Circle B Productions LLC

Circle B Productions LLC The team of Todd Bull and Olivia Bull first met during drama class at NorCal Coastal Highschool.

“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”— Dwight D. EisenhowerThe movie Pressure, highlighting the 72 hours leading ...
05/30/2026

“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”
— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The movie Pressure, highlighting the 72 hours leading up to D-Day and starring Brendan Fraser, opens today in the United States. We feel Eisenhower’s famous quote has particular relevance to current happenings at Circle B Productions LLC.

Permit us to provide a brief update on several highlights:

1 — Olivia continues conducting telephone coaching sessions with all actors currently cast in Broken Ankle, which is scheduled to be recorded in radio drama format on November 7th and 8th. Once we recast the lead role of David Mendoza, we will be able to finalize the production budget and distribute written agreements to all 24 cast members.

2 — This week brought a development we had long anticipated. Seeing it officially confirmed through both email campaigns and public marketing efforts brought us tremendous excitement. Reallusion, our provider of 3D photorealistic animation software, has officially launched AI Studio for iClone.

As AI technology rapidly expanded throughout the entertainment industry, we strategically shifted our business focus toward developing new feature film screenplays in order to expand our slate of projects. AI Studio will allow us to dramatically reduce animation production time and significantly enhance our production capabilities moving forward.

3 — We’ve experienced major creative breakthroughs in the writing of our documentary screenplay, Brother Jonathan and the Dragon’s Teeth. Yes, we’ve decided to shorten the title.

Our decision to produce this unique film using AI-driven technology — with the exception of voice-over performances by live actors — required a substantial rewrite of previously completed material in order to align with the project’s new production parameters. We have established an August deadline for screenplay completion, and progress continues to look very promising.

For independent filmmakers, this is an extraordinary moment in time. The tools are changing, the barriers are falling, and stories once considered impossible to produce are now within reach. We look forward to sharing more as these projects continue to evolve.

We have four feature films undergoing active production efforts. It is common for Olivia to spend time on all four films...
04/23/2026

We have four feature films undergoing active production efforts. It is common for Olivia to spend time on all four films each and everyday. "Broken Ankle", "Singlewide Pride", "Terror at the Dragon's Teeth: The Tragic Sinking of the SS Brother Jonathan" and "Fawn's Justice" require constant nurturing. My main focus is our documentary film about the sinking of the SS Brother Jonathan off the coast of Crescent City on July 30th, 1865.

We are often asked "Why don't you just work on one film at a time until it's done before starting on another film?" The answer is the development of AI. The impact of AI will upend the 3D Animation workplace. In the next few years work on 3D Animation will be radically overhauled. Projects that take Olivia months to create at the present time will be reduced to a weeks. Work now taking weeks to produce will be completed in days. Items now taking days will be reduced to minutes.

Give those parameters it makes sense we focus on creating amazing screenplays worthy of production efforts. That includes getting actors hired, releases signed and people paid so the dialogue can be recorded and edited. Please note we remain committed to using human actors for our films, even though there are AI voice options on the market.

My creative focus is moving our documentary film about the SS Brother Jonathan towards an early 2027 release. Other than voice work and B-Roll the rest of the film is being created by AI, so I'm tasked with getting a firm grip on employing AI as a film creation vehicle. I'm experiencing a crash course on Open.AI and OpenArt.AI while keeping up-to-date on other options, which seem to pop up every day. The images below were created for specific scenes in our documentary film. They will serve as the blueprint as we move towards creating our film with Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0 or Veo 3.1.

It's our pleasure to announce that "Broken Ankle" is now cast (with one exception). We are proud of the work we've done ...
03/26/2026

It's our pleasure to announce that "Broken Ankle" is now cast (with one exception). We are proud of the work we've done on this project so far. We feel this screenplay is solid, touching, and timely.

We can hardly wait to capture your vocal performances early next November and then begin the 3D animation process. Jon Shapiro will once again be recording voices for us. Since our last recording sessions, we've invested in a few Electro-Voice RE20 microphones, truly the top of the line. We'll supplement the RE20s with the Shure SM58s we already have. Every voice will sparkle.

Olivia Bull
Executive Producer
Circle B Productions

CAST - BROKEN ANKLE

Chris Laird - Dustin Beckford
Dre Boyd - Homeless Man - Officer #2
Ivan Gomez - Tomas - Man in Raid (Corre!)
Jeff Lathrop - Deputy Buckthorn - ICE Agent #2 (Arresting)
Nicholas Batres - Freddie the Weasel
Richard Batres - Dr. Rosen - Bart - ICE Agent #1 (Arresting)
Scott Slagel - Mickey the Fisherman - Bar Exam Official
Stan Bautista - David Mendoza
Steve Orcino - Shaman - Officer #1
Todd Bull - Brad Beckford - ICE Agent #3
Tom Loeprich - Perry
Tyler McDanniel - State Records Agent - Guard (ICE Detention)
William Marx - Dr. Darrow - Kenny
Alison Loeprich - Kristi - ICE Attendant #1
Rona Bernadette
"Berney" Arrogancia - Jade - Rosa & Camelia - Female Student
Diana Orcino - Delia - Electronic Attendant
Eileen Hoang - Elvira Lockhart
Gina Wesley - Janet Beckford - Automated Attendant #2
Jennie Scott - Agent Schofel
Olivia Montgomery Bull - Nia Lockhart
Sherri Z. Heller - Dale
Taylor Meyers - Nurse - ICE Attendant #2
Wendy L. Bosley - Jeannette - Harbor Registry Agent - Automated System

Subsequent to the auditions for 'Broken Ankle', a 3D Photorealistic Animated Feature Film set for November production, s...
03/23/2026

Subsequent to the auditions for 'Broken Ankle', a 3D Photorealistic Animated Feature Film set for November production, select actors have been offered roles. The impressive number and quality of submissions demonstrate the region's rich talent pool. A formal announcement of the cast will be made once all casting confirmations are finalized. We are still seeking a talented Latina actress over fifty with fluency in Spanish and a genuine accent for a major role. This is a paid position. Actors in the Sacramento area who are qualified are encouraged to send their reel or resume to:

[email protected].

It has been a busy week at Circle B Productions. Olivia's birthday was on Monday. As part of that celebration we went ou...
03/21/2026

It has been a busy week at Circle B Productions. Olivia's birthday was on Monday. As part of that celebration we went out on Tuesday and shot some "B" Role video at William B Pond county park.

We worked more on finalizing the script for our newest 3D Photorealistic Animated Feature Film "Broken Ankle." We spent time making casting decisions for this script which we'll record the primary voice over work in November.

We also sent to a select group of family, friends and supporters 1:37 minutes of finished work from "Singlewide Pride", which is scheduled to be our first animated feature film. Check your email, text messages and or your social media messaging as you could have been sent a link to view the work now loaded on to our Vimeo account.

Update: THE ROLE HAS BEEN CAST!CASTING CALL - Heads up! We are nearly finished casting our upcoming drama, "Broken Ankle...
03/21/2026

Update: THE ROLE HAS BEEN CAST!

CASTING CALL - Heads up! We are nearly finished casting our upcoming drama, "Broken Ankle," a 3D-animated feature film. We still have one role to fill - an important one. Read on.

CATARINA MENDOZA (60s Latina) is a fiery, loving, complicated woman, strongly influenced by her mystical beliefs. Though her intent is to be a supportive mother to her son David, she is unaware that she's smothering him. When ICE raid the harbor where David lives, Catarina is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and she goes missing. It's a long road back for her and the healing that her relationship with her son needs. This is a supporting role. Non-union.

The Sacramento-based actress who successfully lands this part will either be a native Spanish speaker or will have a convincing accent. Her actual age will be less important than her alto or contralto voice and her grounded maturity.

To audition, please message us here on Facebook. See you in the movies!

Olivia and I purchased our VIP tickets yesterday for the 2026 edition of the Sactown Film Festival, which occurs April 1...
03/13/2026

Olivia and I purchased our VIP tickets yesterday for the 2026 edition of the Sactown Film Festival, which occurs April 10th -12th at the Sacramento IMAX theater. Unlimited entrance to all events including tickets to the kickoff mixer. Not a bad investment for $75 a piece especially since we get the swag bag of goodies. They do have less expensive ticket packages so check them out because Kierre and his team know how to put together a great event.

We're very excited to have an official social media presence for our new feature film script, "Broken Ankle," written by...
03/07/2026

We're very excited to have an official social media presence for our new feature film script, "Broken Ankle," written by Olivia Montgomery Bull and Todd Bull. Starting as a dream Olivia had and influenced by current events, "Broken Ankle" is our best work as a screenwriting team. It's also the most mature script we've produced, from concept to first draft, in the shortest amount of time. We're currently in the "hitting it back over the net" stage of writing. After Olivia was happy with her first draft, I focused on "criming it up," which is my specialty. Now that I'm done with this round of revisions, Olivia is working on other areas needing touch-ups. We're working quickly so we can apply for our copyright by late spring, allowing us to record voice actors later in the fall.

Director Olivia Montgomery Bull has already cast three roles in "Broken Ankle." Stan Bautista will play the lead, David Mendoza, and Sherri Z Heller will play Dale, the 50ish crazy cat lady who is secretly salient. Olivia will voice the role of Nia Lockhart David's court mandated therapist and eventually his lover. There are approximately two dozen parts of all shapes and sizes left to cast, depending on rewrites. Experienced actors, especially those with theater experience, who are interested in auditioning can send their reels or links to past work to [email protected].

BOKEN ANKLE
Written by Olivia Montgomery Bull
& Todd Bull

LOGLINE: "Housebound parolee David Mendoza goes stir crazy, confined to his houseboat and working as a janitor, the only job he could get after pleading guilty to a crime he didn't commit. But his life truly turns upside down when his mother disappears in an ICE raid and his ankle monitor won't allow him to leave home to find her."

THEME: Nothing is more personal than the law misapplied.

Circle B Productions LLC uses a work-for-hire arrangement for all actors and prioritizes human actors for all voice-over work.

Gigantic changes at Circle B Productions LLC. With my departure from CFAA as a board member and Screenwriting Lab Direct...
02/23/2026

Gigantic changes at Circle B Productions LLC. With my departure from CFAA as a board member and Screenwriting Lab Director, I'm finally able to spend a significant portion of my time on our documentary covering the tragic sinking of the SS Brother Jonathan. We've made a decision to create nearly this entire film utilizing new AI technology with the exception of voice over work. Our goal is to have our documentary with a distinctly different look from our 3D Photorealistic Animated films which employ the Reallusion Suite of software tools.

I continue to participate in the AI training through ContentCreator.com. As I gain knowledge and then skill with these particular AI software programs I'm putting into practice my new "tools" in telling the story of "Terror at the Dragon's Teeth: The Tragic Sinking of the SS Brother Jonathan." Attached you'll find pictures of the stacks of research we've amassed on the subject as well as avatars created through AI of critical members of the Brother Jonathan crew and passengers. When we are lucky enough to find photographs or artwork of key figures in this story we've created avatars that match those images. In other cases we're using written descriptions to generate an avatar. Examples are provided for review.

Updates on the breakthrough work Olivia is doing with "Singlewide Pride" and information about our newest feature film script called "Broken Ankle" will be posted soon. Okay, here's a little sugar for those of you reading the entire post. Animation scenes in "Singlewide Pride" are now being rendered and saved. After thousands of hours of detailed production work we're finally experiencing the magic of animation. Art and Tony driving Sapphire from Leslie's funeral back through town towards Twilight Mobile Home Park is amazing. We're not going to show animation scenes from "Singlewide Pride" until we're totally satisfied with the quality. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.

We've tentatively scheduled a recording session of our new script "Broken Ankle" later this fall. LOGLINE: Housebound parolee David Mendoza goes stir crazy, confined to his houseboat and working as a janitor, the only job he could get after pleading guilty to a crime he didn't commit. But his life truly turns upside down when his mother disappears in an ICE raid and his ankle monitor won't allow him to leave home to find her."

After a few months of difficult contemplation, I feel it’s time for me to leave CFAA as Screenwriting Lab Director and m...
02/01/2026

After a few months of difficult contemplation, I feel it’s time for me to leave CFAA as Screenwriting Lab Director and member of the Board. I originally had planned to stay three years - not two - but life events (including the passing of dear friends and family this year) have persuaded me that the time is now.

Olivia and I have a half dozen feature film projects currently in production at our company Circle B Productions. Their progress has suffered since I took on the role of Screenwriting Lab Director. I have put in a great deal of time, money, and energy into reformatting the Screenwriting Lab, and those energies now need to be redirected into our business.

Besides handling all our business requirements, such as our corporate tax filings, I also handle all of our social media content including our website. Those duties will now move to the top of my weekly to-do-list and no longer take a back seat to my Screenwriting Lab efforts at CFAA. Change is a good thing. It provides time and energy for new ideas to evolve.

Soon we'll be announcing a brand new feature screenplay Olivia has been working on. The idea for the story came to her in a dream and has been influenced by current events in our country. More on that later along with some of the stills she has created for the new screenplay. "Singlewide Pride" and "Fawn's Justice" remain very much in Olivia's workload. 3D Animated feature films can be overwhelming in the level of detail so it's important to spend time on other creative projects from time to time. Our projects are not worked in a linear fashion, but rather through a process where like duties for multiple projects are dealt with as a group at the same time.

On the creative front I'm now tasked with using AI to make our documentary film on the sinking of the Steam Ship Brother Jonathan. That film is tentatively named "Terror at the Dragon's Teeth: The tragic sinking of the SS Brother Jonathan." The film's content will be taken from AI generated period accurate photos, historical photos, B-Roll live action video (most of which we captured in 2025 during multiple trips to Del Norte County) and AI video. We want the documentary to have a different look and feel from our entertainment films like "Singlewide Pride", which will remain in the 3D Photorealistic Animation environment.

I'm now busy catching up on the many uses of AI indie filmmaking through a training course from Contentcreator.com that Olivia has already completed. A few days ago I created some stills for the documentary, which will be used as references in the process of creating AI video segments. I've attached two of the images for your reference. One is of the SS Brother Jonathan struggling in the Nor 'wester storm on July 30th 1865 and the other is one of the famous passengers who perished in the sinking by the name of James Nesbit. He was the editor of the San Francisco Bulletin newspaper.

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