Spread the Word!

So I got a nice little shout out on the Continuum Pictures company blog!

Continuum Pictures, LLC: Filmplane a Continuum Pictures company with a trul...: Jason Durdon, Danny Torres, James Duval In 2006 when Continuum Pictures arrived in Los Angeles its goal was to move into the Studio Sy...

look at my MOVIE!!!

Here's the trailer for my horror film 'Cider Springs Slaughter'! Coming Soon!

 

Produced under Continuum Pictures

Written by Taylor McPartland and Danny Torres
Produced by Danny Torres and ME
EP'ed by James Duval

Shameless Plug: FilmBreak.com

So be prepared cuz I like to get my friends work. I also like spreading the word when I've worked with a good person/ company. So to start the shameless promotion:

Filmbreak.com

New social media site for filmmakers. You can meet cast and crew, set up projects, use the sites tools to manage your projects. All kinds of goodies. They just did a big update on the site. I've got my profile set up, took 5 minutes. You all should get on there and Connect up with me. Continuum is looking to work some exclusive deals with Filmbreak. So you know we'll be looking there for team members with our coming projects. Danny Torres, my business partner, is another guy you need to connect to.

The site is no joke. Get in on the ground floor. I've already hired a prospective new producer through the site. Filmbreak party on the 6th. See you there!

Continuum Pictures moving forward on Kids stuff

I #@$%ing loved Ghostbusters. I watched them until the VHS snapped. I played with the toys till the wheels on Ecto1 fell off. I went as a Ghostbuster for Halloween. I cannot imagine the frustration of my parents when I repeatedly rolled "the trap" in-between their feet as they walked by. I was hooked.

So my buddy Derrick Camardo, who I have known since 1995, is a novelist in Chicago. We were talking on the phone and he's telling me about this book he's finished about a girl and her hamster, Mr. Snugglymuffin. It's not the puppy she wanted, but she grows to love the little guy anyway, which becomes a problem when Mr. Snugglymuffin grows to Stay Puffed Marshmallow Man size and terrorizes the city. I thought this could make a great movie, kind of a Godzilla meets Honey I Blew Up the Kid. So I'm real happy when Continuum Pictures agreed to give it a look and see if we can bring "Mr. Snugglymuffin's Rampage" to the screen. Anyone know if Randal Kleiser is avail?

So everyone knows the phrase "You know who your friends are when you need help moving". Last night I had to hang these two gigantic paintings in my place. Danny Torres and James Duval are over going over our latest developments when they spot all the stuff (the drills, the ladder, etc) for hanging. 5 minutes later we're continuing our business meeting while I'm on ladder, Danny's hanging from the stairwell keeping the painting from falling on my head, James is making sure neither of us fall to our deaths, all as if this were normal. I love my business partners.

Strong out of the gates at Continuum Pictures

Hello to currently non-existant readers. Hopefully you will not be so lonely in the near future.

Day 1 of the blog, the big online account of my march through hollywood. It's Sunday, Bears are on their bye, and I've actually spent the whole day without turning on the TV or my big computer. Just me and my lady relaxing. This is strange by pretty much every account of my normal daily life, so I'm just enjoying these last couple hours before hitting back on Monday morning.

This week should be pretty exciting, lots of possibilities, lots of options. Like that feeling you get walking into the Home Depot. So much you could do, and everything you need to do it is right in front of you. That's how I feel right now. We're busy as can be at Continuum Pictures, November is starting off jam-packed with the fresh ink on a picture deal "SHIVERS" that my buddy Danny and I will be co-directing in January. SciFi / vampire pic. Heavy on the action, heavy on the awesome. A foreign picture deal that could see Continuum expanding to another continent, that's brewing. James and I celebrated by abusing the "all you can eat shrimp'fest" at Red Lobster. Scripts and stories are being sent in, details to follow. There will be no sleep till Brooklyn Christmas. (Any Beastie Boys fans out there? One or two? Maybe?)

So start following this blog if you happen across it. This is where I'll be dishing out all the latest movements in my film endeavors, posting info on indie filmmaking, tips on how to make movies better/ faster/ cheaper, and also crying about the Chicago Bears. But only a manly cry. On the inside. Boys Don't Cry. Glad I saw it, never watching it again. I segue a LOT.