Monday,
October 6: Big Mouth Strikes Again
A new
interview with writer/director James Felix McKenney
is now online at the Colonel's
Crypt.
Thursday,
October 2: AUTOMATONS wins Godzilla Award!
AUTOMATONS
wins the Godzilla Award for Best Feature at the SUBURBIA!
NoBudgetFilmFestival in Rome!
THE
JURY:
"Odd, different , rather unique, “Automatons”
confirms that there is still the possibility to produce
a film in total freedom."
Congratulations
to Filippo Fraternali and Antonio Zucconi's LA PREZIOSA
ANIMA DI FAUSTO for winning the Gamera Award for Best
Short!
Thursday,
September 25: MonsterPants Wrap-up
Howdy folks,
Here
are the latest updates on the goings-on here at MonsterPants
World Headquarters:
HYPOTHERMIA
- Last week Dark Sky Films sent out a press release announcing
that company's new partnership with Glass Eye Pix to produce
a series of horror films. One of those movies is HYPOTHERMIA,
an ice-cold creature feature written and directed by James
Felix McKenney. The shoot is scheduled for this winter.
More details coming soon.
http://www.glasseyepix.com/html/pressrelease.html#darksky2008
FANGORIA
RADIO ON SIRIUS 102 - This Friday night,
September 26, Larry Fessenden and James Felix McKenney
will be joining host Debbie Rochon on Fangoria Radio to
talk about the upcoming SATAN HATES YOU, I SELL THE DEAD,
HYPOTHERMIA and other Glass Eye Pix projects. The show
starts at 10:00pm Eastern on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel
102.
http://www.fangoriaradio.com
SATAN
HATES YOU - The MonsterPants Christian horror
epic, SATAN HATES YOU, wrapped principal photography on
July 2nd. Post production is now in progress for this
film starring Don Wood (TV's COLONIAL HOUSE, IN A FIX),
Christine Spencer (AUTOMATONS), Angus Scrimm (PHANTASM,
TV's ALIAS), Reggie Bannister (PHANTASM, BUBBA HO-TEP),
Michael Berryman (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUKOO'S NEST, THE
HILLS HAVE EYES), Debbie Rochon (TROMEO AND JULIET, TERROR
FIRMER) and producer Larry Fessenden (HABIT, THE BRAVE
ONE) with appearances by Pauley Perrette (TV's NCIS, ALMOST
FAMOUS), John Levene (TV's DOCTOR WHO) and author Max
Brooks (WORLD WAR Z, THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE). Look
for SATAN HATES YOU in festivals mid-2009.
http://www.satanhatesyou.com
AUTOMATONS
VS. THE WORLD -
ROME, ITALY: Our little robot movie will
be the closing film of the SUBURBIA! NoBudgetFilmFestival
in Rome, Italy this coming Tuesday, September 30 at 8:00
pm at Cineclub Detour.
http://www.suburbiafestival.com
MELBOURNE,
AUSTRALIA: AUTOMATONS will also be playing at
the 9th annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival at
The George in Melbourne, Austrailia on Wednesday, October
15 at 7:00 pm.
http://www.muff.com.au
NORTH
AMERICA - AUTOMATONS is now available on DVD
in the US and Canada!
http://www.deathtotheautomatons.com
SILVERHIDE
- The six-page origin story of SilverHide, James Felix
McKenney's sword and circuitry comic book hero is scheduled
to appear this October in SATYR #8 from Main Enterprises.
SILVERHIDE is the tale of a simple service robot trapped
in a strange world of barbarians, monsters and evil sorcerers
told in a style reminiscent of the classic Warren and
Skywald comics magazines of the 1960's and 70's. Script
by James Felix McKenney. Art by Al and Rick Limacher.
http://www.mainenterprises.ecrater.com
HALLOWEEN
SHOPPING TIME - It's that time of year! Don't
forget to pick up your Halloween Countdown Calendar from
Glass Eye Pix or MonsterPants skull T-shirts and cards
at Ghastly Greetings!
http://www.ghastlygreetings.com
That's
it for now. For more updates and news, stop by these web
sites:
http://www.monsterpants.net
http://www.monsterpantsupdates.com
http://www.deathtotheautomatons.com
http://www.satanhatesyou.com
http://www.ghastlygreetings.com
Monday,
September 22: AUTOMATONS attack SUBURBIA!
AUTOMATONS
will be the closing film of the SUBURBIA!
NoBudgetFilmFestival in Rome, Italy. The screening
is on Tuesday, September 30 at 8:00 pm at Cineclub Detour.
Can't
make it to Rome? Then swing by the 9th
annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival
at The George in Melbourne, Austrailia on Wednesday, October
15 at 7:00 pm to see AUTOMATONS in all its low-fi glory.
Monday,
September 15: From Dark Sky FIlms
Dark
Sky Films Announces Production Partnership with Glass
Eye Pix
Dark
Sky Films announced today that a partnership has been
struck with the fiercely independent NYC-based production
company, Glass Eye Pix. Headed by art-horror auteur
Larry Fessenden (The Last Winter, Wendigo, Habit, NBC's
Fear Itself), Glass Eye Pix has produced critically acclaimed
films like Wendy and Lucy (Kelly reichardt), Liberty Kid
(Ilya Chaiken) and the forthcoming House of the Devil
by Ti West.
Larry
Fessenden said, "My producing partners Peter Phok
and Brent Kunkle and all of us at Glass Eye Pix are very
excited to able to continue our mission of making auteur-driven
genre movies with this collaboration with Dark Sky films.
We've had a great dialogue ramping into it with Greg Newman,
Marie-Therese Guirgis and Senior Producer Derek Curl and
we all see eye to eye on what these movies are going to
be like. I think the fans are going to be especially excited.
We've got great talent creating original material; a little
bit pulpy, a little bit high-brow. Can't wait to get started."
The collaboration between Glass Eye Pix and Dark Sky Films
will ramp up immediately with a Fall project from JT Petty
(The Burrowers), a psychological horror tale There's No
Place Like Home and a winter project from James Felix
McKenney (Automatons, Satan Hates You) - a creature-feature
entitled Hypothermia. These projects will be followed
by features from Ti West and Larry Fessenden, and more
films to be announced soon. With a roster of well-known
independent directors with proven talent, Glass Eye Pix
"will be able to make the movies they want to make",
said Dark Sky's VP of Acquisitions and Development Greg
Newman. "Dark Sky Films and Glass Eye Pix compliment
each other well, and we have likeminded goals for the
types of films we'll make. We couldn't be more excited
about this partnership."
Dark Sky Films is a wholly owned subsidiary of the MPI
Media Group. For more information on Dark Sky Films
and Glass Eye Pix, check out www.DarkSkyFilms.com
and www.GlassEyePix.com.
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