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NEWS
ARCHIVES FOR: MARCH 2004
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'Communication
Breakdown' Star Goes Anime
Monday,
March 29, 2004
Satu
Rautaharju, who plays Misty in the upcoming LCE comedy "Communication
Breakdown," can now be heard as the voice of Benton in the redubbed
English version of the classic Japanese anime film, "Urusei Yatsura 3:
Remember My Love." Rautaharju, who has appeared on such TV shows as the
WB's "Dawson's Creek" and Fuse's "IMX," as well as in
the films "The Locket" and "A Walk to Remember," splits
her time between acting and music. An accomplished guitarist and singer, the
blue-haired, heavily-pierced beauty is being tabbed by many insiders as a
face to watch in the coming year.
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Blue Ridge Greenlights
Rock Biopic
Sunday,
March 28, 2004
Blue Ridge Motion
Pictures, the emerging Asheville, NC-based
production studio (where LCE's "Communication
Breakdown" is currently filming) has announced plans to shoot a
rock & roll biography based on the meteoric rise and fall of a 60's
group called Moby Grape. LCE head Richard
O'Sullivan, who recently coined the Asheville film and arts scene
"Haight-Mayberry," thinks the Blue Ridge connection is a perfect
fit. "We're all thrilled for Leanne [Campbell], Tom [Barkstedt], and
everyone at Blue Ridge. Asheville has been called the San Francisco of the
South for years and I don't think there's a better place on the planet to
host this project." The script for the $6 million flick was written by
David Chanoff, a noted biographer who previously penned books on Israeli
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and former U.S. Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders.
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'Communication
Breakdown' Star to Do Sitcom Pilot
Friday,
March 26, 2004
Actor/writer Aleks
West, who plays Paige in "Communication
Breakdown," has entered the development stage on a proposed sitcom
project. West, who will appear in the ensemble, will serve as serve as the
show's creator/producer. The twenty-three year old Polish-born beauty made
her film debut as a screaming mental patient in "Carrie 2" and was
most recently seen on "One Tree Hill." Observers are calling her
turn in CB "a breakthrough performance."
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Jasmin St. Claire Rushed
Into Emergency Surgery
Friday,
March 19, 2004
"Communication
Breakdown" star Jasmin
St. Claire (Janice) underwent an emergency appendectomy Thursday
morning, just three days after she wrapped filming scenes for the quirky
comedy. "Jas is one of the toughest people I know," said director Richard
O'Sullivan. "She'd been in pain for some time but chose to work
through it. She's a total pro and the epitome of class. She'll be up and
kicking ass in no time flat."
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Richard O'Sullivan
Discusses Filming at Blue Ridge
Thursday,
March 18, 2004
'Communication
Breakdown' DP Premieres Video on MTV
Thursday,
March 18, 2004
A music video produced by acclaimed filmmaker (and "Communication
Breakdown" Director of Photographer) John
Edmunds will have its world premiere on March 22, airing on both
MTV and BET. The clip, for rising R&B sensation Del, is a sexy remake of
the WHAM! classic "Careless Whisper," a song written by George
Michael when he was just sixteen. Edmonds' production company, Bang
Productions, has numerous video and film projects in various stages of
production and development.
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'Communication
Breakdown' Goes Bed & Breakfast
Wednesday,
March 10, 2004
'Communication
Breakdown' Bellys Up to the Bar
Monday,
March 8, 2004
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Still photography by Teresa Villa |
Production on the quirky comedy began on location Sunday night at The Town
Pump in Black Mountain, North Carolina. Actors Satu Rautaharju, Laura
Aguirre, and Will Rickard were on hand to shoot a barroom knifing scene.
For
details on the day's shoot, click here...
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Production
on 'Communication Breakdown' Underway
Sunday,
March 7, 2004
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Principal photography has begun on LCE's feature comedy,
"Communication Breakdown." The movie, shot on the Canon XL1 series
(the same camera line used in the filming of the blockbuster "28 Days
Later" and Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh's "Full Frontal") is
currently lensing on-location in western North Carolina with NBC writer
Richard O'Sullivan at the helm. John Edmonds (who directed the new video from
rising R&B sensation Del, which is moving into the rotations of both MTV
and BET) is now on board as Director of Photography. The film is being made in
association with Bang Productions and Blue Ridge Motion Pictures with an eye
toward theatrical release.
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Video
Distributor Caught In Teen Sex Sting
Thursday,
March 4, 2004
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Rob
Feinstein, a video distributor who threatened Lost Colony Entertainment with
legal action last month after we reported on his solicitation of an illegal
movie screener, has been caught in an undercover sting by a Philadelphia
television channel. The 28 year old Langhorne, Pennsylvania man was video
taped by NBC affiliate WCAU visiting what he thought was the home of a 14 year
old boy he had been "romancing" online. The sting, done in
conjunction with an anti-pedophile website, culminated with Feinstein
"making a date" with what he thought was his new underage
"boyfriend." The distributor, who made headlines in February when
LCE reported that he was attempting to buy a copy of the then-unreleased
Bernardo Bertolucci film "Dreamers," worked with the FBI in 2003 in
order to send a Virginia man to prison on charges of illegal video piracy.
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Texas Legend
Tosses Cowboy Hat in Ring for Governor
Thursday,
March 4, 2004
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Lone Star state icon Richard "Kinky" Friedman has
announced that he will run for governor of the state of Texas in 2006. The
legendary author and musician (who fronts the band known affectionately as The
Texas Jewboys) will enter the race as an independent, promising to run an
unconventional and irreverant campaign. Friedman, who if elected, may be the
funniest governor in history, says "I just want to be as honest and as
open as I can be. I will not kiss babies. I'll kiss their mothers."
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