NEWS AND EVENTS
| 03/24/07 | Virtue screened as part of a Filmmaker's meet-up group. The event was held in Cambridge on March 24th at 7:00PM. Click here for more details. |
| 02/07/07 | The Other Side of Imagination is the title of a new collection of short stories written by Jarrod Courtemanche. The book was published and is now available for purchase from the website:i-proclaim bookstore. Just put Jarrod's name or the title of the book in the search box if you don't see it right away. Thank you all for checking it out. |
| 09/17/06 | VIRTUE: The Way of The Modern Samurai premiered to high praise at the 3rd Annual Boston Film Night, sponsored by Midnight Chimes Productions and Imagine Magazine at Arlington's Regent Theatre. We had a great time at the networking party afterwards and enjoyed meeting a lot of other filmmakers and enthusiasts. Looking forward to the next one! |
| 08/11/06 | Jarrod Courtemanche and Frank Cormier entered the 8th annual Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition with thier script "Eleven". They reached the quarterfinals category, which means, out of over 3,000 entries, they placed in the top 330. Scriptapalooza is one of the top screenwriting competitions in Hollywood and shopped by major film production companies like Paramount, HBO films, and the Donner's Company. Congrats to Frank and Jarrod! |
| 07/17/06 | VIRTUE: The Way of The Modern Samurai will premiere at the 3rd Annual Boston Film Night, sponsored by Midnight Chimes Productions and Imagine Magazine. This years event takes place on Sunday, Sept. 17th from 5pm to 10pm. There will be two shows, a Q&A with the filmmakers, and an after party. It will take place, as always, at Arlington's Regent Theatre. The show is FREE to attend! |
| 07/08/06 | Our resident composer, Mike Bleanger, has begun the scoring for Virtue at his digital recording studio in Pepperell, MA. |
| 06/20/06 | Production for Virtue has wrapped. We are now officialy in the post-production phase. Editing begins in earnest at Digital Arts Studio. |
| 06/08/06 | Production begins on Virtue. We will shoot from the 8th to the 11th in Lowell, MA. We will be shooting at The Rally Cap in Dracut, MA, Khoury's Karate in Tewksbury, MA, Major's Pub, Shedd Park Playground, and on the streets of downtown Lowell, MA. As well as inside a Cadillac SRX luxury sedan from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Lawrence, MA. We will also have a make-up shoot day on the 17th. The cast and crew are eager and excited to begin another project in the name of 'serious fun'. |
| 01/30/06 | Mindbeside Studios has assembled some excellent additional crew for their latest short film 'Virtue: The Way of The Modern Samurai.' Tim O'Connor will take control of the lens as Director of Photography. Rich Lombardi will bring his skills to the role of Production Designer. Jeff De Biase, will consult on martial arts and help conduct the fight choreography. |
| 10/30/05 | Mindbeside Studios begins pre-production on their latest short film with the working title 'Virtue: The Way of The Modern Samurai.' We plan to shoot in Lowell, MA in the spring of 2006. If you would like to be involved please send us an email. |
| 10/08/05 | Our short political satire 'Our Fellow Countrymen' is an official selection for The Second Annual Boston Film Night film festival on Sunday, Nov. 6th at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA. Admission is free! So bring all your friends and help support local filmmaking and have a great time. Shows start at 5:00PM and 7:30 PM. Party afterwards! Sponsored by Midnight Chimes Productions and Imagine Magazine. |
| 10/01/05 | Mindbeside is currently collaborating with the Angkor Dance Troupe of Lowell, MA to draft a stage play for their dancers. Also collaborating is Dan Holin of The Jehrico Road Project, a charitable arts organization. |
| 08/30/05 | Mike completed work on co-composing the score for a short horror film called 'Acrylic Midnight'. The film premiered on October 30th at the Somerville Theater in Somerville, MA. Mike worked with Andrew Sniezek (director of Our Fellow Countrymen) who also did special effects for the project. The project was produced by Josh and Jake Epstien of Brothers Epstein Productions. |
| 08/05/05 | Mike's short screenplay 'The Container' begins production with Andrew Sniezek as director. The project stars Mick Hoegen (SAG) who also played 'Ralph' in 'Our Fellow Countrymen.' |
| 07/24/05 | Jason stars as 'Sam the mechanic' in 'The Calling' by Tim O'Connor, professor of film acting at the Actor's Workshop in Boston, MA. Production wrapped on 7/24. Jason met Tim while taking a Film Acting class at the workshop. |
| 07/04/05 | Jason is intermittently acting in the gothic, sci-fi short 'A Separate War.' Written, directed, and produced by Eamonn McGrail of Somerville, MA. This production's shooting schedule is a testament to perseverance. Reminiscent of The Killing Hand in that regard. |
| 06/20/05 | Mike is currently writing a feature-length screenplay called 'Urban Renewal.' Dealing with the hotly debated issue of eminent domain, which was recently contested in the Supreme Court. To preview an excerpt click here. |
| 05/12/05 | 'Steve & John', starring Jason Courtemanche as 'John' premieres at MassArt Auditorium as part of a student filmmakers showcase. |
| 04/10/05 | Get ready for fun in the suburbs! We are back for
a fourth comic show with Larry's Comics. These shows are perfect for
promoting The Killing Hand because of the congruency with comic-style
plotlines and imagery. The event is at the Radisson Hotel in
Chelmsford, MA from 10 to 3. This event features legendary DC Comics
artist Howard Porter. (Think FLASH.) As always, DVD's and T-shirts will
be available at discounted rates. Click here to view the flyer. |
| 03/12/05 | We held a script reading for 'Deadly Fetish', a screenplay written by Jarrod Courtemanche and Frank Cormier, Jr. This is Jarrod and Frank's first collaborative project. To preview an excerpt click here. |
| 02/20/05 | We were invited back to appear at another Comic Show in Chelmsford, MA by Larry's Comics to showcase The Killing Hand. This time we were seated adjacent to Ron Garney. Ron is the current artist for the JLA comic book published by DC Comics and formerly drew for Marvel. Good fun for all us geeks. |
| 12/19/05 | 12/19/04 Jarrod finished writing a feature-length screenplay called 'Censor.' We held a reading for this script on January 18th. To preview an excerpt click here. |
| 12/5/04
& 12/19/04 |
The Killing Hand, our first feature-length film,
continues to draw attention, as indicated by the special invitation to
attend two comic book conventions in December. The film’s
storyline and dark imagery bode well with this burgeoning audience. The
first event will be on December 5th, at the Radisson Hotel in
Chelmsford, MA from 9 to 3, and the second will be on December 19th, 9
to 3, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston. The Killing Hand DVD and
custom-designed T-shirts will be available at discounted rates for
these shows. The events are hosted by Larry’s Comics of
Lowell, MA. Click here to view the flyer |
| 10/17/04 | Our Fellow Countrymen was listed in the TAKE FIVE list in the Lowell Sun’s Sunday Style Section, coming in second after Desperate Housewives, one of the top-rated shows on television. Take Five is a weekly compilation of 'Five things to watch for on the pop culture highway.' |
| 10/13/04 | Our Fellow Countrymen was featured on microcinemascene.com in an article by Jason Santo (see the article here. Microcinemascene.com showcases an extensive level of news, reviews, articles, and resource links on independent films and their filmmakers. |
| 10/12/04 | We're proud to present Our Fellow Countrymen, our latest film that brings politics back to the people. To view the film online or download please visit www.ourfellowcountrymen.com. |
| 9/7/04 | We were on a panel of local filmmakers in a discussion on 'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Film' at the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell, MA. Chaired by the Stephanie Jones McCarthy, Executive Director of the Cultural Organization of Lowell, the event featured a Q&A session and showcased movie clips from the guest panel, including our trailers for The Killing Hand and Our Fellow Countrymen. Other panelists included Steven Croke and Geoffrey Douglas. The event will be aired on local cable sometime in the near future; check back for more information. |
| 9/1/04 | Trailer launched for our latest short film titled 'Our Fellow Countrymen'. Click here for more information and to watch the trailer. |
| 8/29/04 | We were invited by fellow filmmakers Midnight Chimes Productions to their End of Summer Film Festival held at The Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA. The event featured local and festival favorite shorts, and gave us an opportunity to promote The Killing Hand. |
| 8/22/04 | We held our world premiere and DVD release of our
feature-length film The Killing Hand at The Regent Theatre in
Arlington, MA. Local filmmakers Mindscape Pictures and Random Foo
Pictures joined us for the event with their short films Marisa and
Intruder. Click here for information on the event. We were the feature story in the Sunday/Style section of the Lowell Sun, and in the Local Action section of The Boston Globe. Click here for the full Globe article. MicroCinema Magazine sat down with Director Andrew Sniezek prior to The Killing Hand world premiere. Click here to see the full interview with photos, and here to read their review of The Killing Hand. |
| 7/18/04 | Principal photography is completed on our short film Our Fellow Countrymen. Click here for more information. |
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