‘WILD FAITH CHRISTMAS’ Pre-Production Updates from Alpena!
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I’m sitting and writing this special edition of my blog from the wonderful Alpena, MI location. Same area we shot Harsens Island Revenge at. After several months of development work and the past week of pre-prod we’re almost ready. Final cast and crew are arriving today and tomorrow at 7:30 am we’ll start day one of WILD FAITH CHRISTMAS. Our eves have been spent working and refining scenes to put in front of the camera. I’m watching MSU on TV and soon to go have a meet and greet with some of our horses. This morning I was out at one of our sponsors Dean’s Christmas Tree Farm. Tomorrow we’ll be shooting a mix of interior and exterior scenes. I’ve got to do a final wardrobe test with ole Ben Lily later. I’m on camera after lunch but will be there to kick us off and get the ship clipping along. I’m on every day so I’ll have to be on my toes doing my accounting and my prep for the next days scene performances. It is so exciting to bring this story to this area and to these good folks in the area.
(Robert Bradley aka The Apache Kid serving as Art Director – Wanted?:)
It was interesting to be here at Halloween with the vibe of that season yet we’re here to make a Christmas film. So we started the Christmas vibe early and now we’re past Halloween it is full Christmas ahead. Burl Ives, jingle bells and all the fun of that season. We’ve got the greenlight to get our early Christmas on. While we’re here about to film our WILD FAITH CHRISTMAS, the post production team is mixing Harsens Island Revenge. They will also be building the title sequences on both sides of the film, opening and ending. I cannot wait to have a producer’s watch when we land back in Lansing. We’ll be starting to look at theatrical plans for Q1. We’re also lining up a few SILENT NIGHT IN ALGONA theatrical runs. Yes. This is the season of holiday cheer – FORTY NIGHTS, CHASING THE STAR, THE CHRIST SLAYER!
(Pre-Production team scouting the mine location)
Is KNIGHT CHILLS considered a holiday film? We’ll push the Blu Ray again this season and it looks like end of Jan 2025 will be the streaming release. I’ll know more soon. A poster version is being worked on and we will have the novel going up for sale. Before that releases THE ROKU CHANNEL and XUMO will be playing AN ORDINARY KILLER streaming and the HD DVD’s will be for sale. And for fans of DEAN TEASTER’S GHOST TOWN, the streaming is ongoing and the special edition park DVD will soon go up for sale.
(Some of the pre-prod team at Chaz’s house for a production meal)
The year is soon to end with us capturing this mid-Western and after it will be family time with Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner. I’m going to start to get around what I need for my trip to the horse farm. They are great animals and it will be great to go meet these co-stars. Tonight it will be trying to get a good night’s sleep so we can start all this off proper. I know this beard is ready. I will look forward to updating all of you with some first week updates. I’m sure we’ll start to get some great pictures and even a teaser poster. I hope the LIONS have a good game tomorrow. Enjoy your transition from spooky to Christmas timey as ole Ben Lily would say. Until that point be good to one another. We have a small election coming up. Check your box and be good to your fellow Americans no matter who wins.
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