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‘Hive’ Begins Casting, Enter the Bloody ‘Red House’
Two new indies have begun casting, although no names have been revealed just yet.
Joel Schumacher’s The Hive, penned by Rich D’Ovidio, has begun looking for actors for a August shoot. The location and date are not set in stone as this production could end up being delayed. The pic “centers on an emergency operator who must confront a killer from her past to save a young girl’s life.”
Also on the shooting block is a new indie by the name of The Red House. Penned and being directed by Gregory Avellone, the pic will lens this June in Altadena, CA.
As dictated to Bloody, the 3-D pic centers on a female who inherits a sweet new house in the middle of the woods. She invites a bunch of her friends on a trip to check out the new pad, only to find themselves in the middle of a bloodbath.
Out today in select theaters and on digital platforms is heartfelt and playful documentary Mockbuster, which sees a director cold call a studio and ask to helm a lost-world dinosaur epic.
Inexplicably, they say yes.
Our exclusive clip below highlights both the comedic nature of this bizarre scenario as well as the pressures of shooting dino feature The Land That Time Forgot in a mere six days, with no real feature experience.
A dino attack scene causes friction on set in this scene.
In the documentary, “A struggling filmmaker’s opportunity collides with chaos and compromise when Sharknado’s notorious studio, The Asylum, invites him to direct a ‘mockbuster.’ With six days, a micro budget, and mounting pressure, Mockbuster is a comedic, behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the balance between low-budget filmmaking and creative ambition.”
More than just an inside look at filmmaking via low-budget film studio The Asylum, it doubles as one man’s pursuit of his dreams to charming, humorous effect.
“Mockbuster is a documentary about my own journey, but it’s also a love letter to one of the last grindhouses still functioning in Hollywood. We get to meet the characters and creators of some of the most infamous (and most hated) B-movies of the last few decades. People who make movies purely for profit – no pretension, no artistry, just monsters, C-listers, and chaos. A film that both genre fans and cinephiles can enjoy. But Mockbuster isn’t just about filmmaking, it’s about losing sight of your dreams, and reclaiming them in your own twisted way,” Director Anthony Frith said in a statement.
From Executive Producer and famed documentarian David Farrier, Mockbuster opens in select theaters and on digital platforms beginning July 10.