A new video game codenamed Project Astrid will feature input from a pair of top Twitch streamers. Sacriel and Shroud, whose respective real names are Chris Ball and Mike Grzesiek, have teamed up with developer Splash Damage to design the upcoming game.
Project Astrid will be an open-world survival game featuring Aaa production values. It is the first original IP developed by Splash Damage, which has previously created games based on existing franchises like Transformers and Wolfenstein.
Loaded, the talent management firm that represents both Ball and Grzesiek, facilitated the partnership between the streamers and Splash Damage. Ball and Grzesiek often play survival games like DayZ on their broadcasts, and they are known for providing detailed analysis of game mechanics. Ball, who has been streaming under the Sacriel name since 2012, identifies himself as an expert in combat strategy.
Ball and Grzesiek’s insights about game design will inform the development process for Project Astrid.
Project Astrid will be an open-world survival game featuring Aaa production values. It is the first original IP developed by Splash Damage, which has previously created games based on existing franchises like Transformers and Wolfenstein.
Loaded, the talent management firm that represents both Ball and Grzesiek, facilitated the partnership between the streamers and Splash Damage. Ball and Grzesiek often play survival games like DayZ on their broadcasts, and they are known for providing detailed analysis of game mechanics. Ball, who has been streaming under the Sacriel name since 2012, identifies himself as an expert in combat strategy.
Ball and Grzesiek’s insights about game design will inform the development process for Project Astrid.
- 3/20/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
“Donnie Darko” director Richard Kelly marked the 20th anniversary of the film’s Sundance world premiere by participating in The Ringer’s in-depth oral history of the 2001 cult classic. Included in the “Donnie Darko” deep dive is Kelly’s reveal that the film was made easier to follow thanks to one piece of advice courtesy of Christopher Nolan and his wife and producer Emma Thomas, which they suggested to him after a private screening. It turns out the parenthetical title cards that appear beneath each October 1988 date in the film came from team Nolan as a way to keep track of the climactic doomsday event drawing nearer.
“Chris and his wife, it was their idea to put the parenthetical beneath the title cards,” Kelly said.
Kelly has often spoke about Christopher Nolan’s role in getting “Donnie Darko” released. Nolan and Thomas worked with former studio Newmarket on the production...
“Chris and his wife, it was their idea to put the parenthetical beneath the title cards,” Kelly said.
Kelly has often spoke about Christopher Nolan’s role in getting “Donnie Darko” released. Nolan and Thomas worked with former studio Newmarket on the production...
- 1/21/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The thing about romantic comedies is that they can create a false impression of how dating works. It's one thing to enjoy them on the screen, but carrying that level of optimism into real life is, whilst endearing, liable to lead to disaster. Bray (Chris Ball) sees himself as the hero of that kind of film, somebody for whom everything is destined to work out, even though the guy of his dreams is straight, uses a Christian dating portal and is under the false impression that Bray is a girl.
Bray's plan was to meet Shawn (Dylan Playfair) at the upcoming Summerland music festival, where, he was sure, he could persuade him to explore a hidden attraction to men. He was planning to travel there with his best friend, Oliver (Rory J Saper). The problem is, he's been using photographs of Oliver's girlfriend Stacey (Maddie Phillips) to complete his female online.
Bray's plan was to meet Shawn (Dylan Playfair) at the upcoming Summerland music festival, where, he was sure, he could persuade him to explore a hidden attraction to men. He was planning to travel there with his best friend, Oliver (Rory J Saper). The problem is, he's been using photographs of Oliver's girlfriend Stacey (Maddie Phillips) to complete his female online.
- 9/12/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Three Gen Z friends head to a desert music festival and romantic hijinks ensue in this breezy roadtrip charmer
Not to be confused with the British period drama of the same name starring Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw that came out a few weeks back, this Summerland is an American-made coming-out and coming-of-age comedy, low budget but impressively high in concept. The setup posits three Gen Z young adults – straight couple Stacey (Maddie Phillips) and Oliver (Rory J Saper) with Oliver’s best friend, newly out gay man Bray on a roadtrip from Washington state to California to attend a desert-set music festival called Summerland, which looks like a cross between Burning Man and Coachella. The interesting queer twist is that Bray has been catfishing a hunky Christian guy named Shawn (Dylan Playfair) by pretending to be Stacey, convinced that if he could only lure Shawn into meeting him in...
Not to be confused with the British period drama of the same name starring Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw that came out a few weeks back, this Summerland is an American-made coming-out and coming-of-age comedy, low budget but impressively high in concept. The setup posits three Gen Z young adults – straight couple Stacey (Maddie Phillips) and Oliver (Rory J Saper) with Oliver’s best friend, newly out gay man Bray on a roadtrip from Washington state to California to attend a desert-set music festival called Summerland, which looks like a cross between Burning Man and Coachella. The interesting queer twist is that Bray has been catfishing a hunky Christian guy named Shawn (Dylan Playfair) by pretending to be Stacey, convinced that if he could only lure Shawn into meeting him in...
- 9/9/2020
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
"I'm not going to be a third wheel to some... blind date of yours!" Superchill has released the first official trailer for Summerland, a coming-of-age road trip comedy from filmmakers known as "Lankyboy". Not to be confused with the romantic drama also titled Summerland, which also opened this summer. This film is a comedy that follows Bray, a teenager who poses as a girl on an online dating website. He falls for a guy who he believes is in the closet. Bray and his best friend Oliver plan a trip to Summerland, a music festival to meet him. The only problem? Bray is pretending to be his best friends girlfriend, who ends up coming on the trip with them. The sun-kissed and never-been-kissed indie coming-of-age comedy follows three friends all trying desperately to find themselves, while trying not to drive off the road in the process. Starring Maddie Phillips, Rory J. Saper,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Loaded, the talent management firm that represents top gamers including Ninja, Shroud, and CouRage, is adding to its arsenal with two new signings.
CohhCarnage and Sacriel -- two rising Twitch stars -- have joined the ranks of Loaded, which will help them pursue opportunities in the gaming industry and beyond. Loaded says it works with creators on entertainment opportunities, sponsorships, media licensing, merchandising, book publishing, partnerships, and public appearances.
North Carolina-based CohhCarnage, 35, whose real name is Ben, counts 1.3 million followers on Twitch, is best known for trying his hand at new games and 100% playthroughs -- and at one point even consecutively streamed for 2,000 days. Thirty-two-year-old, London-based Sacriel (pictured above), whose real name is Chris Ball, has been streaming on Twitch since 2012 and has amassed 674,00 followers to date. He is best known for his interactive and educational content, with a focus on combat strategy.
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CohhCarnage and Sacriel -- two rising Twitch stars -- have joined the ranks of Loaded, which will help them pursue opportunities in the gaming industry and beyond. Loaded says it works with creators on entertainment opportunities, sponsorships, media licensing, merchandising, book publishing, partnerships, and public appearances.
North Carolina-based CohhCarnage, 35, whose real name is Ben, counts 1.3 million followers on Twitch, is best known for trying his hand at new games and 100% playthroughs -- and at one point even consecutively streamed for 2,000 days. Thirty-two-year-old, London-based Sacriel (pictured above), whose real name is Chris Ball, has been streaming on Twitch since 2012 and has amassed 674,00 followers to date. He is best known for his interactive and educational content, with a focus on combat strategy.
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- 7/29/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Deals announced in run-up to Cannes virtual market.
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
Raven Banner has swooped on Canadian distribution rights to horror Z, contagion thriller Sea Fever starring Hermione Corfield, Connie Nielsen and Dougray Scott, and supernatural thriller and Fantasia audience award winner Dead Dicks.
Z (pictured) explores what happens when a young mother begins to fear her introverted son’s imaginary friend may be terrifyingly real.
Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters), Jett Klyne (The Boy), Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Stephen McHattie (Pontypool) star. Brandon Christensen directed Z, and wrote the screenplay with Colin Minihan. Chris Ball, Kurtis David Harder,...
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Territory deals include Latin America, Japan and Cis.
London-based sales and financing company Amp International has secured a string of deals on its Canadian horror Z.
The film has sold to Latin America (Imagem), Japan (New Select), Cis (Paradise Mgn), Pan Asian Ptv/Ott (Fox Networks Group Asia), Middle East (Front Row), Greece (Odeon), Philippines and Malaysia (Metropolis Television Inc), Indonesia and Vietnam (Pt Cahaya Prima Film), Taiwan (Movie Cloud) and Thailand (SahaMongkol).
Z is the second collaboration between writer-director Brandon Christensen and writer-producer Colin Minhan. Their previous film Still/Born was distributed internationally after premiering at the Overlook Film Festival.
London-based sales and financing company Amp International has secured a string of deals on its Canadian horror Z.
The film has sold to Latin America (Imagem), Japan (New Select), Cis (Paradise Mgn), Pan Asian Ptv/Ott (Fox Networks Group Asia), Middle East (Front Row), Greece (Odeon), Philippines and Malaysia (Metropolis Television Inc), Indonesia and Vietnam (Pt Cahaya Prima Film), Taiwan (Movie Cloud) and Thailand (SahaMongkol).
Z is the second collaboration between writer-director Brandon Christensen and writer-producer Colin Minhan. Their previous film Still/Born was distributed internationally after premiering at the Overlook Film Festival.
- 11/20/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
UnReal star Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman has landed the lead role in Spiral, an indie film from Digital Interference production company. The narrative follows a same-sex couple raising a 16-year-old girl in a small town where nothing is as it seems. Kurtis David Harder is directing the film based on a script by Colin Minihan and John Poliquin. Chris Ball and Minihan are producing, while ICM Partners is handling worldwide sales. Bowyer-Chapman, repped by Innovative Artists, can be seen as a guest-star in FX’s American Horror Story: Apocalypse.
Tony Todd, the character actor who is best known his role in the Candyman slasher films, has signed on to join horror film Streetwalkers from Night Fox Entertainment. John Beasley will also co-star in the film, which is being directed by Benjamin Louis (State’s Evidence) based on a screenplay by Jonah Kuehner(Good Luck Charlie). The plot...
Tony Todd, the character actor who is best known his role in the Candyman slasher films, has signed on to join horror film Streetwalkers from Night Fox Entertainment. John Beasley will also co-star in the film, which is being directed by Benjamin Louis (State’s Evidence) based on a screenplay by Jonah Kuehner(Good Luck Charlie). The plot...
- 11/7/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: UK sales outfit Amp International has boarded international sales on horror film Z, about a family who finds itself terrorized by the eight-year-old son’s imaginary friend.
The genre pic, which completed principle photography last month in and around Calgary, marks the second collaboration between writer-director Brandon Christensen and writer-producer Colin Minihan. Their previous movie Still/Born debuted at Overlook Film Festival and was picked up by Vertical Entertainment for the U.S.
Starring are Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters) and Jett Klyne (Sky Scraper). Producers are Minihan, Christensen, Kurtis David Harder, and Chris Ball. ICM reps North America. Above is a first look at the movie.
Tribeca and SXSW alum Minihan directed 2011 horror Grave Encounters and most recently the IFC Midnight pick-up What Keeps You Alive.
Amp’s slate also includes Romola Garai’s Outside, Flash Gordon doc Life After Flash and comedy James Vs His Future Self.
The genre pic, which completed principle photography last month in and around Calgary, marks the second collaboration between writer-director Brandon Christensen and writer-producer Colin Minihan. Their previous movie Still/Born debuted at Overlook Film Festival and was picked up by Vertical Entertainment for the U.S.
Starring are Keegan Connor Tracy (Bates Motel), Sean Rogerson (Grave Encounters) and Jett Klyne (Sky Scraper). Producers are Minihan, Christensen, Kurtis David Harder, and Chris Ball. ICM reps North America. Above is a first look at the movie.
Tribeca and SXSW alum Minihan directed 2011 horror Grave Encounters and most recently the IFC Midnight pick-up What Keeps You Alive.
Amp’s slate also includes Romola Garai’s Outside, Flash Gordon doc Life After Flash and comedy James Vs His Future Self.
- 10/16/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Levi Meaden, Rory J. Saper, Anja Savcic and Brittany Allen star.
Genre specialist sales agent Devilworks has secured a UK and Ireland deal on its sci-fi thriller Incontrol with Signature Entertainment.
Written and directed by Kurtis David Harder, the film stars Levi Meaden (Pacific Rim: Uprising) Rory J.Saper (Find Me In Paris) Anja Savcic (Extraterrestrial) and Brittany Allen (Jigsaw). It tells the story of a group of students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. Producers were Chris Ball and Kurtis David Harder.
Devilworks previously closed deals internationally for Incontrol with Lemon Tree Media in China,...
Genre specialist sales agent Devilworks has secured a UK and Ireland deal on its sci-fi thriller Incontrol with Signature Entertainment.
Written and directed by Kurtis David Harder, the film stars Levi Meaden (Pacific Rim: Uprising) Rory J.Saper (Find Me In Paris) Anja Savcic (Extraterrestrial) and Brittany Allen (Jigsaw). It tells the story of a group of students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. Producers were Chris Ball and Kurtis David Harder.
Devilworks previously closed deals internationally for Incontrol with Lemon Tree Media in China,...
- 5/13/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Genre specialists Devilworks are handling sales on the project.
Sp Releasing has landed North American rights to Incontrol, Kurtis David Harder’s sci-fi thriller.
Genre specialists Devilworks handles sales on the project. The deal was negotiated by Galen Christy, founder of High Octane Pictures on behalf of Devilworks, and Jason Price on behalf of Sp Releasing.
The film has also sold to China (Lemon Tree Media), Australia and New Zealand (Bounty Entertainment), Scandinavia (Njuta Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), and South Korea (Cinema Republic).
Incontrol stars Levi Meaden, Rory J.Saper Anja Savcic and Brittany Allen in the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. It premiered at UK festival FrightFest in August 2017. Chris Ball and Kurtis David Harder served as producers.
Devilworks Efm slate also features horror-thriller Scars Of Xavier.
Sp Releasing has landed North American rights to Incontrol, Kurtis David Harder’s sci-fi thriller.
Genre specialists Devilworks handles sales on the project. The deal was negotiated by Galen Christy, founder of High Octane Pictures on behalf of Devilworks, and Jason Price on behalf of Sp Releasing.
The film has also sold to China (Lemon Tree Media), Australia and New Zealand (Bounty Entertainment), Scandinavia (Njuta Films), Taiwan (MovieCloud), and South Korea (Cinema Republic).
Incontrol stars Levi Meaden, Rory J.Saper Anja Savcic and Brittany Allen in the story of a group of university students who discover a device that allows them to take control of other people. It premiered at UK festival FrightFest in August 2017. Chris Ball and Kurtis David Harder served as producers.
Devilworks Efm slate also features horror-thriller Scars Of Xavier.
- 2/18/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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