What do you think of the new trailer for HAPPY FATHER'S DAY?

We just completed a new edit of the trailer for our low budget drama HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. What do you think? 

I'm off to France and London next week for meetings in the hope of making HFD a Canada/UK/France co-pro. 

We have a soft commitment of $658 from the Canadian government - just need another $1.9 million.

We're forming a new motion picture studio

Great meeting (our first) with l-r, me, Javid, Brinda, and Gunny - all seasoned producers. Looks as if we will be forming a motion picture studio to produce the seven feature films we have in various stages of development, funding and completion.

I'm going to Santa Monica's American Film Market!

Just booked my plane ticket to November's American Film Market. Hoping to interest a film hashtagagent in my indie hashtagdrama HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. 

We have our star, director, cinematographer, stunt co-ordinator and funding from Alberta, Ontario and our production partner in Greece but we're still $1.4m (Canadian) short of our $2.6 budget. 

We begin shooting in February 2019. 

Pls check our our two-minute promotional trailer on www.manks-productions.com h

Happy New Year!

Wishing all those in the Blogosphere a happy and healthy 2018. And to the ten of thousands of you who follow my blog..... Thank you and stay tuned, 2018 will bring even more political news, comments, philosophical musing, Mr. Fuchs court proceedings, family court proceedings, ethics proceedings, celebrity news, humour, literary fiction, and movie news.

Peace,

James

My 26th screenplay

I've devoted so much time and energy over the past two years to producing my first feature film HAPPY FATHER'S DAY that it occurred to me that I haven't written a screenplay in years... so!... this morning I began my 26th screenplay, the socio-political comedy EXODUS...

"Two Los Angeles black women, a surgeon and a Starbuck's barista, form the Democratic Republic of California and separate from America."

I'm live on Norman 'Otis" Richmond's program Uhuru Radio

It's 2:30 PM Sunday and I'm currently being interviewed about my indie feature HAPPY FATHER'S DAY by radio host Norman 'Otis' Richmond (above), Melinda Francis and Lisa Watson on his weekly program UHURU RADIO

Our HAPPY FATHER'S DAY movie now has a great Director and Production Manager

I am happy - thrilled actually - to announce that Keran Rees (he's the bald guy on the right) and Greg Williams are officially our Director and Production Manager respectively.

Keran is an amazing director who has been passionate about HAPPY FATHER'S DAY since Greg first told him about our project. And Greg? Well,  we all know that Greg has been one of the main creative forces driving HAPPY FATHER'S DAY since early last year.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY had its first media interview

Great interview about Happy Father's Day with Brian Baker, a reporter for the Town Crier, a Toronto monthly newspaper with a circulation of 60,000+. 

 

Less than two weeks to go before the launch of our Indiegogo campaign and our publicist Gabriel PR has already begun getting us media coverage.

Happy Father's Day is now legal!

My first feature film, Happy Father's Day is now a legal entity. Fourteen days to go before the launch of my $3.2 million Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY: a Tragedy now has a great publicist in Sandra Gabriel

I just hired media guru Sandra Gabriel Gabriel PR to mastermind the social and traditional media campaign behind our upcoming Indiegogo $3.2 million fundraising effort in Canada, US, France and Mexico.

31 days before the launch of the Indiegogo campaign for my first feature film goes live.