New Hampshire natives producing independent films with offices in Boston, MA, Portsmouth NH and Los Angeles, CA. Some of the films we've been a part of include;
*SOUND OF METAL
*UNTITLED ALEXANDER PAYNE FILM
*KNIVES OUT
*EXTREMELY WICKED SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE
*LEAVE NO TRACE
*THE LOVERS
*CHRONIC
Operating as usual
Someone caught Amy and I in Boston on our new Alexander Payne film.
Three weeks down. Very sleepy.
Love this script.
https://www.wcvb.com/article/paul-giamatti-movie-the-holdovers-films-near-boston-common-orpheum-theatre/39110599
The crew is filming scenes for a movie starring Paul Giamatti.
New England Filmmaker Cruise to Isles Of Shoals !
Fun to celebrate the upcoming new NH Film Office and toast all the filmmaker folks that helped to extend the MA Film Tax Credit permanently. 🎬🛶🏴☠️👍🏽
Hope to see you all again next summaah 🌞
Scouting the new film in Denvaaah.
Our film won 2 Academy Awards 🏆🙃🏆 !
Check out our interview Louie did with WMUR, where he shows off his dog tuxedo for all you fashionistas out there.
We’re thankful for all of you that have reached out. You’re all too kind. It’s been a wicked fun ride.
Summer theatrical screening with Cast & Crew in the works 🎬.
https://www.wmur.com/article/sound-of-metal-oscar-nomination-new-hampshire-couple/36221001
A couple living in Portsmouth is counting down to the Academy Awards tonight, both worked on the movie Sound of Metal which has been nominated for six Oscars.
The other night we went 3 for 3 at the Independent Spirit Awards 🏆🏆🏆🙂
Proud of our team and this little Independent film that people connect with.
Tomorrow night we are up for 6 Academy Awards 🎊🙃
Film Independent
Independent Spirit Awards
We want to help make New Hampshire an attractive place to make films, commercials and tv shows.
We’re teaming up with a group of amazing people to make this happen.
We also think it’s important to work more closely with our neighbors in MA, ME and VT. It’s good to think regionally.
Join us for an upcoming networking event this June. More details to come soon.
https://www.unionleader.com/nh/arts_and_ent/nh-film-and-television-producers-say-its-time-to-benefit-from-action-in-mass/article_3f5830e7-1d34-5cc6-b9e2-631a882a4327.html
Two Portsmouth residents who worked on the Oscar-nominated film “Sound of Metal” say that New Hampshire has the potential to take advantage of the booming film industry just south of
We’re so proud to be a part of this amazing film that took many years to get to Day 1. #Persistence.
SIX Oscar Nominations 🙂
Independent Film is alive 🤘🏽🤘🏽
We got picked up by Criterion 😀 !!
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/03/sound-of-metal-one-night-in-miami-criterion-collection-1234621545/?fbclid=IwAR2IqQ2v63qOdNFMndJdYWAD-IVe5ztWez6wOj3a-RoajgMWFWOvpywkm_o
Exclusive: Amazon's 2021 Oscar slate is getting a boost by joining the prestigious film collection.
We also abide by the no A-Holes on our film sets rule. Kind people only 🙂🎬✌🏽
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/olivia-wilde-no-assholes-set-policy-shia-labeouf-firing-1234614888/?fbclid=IwAR27_RFQb-utPJn4-c4LUmeoheyIVvRW4zknv97cSTTBiXMxOa_YXGRN5V4
Wilde revealed back in December that she axed LaBeouf from "Don't Worry Darling" due to poor behavior on the set.
Congrats to Riz. All his hard work is paying off. A gentleman as well. Always nice when good things happen to good people.
#FilmedInMA
#FilmedInNH
We’re digging this poster for SOUND OF METAL.
Hey friends, Amy and I are doing a panel today at noon with Eran Lobel and Kristen Kearns of ELEMENT on budgeting and filming during a pandemic as part of the Mass Media Expo this week that our pals at Massachusetts Production Coalition are hosting. Info below.
https://massmediaexpo.com/production-budgeting-during-covid
In this environment not only has work on set changed significantly, but so has the planning, budget, and compromises required to implement Covid safety protocols and best practices to mitigate risk. From pre-production and scheduling to physical production, each consideration ties to a dollar amount...
Hey kids if you need an early screening of SOUND OF METAL it’s playing this weekend at IFFBoston.
We think you’ll dig it. Q&A after the film.
Thanks to Nancy and Brian for continuing to be champions of independent cinema.
https://iffboston.org/film/sound-of-metal/
Independent Film Festival Boston brings the best new films and filmmakers to Boston year-round.
Nice to see some more local filming. 🎬
The Cast went through 30 lobstaaahs 😳 !
https://whdh.com/news/crews-filming-new-tv-series-about-julia-child-in-boston/
BOSTON (WHDH) - A new TV series about Julia Child is filming in Boston. Crews were filming outside the Union Oyster House for “Julia,” an...
Yowza that's a wicked big cast coming to New England for the new Adam McKay film. https://deadline.com/2020/10/netflix-adam-mckay-jennifer-lawrence-dont-look-up-leonardo-dicaprio-meryl-streep-jonah-hill-timothee-chalamet-ariana-grande-among-others-to-join-ensemble-1234596652/
BREAKING: In what has to be one of the biggest line-up of A-list talent since Steven Soderbergh assembled his Ocean’s Eleven team, Netflix and Adam McKay are giving Jennifer Lawrence quite th…
Just finished the pre-screening sound check for the ballpark stadium screening of KNIVES OUT before the doors open. Fun venue.
Yikes 😳
Hopefully movies get some good news sooner than later.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/regal-cinemas-likely-suspending-operations-at-all-u-s-locations-11601793090
The second-largest cinema chain in America is likely to close indefinitely all its U.S. locations, after reopening in August, according to a person familiar with the plans, escalating the pandemic-driven crisis faced by the entertainment industry.
Our SOUND OF METAL trailer premiered last night on Jimmy Kimmel 💥⚡️. Check it out and hear how Riz learned sign language and heavy metal drumming.
We’re excited for you all to see this film when it comes out in November. We shot in New England, including New Hampshire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qosMf6tQX0
Riz talks about arriving in LA just as the fires started, being in the UK for most of quarantine, facing demons while being all alone, sadly losing his aunt ...
Oscar Predictions 🤘🏽💥🤘🏽
Proud of our Sound team, especially Nicolas Becker, for their work on SOUND OF METAL.
We hope you’ll all be able to see this amazing film (shot in Massachusetts) when it’s released in Novembaaah.
https://variety.com/2020/film/awards/2021-oscars-best-sound-predictions-1234773085/?fbclid=IwAR3FE6QIQ4UhRE7gSCQZkl29xyA7A2GA13vELZq3URtpHec_ci_08O02UZo
Variety’s Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, …
Who misses being on set ?
Some good details on the union agreement for moving forward.
https://deadline.com/2020/09/hollywood-return-to-work-deal-labor-unions-producers-management-1234573357/?fbclid=IwAR1mqCe_z0DH8X9YhEPl8If9ta0Q1UU9NiQkTIsY_qed0x5400LFJtQpaRY
UPDATED with highlights of the deal and quotes from union leaders: Hollywood’s unions and management’s AMPTP finally have an agreement to return to work in the coronavirus era. Union so…
For our screenwriter friends.
Interesting new way for scripts to be submitted and received. Hopefully this cuts down on computers deciding if your screenplay is any good.
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/scripthop-change-screenplays-hollywood-1234581895/
A new screenplay submission tool is designed to make writers' — and readers' — jobs a little easier.
Well ain’t this a wikid pissaaah.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/30/business/dunkin-donut-closures/index.html
Dunkin' is permanently closing 8% of its United States locations, which amounts to roughly 800 restaurants.
Happy Opening Day Sox Fans ! ⚾️🍺🥜
Some of these are wikid good - check ‘em out.
“You believe there’s a better chance that 53-year-old Tim Wakefield could give the Red Sox five good innings right now than most of their starting rotation could, and he should wear his spikes to the NESN studios just in case he’s called upon.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/23/sports/you-know-youre-red-sox-fan-if/
Do you still ponder possibilities about Joe Rudi and Dave Henderson? And stew about Dwight Evans and Luis Tiant? Those are telltale signs.
Wow 🎬💡
What a wicked fun concept for seating.
https://movieweb.com/oma-cinema-movie-theater-star-wars-galactic-senate/
Oma Cinema has unveiled a new movie theater design heading to Paris that is giving off some ‘Star Wars’ prequel vibes.
Wow this hidden gem, WANDA, is excellent and it's currently streaming on Criterion Channel.
It’s a shame Barbara Loden didn’t get to direct more films as she died far too young.
A four person crew and excellent filmmaking and I dig her take on filmmaking, “I really hate slick pictures... they’re too perfect to be believable. I don’t mean just the look. I mean in the rhythm, the cutting, the music-everything. The slicker the technique is the slicker the content becomes, until everything turns into Formica, including the people.”
https://www.criterion.com/films/29450-wanda
With her first and only feature film—a hard-luck drama she wrote, directed, and starred in—Barbara Loden turned in a groundbreaking work of American independent cinema, bringing to life a kind of character seldom seen on-screen. Set amid a soot-choked Pennsylvania landscape, and shot in an inten...
Wicked good update on the local filmmaking scene in New England, primarily the Boston area.
https://www.wbur.org/artery/2020/07/21/massachusetts-film-production-covid-19
As the film industry grapples with the necessary safety measures to prevent COVID-19, an eager and unemployed sector of Massachusetts’ creative economy weighs if and when production will pick up.
A little nugget from Aza Jacob’s latest film FRENCH EXIT. Stoked for everyone to see it. https://collider.com/michelle-pfeiffer-lucas-hedges-french-exit-movie-image/
Sony Pictures Classics releases the first look at Azazel Jacobs' adaptation of French Exit, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.
It's the little things that can cheer us up sometimes. For Mark Phinney.
We recut the famous ‘Funny How?’ scene from #MartinScorsese’s #Goodfellas in the style of a ’90s #sitcom. Edited by Leigh Singer. Like this video? Hit subscr...
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https://theeverygirl.com/movies-shows-documentaries-racial-injustice/
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“This is America” by Childish Gambino http://smarturl.it/TcIgA Director: Hiro Murai Producer: Jason Cole of Doomsday with Ibra Ake and Fam Rothstein of Wolf ...
Sundance and Cannes for free ? Wow 🤩!
https://secretlosangeles.com/cannes-sundance-virtual/
Films set to debut at over 20 film festivals around the world, will stream on YouTube for free. Front row ...
Thank You New Hampshire Magazine !
Check out this write-up about our company.
Hooray (603) Filmmaking 🎬💫👍🏽
Iceland and Australia = sign us up 🎬🙃
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/movies/virus-filming-details.html?referringSource=articleShare
In Iceland, a Netflix series relied on testing and color-coded armbands. In Australia, the entire cast and crew of a Stephen King adaptation quarantined together.
More of this please 🎬👍🏽
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/new-york-city-diner-creates-drive-in-theater-save-business-1202231515/
The demand for moviegoing amid the pandemic might just be a savior for this Queens restaurant.
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WOODSHOCK Venice Premiere pre-walka-da-red-carpet. #A24 #supermariobrothers
Back in LA after 10 days in the UK for the London Film Festival to support CHRONIC and TRUTH. London was amazing. Time to make the new one.
Some of the feature films we've been a part of ...
UNTITLED ALEXANDER PAYNE FILM, directed by Alexander Payne, starring Mads Mikkelsen. Pre-production and scheduled to film in Denmark, Sweden, Canada and the US.
KNIVES OUT, directed by Rian Johnson, starring Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Jame Lee Curtis, Lakeith Stanfield, and Christopher Plummer. Nominated for three Golden Globes and one Academy Award.
SOUND OF METAL, directed by Darius Marder, starring Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke. Recently finished photography in Boston. In Post Production.
EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE, directed by Joe Berlinger, starring Zac Efron, Lily Collins, John Malkovich, Haley Joel Osmont, Dylan Baker, James Hetfield (yes the one from Metallica! ) and Amy Greene ! Premieres at Sundance 2019.
LEAVE NO TRACE directed by Debra Granik, starring Ben Foster and Thomasin McKenzie. Nominated for Best Picture at the 2019 Independent Spirit Awards. Premiered at Sundance and Internationally Premiered at Cannes 2018. *Won Best Picture Audience Award at the New Hampshire Film Festival 2018.
ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW directed by Collin Schiffli, starring David Dastmalchian and Karen Gillan. *Won Best Picture Audience Award at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival in 2018. Coming to a theater near you in May 2019.
THE LOVERS directed by Aza Jacobs, starring Debra Winger and Tracy Letts. Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards. Distributed by A24.
WOODSHOCK directed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, starring Kirsten Dunst. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Distributed by A24.
TRUTH directed by James Vanderbilt, starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Elisabeth Moss & Dennis Quaid.
DOLL & EM directed by Aza Jacobs Currently playing on the HBO.
CHRONIC directed by Michel Franco starring Tim Roth and Sarah Sutherland. Nominated for Best Picture at the 2016 Independent Spirit Awards. *Won Best Screenplay at CANNES 2015.
LOW DOWN directed by Jeff Preiss, starring Elle Fanning, John Hawkes, Glenn Close & Flea *Won Best Film at NH Flm Festival and Best Cinematography at Sundance 2014.
NINA directed by Cynthia Mort, starring Zoe Saldana & David Oyelowo.
TERRI directed by Aza Jacobs, starring John C Reilly & Jacob Wysocki. *Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars claiming it one of the best films of 2011.
THE FUTURE directed by Miranda July. DON MCKAY directed by Jake Goldberger.
ME & YOU & EVERYONE WE KNOW directed by Miranda July. *Won Special Jury Prize at 2005 Sundance Film Festival. *Won Caméra d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
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