With family films taking a bite out of the boxoffice, Bryan Michael Stoller hopes Little Bear, a 28-pound Queensland heeler, can follow in the paw prints of Marley, Marmaduke and the Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Most movies starring a dog, like "Beethoven," use 10 or more look-alike animals. In Stoller's "First Dog," about a foster kid who returns the president's lost dog to the White House, Little Bear is the solo star. He did his own stunts and even barked for postproduction looping.
"I have a credit in the movie as his acting coach, not as a trainer," said Stoller, who directed, produced, wrote and edited the movie, which was made for less than $3 million and screens Tuesday night for the first time for distributors and backers.
As a movie, TV and commercials director and author of "Filmmaking for Dummies," Stoller first sniffed...
Most movies starring a dog, like "Beethoven," use 10 or more look-alike animals. In Stoller's "First Dog," about a foster kid who returns the president's lost dog to the White House, Little Bear is the solo star. He did his own stunts and even barked for postproduction looping.
"I have a credit in the movie as his acting coach, not as a trainer," said Stoller, who directed, produced, wrote and edited the movie, which was made for less than $3 million and screens Tuesday night for the first time for distributors and backers.
As a movie, TV and commercials director and author of "Filmmaking for Dummies," Stoller first sniffed...
- 6/21/2010
- by By Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MAZEfilms, Inc. has begun pre-production on a $25 million feature, Eli , to be shot in North America and parts of Europe. Daniel Maze will direct from a script by Maze and Alexander Yurchikov. "Eli" will be produced by Saskia Boedt, photographed by Keith Dunkerley, and scored by Konstantinos Zacharopoulos. Principal photography will begin in the fall of 2010 in stereoscopic 3D. The film is a fantasy which focuses on a young boy who discovers that his teacher is a witch intent on stealing the soul of his ill sister. After Eli discovers her intentions, an angel appears to help him defeat the witch and conquer his fears.
- 4/6/2010
- Comingsoon.net
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