Wildomar Movie Ranch

01/10/2024

Back in 2019, Wildomar Movie Ranch was granted a personal tour and filming of The "then closed" Hotel Jeffery and Magnolia Saloon in Coulterville CA.
Coulterville, in the1850s was considered the west coast gateway to Yosemite, and the Jeffery, its only hotel.
The hotel entertained a U.S. President, a Queen, Novelists, Poets, Statesmen, Outlaws, Hollywood Celebrities, and even author, Helen Keller.
And most currently, the Jeffery is occupied by 17 individual spirits. Yep, the hotel is considered one of the most haunted places in the U.S..
After I had the cameras set and the realtor for the hotel and previous owner, an actor gentleman, and me, were ready to head inside, a county official appeared and said we could NOT go in, the location had just been "Red Tagged".
Great, a 400-mile trip for nothing!
So, I was directed to go over to the diner and wait. Oh boy. It appeared I was to be a part of a covert op!
I got a call on my cell phone directing me to a rear "non red tagged entrance".
Anyway, you can find the tour on YouTube under, CK Sussman, Celebrity Ghost Hunting inside The Hotel Jeffery, Coulterville, California.
But at the end I took the opportunity to sit down at the piano the entertained many, including Jesse and Frank James, and play for a few minutes!

11/24/2023

As we prepare for festivals we need to follow their guidelines.
(for the program)
In the role of Edgar Allan Poe, Dylan M. Walker.
Mr. Walker has been a professional actor for over two-decades.
Dylan can be seen in the major motion picture "Moneyball", with industry icon Brad Pitt, TV's "The Shield,', "Charlie's Angels Full Throttle," the AMC series, "Madmen", and many more.
In his youth, Dylan's face could be found in TV commercials for the Southern California Theme Park, Magic Mountain, a Six Flags Corporation park. Dylan was involved with Six Flags productions for nearly seven years.
Mr. Walker, for many years worked with theatrical coach, actor and director, Billy Gallo.
In his thirty-years in front of the camera, Mr. Gallo’s talent has been viewed millions of times through starring roles in TV's "Boys Will Be Boys," with co-star, "Friends”, Matthew Perry, and in the motion picture blockbuster, "Pretty Woman", where he starred as Carlos, Julia Roberts' pimp.
And for the year of 2023, you can see how Gallo’s training has paid off, as Dylan has delivered a standout performance as Edgar Allan Poe, the man, in the film "You may call me Reynolds."
Dylan's performance mastery in this pre-release has won him praise from many industry professionals.
Billy follows Dylan’s career very closely to this day.

11/18/2023

This Kudos is long overdue!
Whether David will acknowledge it or not, if it hadn't been for him, there's no way, You may call me Reynolds would have had a chance.
David knows most anything and everything about making movies, either in front or behind the camera!
On the first night of filming in 2021 everything was going wrong. As a first time director, the professional crew wasn't making it easy for me. They knew I was green, but some insisted on belittling me, and making sure they looked good at my expense.
When I was ready to explode, David pulled me aside and said he'd take over directing, getting across what my vision was until I was ready to step back in. '
David wouldn't take the assistant director credit, so he became the movie's production advisor.
David as an actor plays BAD as well as GOOD, but he still freaks me out a bit as the killer in the Borrower. (shown in clip.)
David's a busy guy, he runs his family's business, Main Street Candy in Historic downtown Lake Elsinore, but he still found time to help me through to the end.
And FYI, there is nobody better as far as a dialect coach than David. People who've worked with so-called professional dialect coaches, once introduced to David will go nowhere else now.
When I couldn't make the premiere of The girl in the backseat at Hollywood's Chinese Theater, the first movie to feature my original music, I asked David if he'd take my ticket and go in my place.
David kept me in the loop through texting and recordings all night.
I don't know how I got so lucky as to have an industry professional like David in my corner, but when very few gave me the chance of finishing Reynolds, David never doubted me.
And I'm proud to have David (McElroy) Ross as a friend!

11/13/2023

Dylan and I met through his father, Michael T Walker.
My Biz partner and I had a meeting with Gary Troy one morning back in 2019. Gary was one of the original Jet's in the movie, West Side Story, along with being a regular in tons of TV shows and movies from the 1950s thru the 1980s. (Including being, Clark Gable's Godson.)
After our meeting at Starbucks in Menifee, we took a couple of pictures.
Enter Michael. Michael said he'd take a picture of all three of us together.
After Gary left, I went up to thank Michael and we got to talking.
Michael had heard of Wildomar Movie Ranch (WMr). Interesting.
WMr had started in 2018, and we had one newspaper article written about the company.
It just happened that the man that took the picture was an actor himself.
Michael it turns out had been in many films. In fact, he's the only one of our friends that has been directed by Steven Spielberg.
He can be seen in the movie "Always". He was one of the firefighters and in a dance scene, danced right beside Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfuss.
Michael was a great advisor for the ranch, and one day said, I'm going to bring my actor son, Dylan, by someday.
Well that day came, and the rest is far from history yet!

11/10/2023

Without a doubt, over the next few years you'll be seeing Mr. Dylan M. Walker in more and more starring roles for major motion pictures to come. Mr. Walker for years was professionally coached in acting by Actor and Director, Billy Gallo. Mr. Gallo is a longtime veteran of film and TV, where he had starring roles in TV’s “Boys will be boys'," with co-star "Friends," Matthew Perry, and in the motion picture blockbuster, “Pretty Woman,” where he starred as Carlos, Julia Roberts' pimp.
Mr. Walker, with guidance from Gallo, has landed roles in the major motion picture “Moneyball” with industry icon Brad Pitt, TV’s “The Shield," "Charlie's Angels Full Throttle," and in the AMC series, "Madmen." As a boy, Dylan was chosen by the Six Flags Corporation to be a face in their commercials for nearly seven years.
But for the year of 2023, Dylan has delivered a standout performance as Edgar Allan Poe, in the soon to be released,"You may call me Reynolds."
Dylan's convincing performance as Poe has won him praise from industry professionals, including the highest admiration in a written letter from Mr. Jeffery Savoye, the director of the prestigious Baltimore chapter of the Edgar Allan Poe Society, who called his performance "Very Stylish, Polished, and Professional!”
Mr. Dylan M. Walker can be contacted through the Wildomar Movie Ranch office of Ravens Entertainment at (888) 976-0086.
by CK Sussman
https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm12888180
https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt15320754

11/04/2023

Ace Fillmore, a friend and one of the three RED cameras on our Edgar Allan Poe movie, "You may call me Reynolds", was the photographer for almost every picture featured in this book, "The Art of Canine Cuisine".
When most just point and click, I've watched Ace take as much as 6 hours (but that's only what I've seen) prepping a single shot.
If you want Ace on your project he can be reached through Wildomar Movie Ranch. (888) 976-0086.

09/05/2023

Edgar Allan Poe had a best friend in real life, his name, John Pendleton Kennedy.
In the movie You may call me Reynolds, John is portrayed by Rob Crisell.
Rob and Wildomar Movie Ranch became friends in 2019, as Rod signed with us to represent his Wine Country Estate and Vineyard as a film production property.
His property was used for the final scene in “The girl in the backseat”.
Rob, besides being a retired attorney, is an author, a teacher, an actor, a leading authority of William Shakespeare, Temecula’s speaker of the year, and the list goes on from there.
I went to Rob’s home yesterday to re-record some dialog for “Reynolds”, and as I was leaving Rob presented me with his newest book, “Temecula Valley Wineries”. A wonderful read where he gives the history of every wine producer in Wine Country Temecula, from Callaway, to his own brand.
Here’s a link, just in case. (get it! Like in a case of wine 😀)

In the early 1800s, Spanish missionaries were the first to plant vineyards in the area now known as Temecula Valley. Over the next two centuries, the region became known for raising cattle, farming, and as a stop for stage and rail. In the late 1960s, Temecula began to attract a new breed of pion...