're thrilled about it. I had a film at Toronto all the way back in 2004 with DEAD BIRDS and it was a fantastic experience. I should also note that DEAD BIRDS was a $1.5 million studio-bankrolled project, and even then we considered ourselves very lucky to get in. For a small, independent American film like A HORRIBLE WAY TO DIE to premiere at a major international festival like Toronto is a tremendous honor, and hopefully bodes well for our film in the future.

I'm so happy about this I don't even have anything sarcastic to say.

The section of TIFF that we have been programmed in is Vanguard, a section traditionally reserved for edgier fare. Last year, I saw ENTER THE VOID in this section, and as you can see from the TIFF press release, we'll be playing alongside films by Romain Gavras (who directed one of my favorite music videos ever, Justice's "Stress"), Sion Sono, Gregg Araki and Tetsuya Nakashima. This feels entirely appropriate to me.

We've also got some future screenings in the works, which I'll post on as details solidify.

-Simon

message to AHWTD cast and crew - re: credits

Simon here again, possibly my last post until we have something big to announce. At any rate, if you worked on AHWTD and have an opinion on how you're credited (how your name should be printed, etc.), fire me off a message, either commenting here or to one of my personal addresses. We're entering our last phases of post-production, which means we'll be putting together our credit sequences soon, and if you have an opinion on this sort of thing, now is the time to let us know! Okay. Out.

And if you don't know, better ask somebody.

So, like, we're in the news. Our producer Travis let a few people know about the movie, and looked what happened. Gosh. He's keeping me apprised of these stories, so I may add a few more at a later time... We're probably going to start being more secretive about the film after this, just so people are eventually able to enjoy it as much as possible, but if any more articles crop up, I'll post them on this page.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i474fda2d02866bfd186f418634bea6c0

http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.thehollywoodreporter.com/trio-cast-horrible-way-die-film

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=14446

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/36368/brace-yourself-for-a-horrible-way-die

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1761724/

http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/03/popskull-director-adam-wingard-discovers-a-horrible-way-to-die.php

http://content.usatoday.com/topics/article/Places,+Geography/States,+Territories,+Provinces,+Islands/U.S.+States/Missouri/0a94egDgzE9hl/1

http://www.moviehole.net/201024039-bowen-aboard-horrible-movie

http://www.totalfilm.com/news/bowen-finds-a-horrible-way-to-die?cid=OTC-RSS&attr=news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+totalfilm/imdbnews+(Total+Film+IMDb+aggregate)

http://www.brutalashell.com/2010/03/a-horrible-way-to-die-creates-an-interesting-turn-of-events/

http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8688:get-ready-for-a-horrible-way-to-die&catid=41:news&Itemid=71

http://www.slashfilm.com/tag/a-horrible-way-to-die/

http://www.joblo.com/arrow/index.php?id=21136&order=popular

http://www.voxmagazine.com/stories/scene/

http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/shooting-begins-on-site-b-arables-thriller-a-horrible-way-to-die/5011732.article

-Simon


(Photographs by Taylor Glascock)

okay, so, we're filming

Nobody's updated this blog page in awhile because there's only a handful of people doing everything on this movie, and one of them's me, which means that updating this blog occasionally gets prioritized beneath finding actors, locations, crew members, equipment and places to cry myself to sleep. However, we are currently on day four of our eighteen day shoot, so if you see anyone running around Columbia, MO with cameras, chasing a disheveled man with fake blood all over him, well, that's us. And in general we would appreciate it if you did not call the police on us. Our shoot wraps on March 22, so if you see something like that after March 22, by all means go ahead and call the cops. Not before, though.

Shooting's going great, we're making our days and everything's awesome. I am just a tad tired and I have lost my voice from screaming obscenities at our crew, but everything's going to be terrific. Really.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our auditions or told anyone else to - we're still finding places for some of you, and have rewritten some roles to fit some of the amazing people we found - and thanks to anyone who's working for us for free or letting us use their locations. There will be vastly more extensive gratitude doled out later - and in our credits - but for now we're all just amazed at how nice everyone in Columbia has been to us. Hopefully we won't wear out our welcome in the next three weeks.

Sincerely yours,

Simon

Audition address - 1405 E. Broadway

AUDITION DETAILS

Okay, details have been established for our auditions: We are holding our auditions at Charters Lecture Hall on the Stephens College Campus this Saturday and Sunday (February 20 and 21) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The address there is 1400 E. Broadway, Columbia, MO 65215, but basically you want to through the glass doors on the north side of Broadway at the intersection of Broadway and Dorsey (that's how this was explained to me) and then you'll see our signs or possibly just us. We chose this location because it should be quiet and comfortable and also it's near enough to downtown and the MU campus that it should be easy for everyone to find. If you have any ability or interest in acting, you should definitely drop by. Hell, even if you don't, just come and say hello. Chances are we'll cast you anyway.

-Simon

casting flier

This is our new casting flier, which Jen made for us. Location is still TBA, but will be announced soon. In the meantime, please feel free to print these out and litter the town with them.

-Simon