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.

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That’s not just the conceit behind low-budget film studio The Asylum, but for the hilarious and heartfelt documentary Mockbuster, chronicling a director’s strange journey helming The Land That Time Forgot.

From Executive Producer and famed documentarian David Farrier, Mockbuster opens in select theaters and on digital platforms beginning July 10.

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.”

Watch the charming trailer below that introduces director Anthony Frith as he decides to shoot his shot by pitching himself to The Asylum to direct a lost-world dinosaur epic.

Inexplicably, they say yes.

What follows is a madcap production in suburban Adelaide, shot in just six days on a budget that could generously be described as “aspirational.”

Frith is tasked with only six days to shoot The Land That Time Forgot, but he’s also helming the behind-the-scenes documentary, Mockbuster. In other words, Mockbuster marks the double feature debut by Frith.

“I went into this project thinking that directing a dinosaur movie for The Asylum would be fun, and that it would make for a hilarious behind-the-scenes doc,” Frith previously told Variety. “From the outside, they look like Hollywood’s punk rockers, working fast and loose. But somewhere between receiving the script on Sunday and shooting on Monday, I started to see their true genius: controlled chaos – a method that, against all odds, produces movies audiences keep coming back for.”

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Helmed by Anthony Frith, watch the teaser trailer for the Australian documentary below.

With a once-promising film career flattened to corporate video gigs, Frith decides to pitch himself to The Asylum to direct a lost-world dinosaur epic. Against all reason, the studio famous for its guilty-pleasure exploitation films says yes.

What follows is a madcap production of The Land That Time Forgot in suburban Adelaide, shot in just six days on a budget that could generously be described as “aspirational.”

Frith isn’t just directing the The Land That Time Forgot — he’s also helming the behind-the-scenes documentary that is Mockbuster, capturing the beautiful mess of full-blown B-movie filmmaking. Between demanding LA executives, a game but bewildered cast, and his own self-doubt, the pressure builds.

What emerges is not just a chronicle of chaotic production, but an unexpectedly tender portrait of chasing the dream through the absurd hustle of genre filmmaking — and finding a different kind of success behind the scenes.

Throughout the shoot, Frith navigates the gloriously chaotic orbit of Asylum producer Brendan Petrizzo and studio founders David Rimawi, David Latt, and Paul Bales as he attempts to keep a prehistoric adventure afloat amid rubber dinosaurs, last-minute rewrites, and caffeinated panic.

From Mostly True Media and Walking Fish Productions, David Elliot-Jones, Sandy Cameron, and Naomi Ball produce. David Farrier (Tickled) executive produces alongside Nick Savva, Madeleine Schumacher, Alex West, Ty Morse, Phil Laboon, Ari Harrison, and Cam Rogers.

The doc is supported by Screen Australia, with the South Australian Film Corporation and Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, in association with VicScreen.

Mockbuster will have its US premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California on February 5 with cast and crew in attendance.

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