We’ve featured no less than two versions of Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel – Prometheus – on Trailer Park Tuesday over the past year – so why not share another one? The good folks over at Twitchfilm have found the Russian international trailer for Prometheus. Prometheus tells the story of a bunch of awesome looking sci-fi stuff that leads into the beginning of Alien one. That’s all you need to know.
Mad Monster Party Film Festival 2012 Winners Announced at Mutantville.com!
Welcome to the first ever Post-Mad Monster Party edition of Mutantville Mondays! The Mutantville Players have just returned from the amazing Mad Monster Party & Film Festival event this past weekend. We had a tremendous turnout of both fans and filmmakers for the festival and the convention itself was packed the entire weekend. You’ll have to forgive us if we take a moment to catch our collective breaths.
In case you missed it – here’s a glimpse of what you really missed out on!
Mad Monster Party Film Festival is just days away!
The promo for this weekend’s first annual Mad Monster Party Film Festival is now live. You can catch glimpses of many of the films screening over the weekend to help you plan your convention experience! Check it out now and then join us for the Mad Monster Party Film Festival all weekend long at the Blake Hotel in Charlotte, NC.
Well it’s not exactly twenty questions but it’s the closest we’ve seen in a while. Here at long last is Grant Dean’s interview with the man the myth the internet sensation they call Streebo. J.T.McRoberts is one third of the men behind Mutantville Productions and Mutantville.com along with Geo Swanko and S. Brent Bowers. Here’s everything you wanted to know about MVP but were afraid to ask.
GD:Why the ‘’mutant’’ reference in your company moniker? A big Scifi fan?
JTM: When we first formed what would become Mutantville Productions in 2003, I came up with a long list of potential names for the studio. I wrote out probably fifty different names – almost all of them having something to do with mysticism or martial arts or the samurai or something like that. Almost as an afterthought the very last name I wrote was “Mutantville.” Of course, when we’re going over the names – the one we gravitated towards was Mutantville. My partner in crime Brento (S.Brent Bowers) suggested “Mutantville Studios” but I knew right away that it had to be Mutantville Productions because then we could build the company taglines and myths around the initials “MVP” although that makes no sense because it should really be “M.P.”
Streebo duels Uncanny X-Men & Iron Fist scribe Matt Fraction at Heroes Con.
I am a big sci-fi, fantasy and horror fan but the root of the mutant obsession came straight from the X-Men. Chris Clairmont’s Uncanny X-Men was one of my favorite comics as a kid and doing homage to Marvel’s merry mutants made perfect sense to me. I always envisioned Mutantville as a company dedicated to all works of speculative fiction (as Harlan Ellison would say) – not just horror. Horror is simply the easiest genre to work with when working on a limited budget – or no budget as in our case. I do have scripts in the works for a superhero movie and also a sci-fi horror flick. Despite our tagline of “changing the face of independent horror,” we are dedicated to all the sub-genres of speculative fiction.
Get the rest of this red hot interview after the leap.
Resident Evil Retribution is back to stink up theaters in 2012!
The latest teaser trailer for Resident Evil Retribution has hit the web. If you’re a fan of this series which Streebo is not – then you’ll dig it. If you think it’s a steaming pile of dog crap then why not go watch The Wicker Tree trailer instead?
Nightbreed stars coming to Charlotte for first convention appearance!
It was announced this past week that the stars of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed Craig Sheffer and Anne Bobby are coming to Charlotte, North Carolina for the Mad Monster Party convention this March. Sheffer and Bobby have been added to an already stellar lineup which includes Rutger Hauer, Angus Scrimm, Bill Mosley, Derek Mears, Brad Dourif, and so many more. Check out the official lineup over at the website or Facebook fanpage.
Rumors are swirling that the promoters aren’t finished with the special announcements yet. Keep checking the official website for daily updates. MVP plans to be at the convention so we hope to see you there!
For those of you waiting to hear of a new Mutantville project, your wait is over. After spending 2011 clearing the books as it were, completing previously shot projects, holding screenings and the like, we’re back to another year of shooting projects. Among those projects is the one I’m announcing today.
The Metatron files will be MVP’s foray into the unknown universe of Dark Fantasy & Sci Fi. We’re all nerds here. Being such of course we love shows like Supernatural and The X-Files where the forces of good and evil arel ocked in pitched battle eac hand every week. We wanted to try our hand at something similar, albeit a web series. The pilot (It Begins Again), as per our usual modus operandi will be the entire season in mirco-cosum, so that it can serve as a complete story in itself.
Once more, we’ll carry the Mutant TV viewer along with us as we include behind the scenes coverage from inception to final release. The production will hold an open casting call for regional thespians for the episode set to shoot in late April/ early May 2012.
Men in Black, Weapons of Mass Destruction and scantily clad demon babes from hell. What is not to love, Mutants?!!!
You can follow the progress on Mutantville.com as well as on the official fan page, or simply check back each week for another “Making Metatron” video for vicarious film making enjoyment!
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Rutger Hauer is coming to the Mad Monster Party this March!
The Mad Monster Party is coming to Charlotte! This March 23, 24th and 25th the Mad Monster Party is hosting what will be the largest horror, science fiction and fantasy convention to hit Charlotte in years. Guests so far include the inimitable Rutger Hauer, Brad Dourif, Craig Sheffer & Anne Bobby of Clive Barker’s NIGHTBREED, Bill Mosley, Tony Todd, Michael Berryman, Angus Scrimm, Ricou Browning, Chris Sarandon, P.J. Soles, Dee Wallace, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Derek Mears, David Prowse, Richard Moll, Mary Woronov, Dee Wallace, Stephen Geoffreys, William Katt, James Hong and Marky Ramone!
With a guest list that adds new surprises by the day – Mad Monster Party looks poised to take the Charlotte convention scene by storm. With rumors that there will be a film festival soon added – Mad Monster Party looks to be an event that will appeal to fans and filmmakers alike. Promoter Joe Moe states that they are looking to make Mad Monster Party the best convention in the Southeast for many years to come. Plan your visit by booking your room at the Blake Hotel now!
Mad Monster Party is offering as special R.I.P. package deal that includes a 3 day pass, exclusive haunted house walk-through with celebrity guests, access to the exclusive R.I.P. guest lounge and all after party events, reserved seating at the panels and screenings, mystery swag bag, a celebrity autography (from the attending guests) and a Mad Monster Party Shirt for $199! You don’t have to go all out to enjoy the party as one day passes are available for $20 and weekend passes for $45. Buy your tickets now and sign up for what is sure to be an event that is talked about for years to come.
After meeting and interviewing Charles Edward Pogue, the screen writer of the fly, I thought it would be fitting to highlight “The Fly” today! Look for that interview coming soon! We had a great conversation with him and got some writing tips for you writers out there.
I decided to delve a little deeper in the “The Fly” today and dig up some information to share with you. We’ll talk about past versions of “The Fly” as well as the more recent (if you consider 1986 recent) version. Continue Reading…
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