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Help Kickstart NIGHTSHADOW And Cross The Line's Film And Comic Venture!
Provided that you’re in tune with the Monday night Hit List every week or if you’re subscribe to mulitfaceted filmmaker Logan Cross’s Cross The Line, L.L.C. YouTube channel, chances are you might have come across his latest proof-of-concept, The Hunters: Betrayal. Cross and his cast and crew spent four hours rehearsing and seven hours filming the project, thus executing it into the shortfilm splendor you can now see at the bottom of this page, in case you missed it the first time around.
Bearing this in mind, their efforts here aren’t for naught with prospects now in their favor thanks to investors who have lined-up to fund Cross’s latest vigilante action thriller, Nightshadow, with a story and a production formula centric to strong female figures among a diverse cast of performers. So what’s the scoop? Well, the film is in pre-production, and with allocation of funding from investors slated for much later during production, Logan and his team at Cross The Line, LLC are gonna need your help for the next three weeks, starting now.
A new Kickstarter has been initiated in order to acquire the bare minimum of up to $30,000 in order to help pay for the innumerate costumes and custom outfits for the cast and stunt performers, and necessary weapons and other props they’re now in demand for. In addition, extra funds will further go to Cross The Line Comics, L.L.C., through which they aim to conceive an original comic book universe of their own not entirely unlike Marvel and DC, but from the ground-up.
The team have put together a well thought-out, intricate and detailed pitch package on their Kickstarter campaign page with various images and videos to showcase their visual credentials, and personally, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t impressed, especially after The Hunters: Betrayal. Martial Arts History Museum Honor Award recipient Mario Rocha coordinated the action and he’s done some impressive work I’ve spotted online over the years that I think anyone would want to see on a feature-length level.
Here’s the shortfilm again for your viewing pleasure below, and for all other questions and answers, veer over to the Kickstarter page to learn all you need in order to help contribute to this amazing campaign; Don’t forget to scroll down to the video where they’ve recorded a video specifically aimed at sharing what perks you’ll earn for your generosity.
Pro-Tip: If I were you, I would totally do it for the Yee-Haw!. I’m just sayin.
THE HIT LIST: September 14, 2015
It’s Monday, and that means another fully loaded Hit List has arrived with loads of stunts and action. This week has a few late entries that I’ve been otherwise inspired to share, and I think you all will enjoy them in some capacity.
Of course, we’re starting this off with a playlist that’s nice and light, graced with stunt and martial arts reels. Fabio Santos kicks things off in fiery fashion next to Jason Wingham, “Kid Haru” himself – Devin White, early 2015 demo reel footage from Team Raffaelli, industry fight choreographer, actor and stuntman Tim Man and the latest awesome tricking reel from Team Emig’s own Mackensi Emory (viewable only here).
Up next are a handful of trailers, a few of which are for foreign language projects on the way, and the first comes four years in the making from filmmaking duo David Vergne and Renaud Guin. Detour is the name of the short which focuses on three jewel burglars who discover a woman brutally beaten, and find themselves taking on a darker force of evil, and the short is currently in post production.
The second trailer hails all the way from Jose Manuel at North Compass, a familiar face I’ve already written about here at Film Combat Syndicate. His next potential webseries, Uncompromised, takes our hero on a quest to avenge his own death with symbolic enemies in the form of his own personal flaws. It’s deep, deep stuff, although I’m certain the project will put all the pieces together when released.
Both projects have trailers below, including Detour which also comes with some cool character promo art. The other trailers include Rising Tiger Films’s new action drama short, These Dog Days, and SG Action’s long-awaited sci-fi time-travel gig, The Mantis!
DETOUR [2015] Official Release from Renaud Guin on Vimeo.
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Now we get to the fighting, and as always, there’s plenty of it in the following playlist. Star Wars is the way to here as we set off wity two new videos, one from Noah Fleder‘s Force Storm Entertainment, and Logan Cross’s own short, The Force. Other fights include Tripp Pickell’s latest test choreo sampler with cohort Shannan Leigh Yancsurak, Allie Marrie’s kickass performance in Faux Fighting’s latest “Showdown” serial addition, A Better Workout, Dardrex Productions’s action comedy, Snatch And Grapple, Cinematic Fight Studio’s latest client-ordered project, The Sting, and independent action director Bryan Sloyer’s newest ode to Kurt Wimmer, Equilibrium: Gentlemen’s Game!
Moving on to some longer-form shorts nearing the end of this week’s Hit List, actor, dancer and filmmaker Jordan Cann released this newest drama, My Brother’s Keeper, last week. It’s the story of a friendship broken over a girl, and a rivalry that unfolds between three crews with a surprising twist at the end. Cann himself takes primarily on dance and so there’s plenty of it here as well as a dash of fight choreography for good measure. Take a look!
And finally, we cap things off in award-winning fashion. Australian actor, writer and director David No is still making the rounds these days with his latest short, Battle Of Wills, hitting the festivals this Fall. In the meantime, it was in a private message on social media he shared his 2012 period sword drama, Forged, the story of an impetuous martial arts student who reflects on his ill-fated upbringing with his master on the night of their death duel. The project won a great share of awards throughout the world, including several festivals in the U.S. a few years ago during its run, and you can see them for yourself at the official fan page.
For now, enjoy Forged (special thanks to David for sending this one over!)
Of course, coming from the folks over at Bat In The Sun, we’re bound sooner or later to find out how their next Superpower Beatdown will turn out. Their latest still is up and clearly this one looks to be a real Fall berzerker!…
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