HOLLISTON Season 2 arrives on Blu-Ray on April 8, 2014 but you can pre-order your copy directly from us right now, right here. Season 2 contains all ten episodes of Season 2, the un-cut Christmas Special, and loads of special features and cast commentary tracks. Each copy purchased through our site comes autographed by series stars Adam Green and Joe Lynch.
Filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW 2-4, REPO THE GENTIC ROCK OPERA) guests on a very special 3-hour long MOVIE CRYPT that is not only the most brutally honest and no-holes-barred episode yet but also one of the most eye opening and jaw dropping podcasts you’ll ever hear period. If you only listen to one episode, make this the one. Available on iTunes and on GeekNation.com here.
Kicking off 2014, writer and comedian Colton Dunn (KEY & PEELE, MAD TV, ARSENIO, HATCHET 2, HOLLISTON) joins Adam and Joe for an all-new MOVIE CRYPT podcast available now on iTunes and on Geek Nation here.
On Thursday January 9th, Adam Green will be speaking on a panel about Independent Filmmaking with Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW 4-6, MOTHER’S DAY) and more as part of the “New Hollywood Film Festival”, right before a FREE screening of former Movie Crypt Podcast guest Dave Parker’s film COLDWATER. The panel begins at 7:45pm at The Crest Theater in Los Angeles. To RSVP for your FREE tickets and to get all of the details about the event, just click here.
Adam Green’s annual end-of-year blog is now up. Read “GOODBYE 2013 or… THE LONGEST BLOG EVER” right here.
Adam and Joe celebrate Christmas and get beaten up by the most famous Christmas bully in cinema history “Scut Farkus” / Zack Ward (A CHRISTMAS STORY, TRANSFORMERS, TITUS) in the final MOVIE CRYPT of 2013. Together they discuss Zack’s lifelong experiences working in the business including candid stories from the set of Bob Clark’s American classic A CHRISTMAS STORY, what it was really like working with the notorious Uwe Boll, why a live shooting experience like TITUS may have been the greatest in Zack’s career so far, the difference between those who want to act and those who want to be famous, what it’s like to not only play a famous bully but to grow up being bullied in real life, and Zack’s own anti-bullying campaign. So go on…say uncle! Cry, baby! CRYYYYY!!!! And have a merry Christmas with this fun and final episode of the year and listen here.
Adam Green, Zack Ward, and Joe Lynch
This past weekend, writer/director Adam Green and executive producer/artist Alex Pardee (who’s artwork is the inspiration for the film) surprised the audience at Butt-numb-a-thon #15 in Austin, TX by showing up and screening a “not quite finished” version of DIGGING UP THE MARROW during the 24-hour marathon. The screening took place at 6am on Sunday morning (about 9 films into the marathon, playing after films like Scorsese’s THE WOLF OF WALL STREET , Altman’s POPEYE, and Jackson’s THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG) and Green and Pardee introduced the film along with Ain’t It Cool News’ Harry Knowles (who programs Butt-numb-a-thon each year) followed by a brief Q&A with the audience afterwords.
Though the audience was asked to refrain from posting any actual reviews on-line and from spoiling the film in any way or from sharing the secrets of it, the response in the theater was fantastic and filled with laughter, tension, screams, and moments where the entire audience jolted in their seats together. On-line chatter has been extremely positive and overall the bold move to screen the film before such a die-hard film savvy audience (you gotta be pretty serious about cinema to sit through a 24 hour marathon of films and have no idea what they will actually be) this early in the process is a move that we are very happy we risked.
The film still has a ways to go with post-production but should be completed early next year. News on any advanced screenings and the release plan will be coming later in 2014, so hold tight. But a heartfelt thank you to the BNAT audience at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz in Austin, Texas for giving DIGGING UP THE MARROW such a warm and enthusiastic reception at this very early stage of the film’s life. We’re now all the more excited to finish the movie and figure out the next steps, so stay tuned!
As our “Happy Thanksgiving” to you, ArieScope has started our biggest sale yet for BLACK FRIDAY with all new merchandise, drastically lowered prices on some of our biggest and rarest items, and a special promo code (“blackfriday”) that you can use (now through Sunday night December 1st) during check-out to save an additional 15% on your entire order! For the first time ever, we are now offering autographed DVDs and Blu-Rays on all of our available titles, a select number of “Holliston Nation” T-shirts in BLACK, rare posters at ridiculously low prices, the FROZEN CD soundtrack, and by popular fan-demand… a brand new limited edition “Holliston – SHINPADS” shirt. Start your holiday shopping early, check out our merchandise store here, and take advantage of this amazing sale while our stock lasts! Remember, we’re a production company not a retail outlet… so when this stuff is gone, it’s usually gone for good.
UPDATE: THIS SALE IS NOW OVER.
“SHINPADS” artwork by fans Amanda Rebholz, Todd Kennedy, and Joe Garcia.
ArieScope wishes a Happy Hanukkah to all of those celebrating this week.
Meshuganah dances the “Hora” in CHILLERAMA: The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein.
An all new MOVIE CRYPT with Michael Rosenbaum (SMALLVILLE, URBAN LEGEND) is now live on iTunes and on Geek Nation’s website. Listen as Rosenbaum discusses his feature film writing/directing debut BACK IN THE DAY, what it’s like to have played the iconic “Lex Luthor” on TV’s SMALLVILLE for 7 years, and how he learned so much about the craft of directing by being on set. Listen, learn, and laugh along…
Michael Rosenbaum