In recent years it's become pretty common for filmmakers to put together proof-of-concept trailers to give studio executives a visual aid for pitches. Sometimes they are edited together from a mash-up of existing movies (which is very time consuming), and other times they involve the filmmakers spending their own money and time to shoot it…
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You might remember 28-year old Vancouver filmmaker Zach Lipovsky as the visual effects maven on Steven Spielberg’s 2007 Fox reality TV series On The Lot. Lipovsky just got finished filming a television movie for Syfy called Tasmanian Devils starring Danica McKellar (yes, Winnie Cooper from The Wonder Years) and just produced (with Chris Ferguson) the found…
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I think I'm one of the only people still watching Fox's filmmaking reality show On The Lot. And I'm not quite sure why I'm still watching, they've done everything they can to make it an unenjoyable experience. And last week the Marty Martin, the most gifted filmmaker of the bunch was voted off because the…
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I'm not really a reality television guy. I despise American Idol. I like documentaries. I even liked the Real World way back before it became a complete farce. But I loved Project Greenlight, but all great shows get canceled. Thankfully the new Steven Spielberg reality is premiering on May 22nd. Fox has finally sent out…
Read MorePatrick Dempsey will star in the romantic comedy Made of Honor, for the British director behind Mr. Bean and City Slickers II, Paul Weiland. Written by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (Can't Hardy Wait, A Very Brady Sequel) the story follows Tom Bailey (Dempsey), who is in love with his best friend Claire, but is…
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