The limited TV mini-series, “Diary of a Lunatic: Sylke’s Tales” will premiere on Amazon Prime on March 5, 2021. The series is a follow up to the successful feature film, “Diary of a Lunatic…Trew’s Calling”, that was filmed in WNY and premiered in 2017.
This original series reunites the feature film original cast Tracey B. Wilson (“Guiding Light”, “All My Children”), Kevin Sizemore (“Fear of the Walking Dead”, “Resurrection”, “Under the Dome”), and introduces newcomer Melody Nardone (“Anathema”). The series co-stars Muse Watson (“NCIS”, “The Avengers”), Yancy Butler (“As The World Turns,” “Brooklyn South”, “Witchblade”), Cynthia Rothrock (“Cool Cat Kids Superhero,” “China O’Brian”). Six half-hour episodes were shot on location in Buffalo, New York.
“Diary of a Lunatic” is an ongoing action-packed fantasy, comedy, drama. Every human has alter egos that live in parallel worlds, the boundaries between these parallel universes have become fragile, planets are collapsing and alter egos are slipping through the crumbling universes and attaching to the wrong people.
“The feature film ‘Diary of a Lunatic: Trew’s Calling’ became such a cult fan favorite that we assembled nearly the same cast and crew to give audiences what they wanted, more awesomeness with a few unexpected twists” said director, Greg Robbins.
Kimber Eastwood (“Aliens vs. Vampires”, “Diary of a Lunatic: Trew’s Calling”) teams up with
Robbins’ to continue the magic as the Producer.
For more information on “Diary of a Lunatic: Sylke’s Tales” please visit www.diaryofalunatic.tv or follow the mini-series’ Instagram page @DiaryOfALunatic.TV and Facebook page @DiaryOfALunatic
Cindy Abbott Letro interviews Erie County Director of Environment and Planning Tom Hersey on the economic impact of the film industry in Western New York.
Los Angeles, CA – January 19, 2021 – Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, has acquired North American rights to the unique romantic comedy feature BAD CUPID. BAD CUPID will be available to rent and own on North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms on February 12, 2021 (Valentine Day’s weekend) and DVD on February 16, 2021 through Freestyle Digital Media.
BAD CUPID tells the story of love held hostage as an unhinged Cupid (Archie) takes a heartbroken guy and his romantic rival on a comic kidnapping. Archie is a man on a mission to ensure true love always wins. Or, short of that, someone is going to die trying. Not that he cares which. So beware anyone who gets in his way, especially anyone he’s actually trying to help. In this case, that’s the heartbroken guy (Dave), his kooky cousin and the man about to marry the girl that got away. But just because the girl is getting married doesn’t mean the groom can’t be bound, gagged and stuffed into a bathroom stall, where Dave will face a fateful decision — help in his escape or help Archie in a capital crime. Oh, the choices we have to make for love.
BAD CUPID is full of twists with a surprise ending you’ll never see coming.
Written by Neal Howard & Ira Fritz and Anthony Piatek, BAD CUPID was co-directed by Diane Cossa and Neal Howard and was produced by Larry Jay Tish. The film was shot in its entirety in Buffalo, New York in the Fall of 2019.
BAD CUPID stars John Rhys-Davies (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy) as Archie/Cupid, Shane Nepveu (BOARDWALK EMPIRE, RED OAKS) as Dave, Briana Marin as Morris, Claybourne Elder as Henry and Amelia Sorenson as Stella. The Buffalo New York cast is led by Christine Turturro and includes : Darleen Pickering Hummert, Preach Freedom, Joseph G. Giambra, Christina Foster, Pamela Rose Mangus Gregory P. Robbins, Jenny Marie McCabe, Bethany Burrows, David Autovino, Laura Barriere, Daniel Felix Torres, Leah Berst and Nick Stevens. “There’s nothing like this Cupid character that has ever been seen before. Throw John Rhys-Davies into the mix and it’s a Cupid you’ll never see again,” said producer Larry Jay Tish. “It’s a brilliant comic turn adding to an already incredible career.”
(January 4th, 2021) On the latest “Behind The Camera” host Cindy Abbott Letro sat down with Buffalo Film Works Kevin Callahan (CEO), Jennifer O’Neill (CFO), and George Pittas (COO) to talk about the latest updates at the active complex which will soon feature an 80,000 square foot qualified production space slated to open this spring.
Buffalo Filmworks has hosted most of the recent major productions which have come to town including “Nightmare Alley”, “A Quiet Place Part II”, “Bashira”, “The First Purge” and others.
For more information on Buffalo Filmworks: https://www.buffalofilmworks.com
“The True Adventure of Wolfboy” tells the story of a boy with a rare condition condition which causes him grow hair all over his entire body and his journey to self acceptance while searching for his mother who left him at an early age.
A chance to see the “True Adventures of Wolfboy” at the on big screen at the North Park Theatre starts this Friday at the following days and times:
Fri 11/13: (2:00), (4:30), 7:00, 9:30
Sat 11/14: (2:00), (4:30), 7:00, 9:30
Sun 11/15: (11:30am), (2:00), (4:30), 7:00, 9:30
Mon 11/16: (2:00), (4:30), 7:00, 9:30
Tue 11/17: (2:00), (4:30), 7:00, 9:30
Wed 11/18: (2:00), (4:30), 7:00
Thur 11/19: (2:00), (4:30), 7:00
An interesting side note: Director Martin Krecji held weekly screenings for his production team at the North Park during pre-production and showed many films that inspired his creative approach to directing “The True Adventures of Wolf Boy”.
(Pictured: John Turturro as carnival owner Mr. Silk)
(November 10th, 2020) New York State has released industry-specific guidance for Media Production during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“Interim COVID-19 Guidance for Media Production”).
Each business or entity must develop a written Safety Plan outlining how its workplace will prevent the spread of COVID-19. A business may fill out the New York Forward Safety Plan template to fulfill the requirement or may develop its own Safety Plan. This plan does not need to be submitted to a state agency for approval but must be retained on the premises of the business and must made available to the New York State Department of Health (DOH) or local health or safety authorities in the event of an inspection.
Please refer to the New York Forward website for all information, guidance and restrictions in order to operate legally and safely in each region. Please refer to the regional monitoring dashboards to check as regions may move between phases. Each of the phases on the website are continuously updated with guidelines and information on specific business activities.
(Pictured: Paul (Jaeden Martel) and Rose (Eve Hewson) hold up a fireworks stand in front of Hamburg’s Bedrock Eatery)
(Pictured: Director Martin Krecji views shot set up inside the Gypsy Parlor)
