| PERKINS' 14 in Post Productionin in NYC |
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| Written by Joseph B. Mauceri | |
| Tuesday, 19 August 2008 | |
 Director Craig Singer just gave us a call to let us know that PERKINS' 14 is currently in post productionin NYC, the first feature film to be developed entirely over the Internet. What a year ago may have been a YouTube sensation might now be a box office success. Produced by After Dark Films, and Massify in association with FanLib, PERKINS' 14 will be distributed in theatres nationwide (January 2009) as part of the third After Dark Horrorfest. Singer's film "Dark Ride" was one of the more successful features released theatrically during year one of Horrorfest.Directed by award winning filmmaker Craig Singer (Dark Ride, Dead Dogs Lie, A Good Night to Die), with a screenplay by Lane Shadgett (Luna Park, All Lost Souls), PERKINS' 14 was developed online at Ma ssify.com. Writers were invited to upload story pitches, and actors submitted audition videos. The site's community members then voted on their favorite story and on which actors they thought deserved to be cast in the four main roles. The winning idea, submitted by Jeremy Donaldson, follows Robert Perkins, who at age six, becomes mentally unstable when his parents are brutally murdered inside their home. His psychosis has him living the rest of his life convinced that the killers will return in the future to kill him as well. At age 34, Perkins kidnaps 14 people from his hometown of Stone Cove and brainwashes them, creating a unified team of psycho killers. Shot on location in Romania, PERKINS' 14 features Shayla Beesley, Katherine Pawlak (“Lonelygirl15”), Josh Davidson, and Trey Farley (Bend It Like Beckham). Former Misfits frontman Michale Graves’ song "Blackbird," is featured in the film. Graves also acts in it, playing the love interest of lead actress Shayla Beesley's character. Born and raised in New Jersey, Craig Singer's first feature film was "Animal Room," a post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story starring Neil Patrick Harris, Matthew Lillard, and Amanda Peet. Singer's second feature, "A Good Night to Die," stars Michael Rapaport, Deborah Harry, Ralph Macchio, and Ally Sheedy. A gritty, urban fable that chronicles a day in the lives of two hit men, the film showed at the Cannes Film Festival and premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. It was released in July 2003 by DEJ Films and Fox Home Entertainment. After "Goo d Night," Singer helmed the powerful crime-drama "Dead Dogs Lie" featuring Tommy Flanagan and Peter Greene. "Dead Dogs Lie" won several awards on the film festival circuit, including Best Feature Film at The Atlantic City Film Festival and The Phoenix Film Festival. Most recently, Singer completed "Dark Ride," a no-holds-barred horror film starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler of "The Sopranos." Co-authored and directed by Singer, the feature was distributed theatrically Nationwide by Lionsgate Entertainment and After Dark Films in November of 2006. Founded by Brett Icahn and Kenneth Woo, Massify is the Internet's first production network -- a place on the web for up-and-coming filmmakers to collaborate with each other, connect with fans, and make movies. Massify gives filmmakers, actors, and everybody involved with film one place to work together, and the digital tools to do it. Its branded competitions provide members with creative opportunities, who in turn spread that brand's messaging organically in the form of high-quality, authentic content. Massify believes that by organizing contests on a regular basis and by offering online tools designed specifically to address inefficiencies in the industry, the site w ill nurture and grow a talented and ambitious creative community, the members of which will in tu rn leverage massify.com to organize and launch their own projects. LINK THIS ARTICLE             |
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