Matthew Ewald is sad to see Athena come to an end.
MVP had another crazy weekend on the set of Image Impact Group’s Athena. Production began at the beginning of October and continued through the Halloween season – only now reaching completion in the week following Halloween. Aside from a handful of inserts that need to be picked up, principle photography has been completed.
Director Robert W. Filion has been cutting the film together during the course of production and should have the first rough assembly ready in a matter of days. Mutantville Productions would like to send out a round of congratulations to Image Impact Group, Greysun Productions and to the wonderful cast of Athena which consisted of Matthew Ewald, Vanelle, Patrick Keenan, Tommy Allen Taylor and Michael Melendez. For more information on Athena please visit the official fanpage here.
It’s time for another edition of Streeborama! Since I’m still dog tired from the mad race through the month of October which included not only working on the set of Image Impact Group’s Athena – but our own double screening of G.H.O.S.T. – I need a break from a bit of this work. Whenever I get tired of typing – I post videos! So here you go – it’s the VHS Graveyard Edition of Streeborama! Enjoy.
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MVP is proud to announce that one of our own – Tara Nicole Azarian was awarded the distinction of “Best Director” for her short film Sybling Rivalry at the recent Electric City Fright Film Festival on October 15th. The Electric City Fright Film Festival is a competition to spotlight aspiring and professional horror filmmakers.
The Mutantville Mothership has been in full effect for the month of October. We’ve been busy reviewing movies, finishing post production on G.H.O.S.T., screening movies for festivals and more as we prepare for the craziest weekend of the year – Halloween. With the Myers House NC Halloween Bash on the horizon – we are ready to launch our exclusive interview with John Carpenter this coming Friday – October 28th.
The Mutantville Players are off to the set of Robert W. Filion’s Athena again this weekend. We’re helping Image impact Group all month long and it’s been a great shoot so far. We’re one week away from the private cast and crew screening of G.H.O.S.T. and all we have left to do is slide all of the final sound and FX pieces into place. It’s going to be so much fun to share the final product with all of our friends for Halloween.
In the midst of all of this creative activity – we still find the time to bring you reviews, articles, interviews and special features that you won’t find anywhere else! Speaking of interviews – - I hear there’s a brand new interview with John Carpenter coming to Mutant TV very soon!
(Get the full lowdown at the hoedown after the leap!)
Matthew Ewald on the set of Robert W. Filion's Athena.
MVP spent the weekend working with Image Impact Group on the set of Athena starring Matthew Ewald and Vanelle. Join the official Athena fanpage by signing up here.
Mutantville Productions first learned of Robert W. Filion during our epic adventure to take Devil Comes Down to George A. Romero’s American Zombie Film Contest in 2009. During said contest Robert’s movie, See The Dead, went on to sweep his competitors into the grave including MVP’s own Devil Comes Down. Robert reaped the rewards of the contest and MVP was left rubbing our collective bruised egos and has been plotting revenge ever since.
Over the years, MVP has come to know and respect Robert as a man of many talents. Robert follows MVP’s filmmaking philosophy in that he is always ready to do whatever needs to be done to get his movies made whether it’s working as the writer, director, producer, director of photography, editing or doing his own digital FX. Robert is a filmmaker with twenty years of experience and any time he brings his considerable talents to bear it is always worth taking notice. Most recently, See The Dead played at the prestigious Nevermore Film Festival at the Carolina Theatre in Durham, NC.
Robert’s company Image Impact Group has been responsible for countless shorts and films over the years including Lot 66, Chekov’s Children, The Promise Jar and The Parcel. Robert never seems content to create run of the mill horror, instead he always tries to push the boundaries of the art-form technically as well as through the narrative. His films may feature undead, zombies and other sorted beasts of mayhem – but there is always an attempt to marry the surreal or psychological to the narrative.
In a recent interview with Fangoria magazine, Filion states that “I find the scariest place to navigate is my own head. I was raised in a military family and never had longterm friends, so I never really fit in, since we moved around a bunch. Though very outgoing, I found the cruelty of children a bit much to take. Even back then, I wrote stories of a fantastical nature and retreated into my own world.” Filion comments that “people are emotionally fragile, and the question I come up with time and again is, what if you push the right buttons?”
Years later, the stars would align as MVP and Filion no longer found themselves at odds, instead teaming to create a new horror anthology entitled Tales From Mutantville. This past October, Robert teamed with Mutantville Productions to shoot three short films back to back. Producer J.T.McRoberts commented on working with Filion by saying that “Robert is an inspiration to work with. He is very professional and possesses a drive and determination to create something new and exciting. He may know how to do everything that needs to be done on a film set from production manager to gaffing and beyond but he never lets work get in the way of having a good time on the set. Working with him was a real blast and I look forward to future collaborations.”
Never one to rest on his laurels, Robert has been keeping busy with projects such as Seeing and is still currently in post-production on Indigo Child for Tales From Mutantville. This weekend he is hosting a private screening of his latest project Ghost Trek. Ghost Trek was developed by writer/co-director Michael Plumides and stars Michael Melendez, Johnny “Fairplay” Dalton, Mikey B. Bartone, Gia Allemonde, Christy Johnson, and Addy Miller (of The Walking Dead).
For his dedication and professionalism to the art and craft of filmmaking, MVP is proud to chose Robert W. Filion as the inspirational filmmaker of the week.
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For months you’ve heard rumors and reports from the set of the wild new reality TV ghost hunters spoof GHOST TREK. MVP is proud to announce that we have been invited to a private screening of the new show starring Michael Melendez, Johnny Fairplay, Gia Allemand, Mikey B., Glen Gilbertti aka “Disco Inferno”, and Scott Colton. From the minds of writer Michael Plumides and co-director Robert W. Filion (Image Impact Group) to the ears of MVP, the screening of Ghost Trek will no doubt be a stunning success! MVP will be on hand to bring you the sights, sounds andsmells of Ghost Trek from beginning to end.
For more information on Ghost Trek, visit the official fanpage on Facebook.
GHOST TREK follows the Paranormal Underworld Detective Society (PUDS) as they investigate haunts across the U.S. and abroad between tanning beds, babes, body-building, and bong hits – all the while risking life and limb confronting the undead.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS – ANNE SAUNDERS, BILL WALKER, & MICHAEL PLUMIDES
GHOST TREK follows the Paranormal Underworld Detective Society (PUDS) as they investigate haunts across the U.S. and abroad between tanning beds, babes, body-building, and bong hits – all the while risking life and limb confronting the undead.
Notable appearances in the GHOST TREK television pilot are Gia Allemand (ABC’s The Bachelor, Bachelor Pad) the notorious Jonny “Fairplay” Dalton and Mikey ‘B’ Bortone(CBS’ Survivor series), Christy Johnson (2010 Los Angeles Music Award winner for “Best Female Performer”), ten-year-old Addy Miller (AMC’s current mega-hit The Walking Dead) and WWE legendary wrestlers Glenn Gilbertti (Disoc Inferno) and Scott Colton (Colt Cabana).
The GHOST TREK TV PILOT was shot December 10-13, 2010 in Charlotte, NC and its environs at the BUTTER nightclub, the NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza, AEBN, as well as other studio and residential locations.
GHOST TREK is lead by Dr. Zeke Wallace (Michael Melendez), an ex-chiropractor turned paranormal investigator living in New York with his girlfriend, Shawna Leibowitz (Gia Allemand) who also produces the show. The other PUDS investigators are: Joey Mayhem and The Bomb, two UFC wanna-be’s from New Jersey (Glenn Gilbertti and Scott Colton), the fashion-conscious psychic Guy Swisher (Brett Gentile), the team’s tech specialists and devoted stoners Robbie (Mikey “B” Bortone) and Ray-Ray (Jonny “Fairplay” Dalton), the “living dead-roller girl” case manager “Scary” Carrie Carmichael (Christy Johnson), Weasel the kleptomaniac cameraman (Kevin Johnson), and newbie Jules Partridge (Julia Bullock). Writer/director Plumides plays Harvey Goldman, the Executive Producer and chief puppeteer of the show.
“Sometimes nightmares do come true.” This weekend, the Mutantville Players are off to help on the set of Michael Sharpe’s (of Devil’s Crossing, Knowing, Scarecrow At Midnight) new movie – Deviling! Last summer, we were able to join Michael for his directorial debut Monomaniacal (starring the multi-talented scream queen Katie Bearden). We’re very excited to see what happens with Sharpe’s sophomore effort.
Deviling stars Jodi Essex (Family Fiend and Indigo Child) and Michael Haulbrook and features Tommy Allen Taylor (Scarecrow At Midnight). A lot of faces familiar to the Mutantville Players will be on the set including those cats from Last Call Pictures – Mac Allen and Johnny Priest as well as the finest D.P. in the state – Robert W. Filion of Image Impact Group and our good friend Kenny Caperton of The Myers House NC. It should be a fun time for all.
For more information on Deviling please visit the official Facebook fanpage by clicking here.
Keep watching Mutantville.com for your up to the minute MVP news. This weekend – nightmares will come true!
PS – If you’re on Facebook – be sure to wish Katie Bearden – star of Monomaniacal and Scarecrow At Midnight – a very happy birthday!!!
It all started with a dream and a prayer. In the spring of 2008, MVP learned that the Light Factory in Charlotte would host a short movie contest and that it would be judged by none other than the godfather of modern horror George A. Romero himself! The Mutantville Players set out to not only enter the contest but to win it with our zombie movie Devil Comes Down. Little did we know, but down in the depths of Rock Hill, a mad scientist named Robert Filion was brewing up something special with his own intentions of winning the American Zombie Film Contest. To make a long story short, our dreams were dashed upon the rocks when Robert’s movie See The Dead went on to take top honors in the contest and a friendly rivalry was born. Fast forward two years and MVP and Image Impact are no longer at odds with each other. We’ve followed Robert’s progress over the years and have hoped that we would have the chance to work together. Filion has continued to produce quality horror movies such as Chekov’s Children, Lot 66 and his latest short called The Promise Jar.
Mutantville Productions is proud to announce that we have partnered with Robert Filion and his Image Impact Group to bring you Tales From Mutantville. We are thrilled to have Robert lend his considerable talents and years of experience to the MVP brand. Join us in welcoming Robert on board as the director of photography for Family Fiend, Scarecrow At Midnight and Indigo Child. If all goes well on Tales From Mutantville, this should be the beginning of a horrific partnership.
You can check out Robert’s work on his short films at the links below:
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