From a press release received earlier this week: "Writer/director/producer P. David Ebersole today announced the launch of
Macrocosm, a new and innovative consortium of independent filmmakers and creative artists dedicated to bringing independent projects to stage, screen and television. With an open-ended organizational structure and the motto, 'Power in Numbers,' Macrocosm has been brought into being to build on the existing creative relationships of its core members in order to bring their projects to fruition. Macrocosm's kick-off will be celebrated at a party during the Sundance Film Festival on January 24... with an extravagant and flamboyant live concert by another Macrocosm member, singer/songwriter
Jinx Titanic.
"In addition to Ebersole and Titanic, the founding Macrocosm members are writer/director Todd Hughes, producer Gwen Field, producer Carol Ann Shine, cinematographer/filmmaker Larra Anderson, writer/actress Jamie Tolbert, writer/director/performer Shaz Bennett, writer/director Tim Kirk, actor/producer Brian Newkirk, production designer/producer
Candi Guterres (whose film,
Between, is in competition in Sundance this year); and documentary filmmaker Julianna Brannum.
"With several projects in the works, the inaugural Macrocosm production is
Hot Chicks, a live-action feature based on the religious comic book tracts from Jack Chick, with segments directed by Macrocosm members Ebersole, Franklin, Hughes, and Kirk. Self-financed by Macrocosm,
Hot Chicks is currently in production, slated for festival release in 2005.
"Macrososm members Ebersole and Field are also announcing the financing of the film noir thriller,
Oceanside, for Here!/Regent Entertainment, with Ebersole on board as writer/director, and Field as producer. In
Oceanside, a crooked lawyer gets shot full of lead, and two men come in to confess, even though, apparently, neither one committed the crime.
"Other projects in the pipeline with Macrocosm members in key positions include:
Out There, a pilot in development at VH1, which Ebersole created, and for which he will be executive producer.
Out There chronicles the trials and tribulations of a 15-year-old Jewish boy from the suburbs who has to attend a Catholic high school when his new school burns down. But that's the least of his problems, now that he's hitting puberty and can't decide if he likes girls...or boys.
The Creek Runs Red, a television documentary from director/producer Juliana Brannum. The ITVS-funded project examines Picher, Oklahoma, a mining town the EPA calls the most toxic place in America, and which a dwindling population still call home. Today the town is divided by fears of serious health risks, environmental politics, civic pride and old racial tensions between Indian and white society.
The Creek Runs Red explores the human response to an environmental disaster and the complex connection between people and place.
After producing for the theatre, Brian Newkirk is producing his debut film,
Dirty Back Roads, which he stars in and has co-written, with Todd Hughes directing. Think
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf meets
Race With The Devil as two work partners, one gay and one straight, hit the road in an RV with their bickering spouses. When they witness what appears to be a Satanic sacrifice, the foursome find themselves on the run for their lives.
Following up on their Sundance hit
Punks, Carol Ann Shine is set to produce Patrik-Ian Polk's new series,
Noah's Arc, for MTV's new Logo Channel, [which last week announced the delay of its launch until June 2005]. Billed as America's first black gay series, the story revolves around a black gay man named Noah and his eclectic group of friends who are all 'in the life.' The premise: What if
Queer As Folk met
Sex In The City and crashed into
Soul Food?
Jinx Titanic is the creator of
The Jinx Titanic Variety Half Hour, currently in development with
Killerpix Global Media Filmco. Is America ready for a wild rock and roll variety show featuring Chicago's openly gay punk rock sensation Jinx Titanic as host? Titanic and co-creator/executive producers Ebersole and Hughes say yes!"
# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 1/17/2005 11:35:00 AM
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