Gary Lester and Dave Karner are involved in writing the screenplay for Blue Heron's first full-length feature movie. It will consist of several short stories held together by a central story. It is in the horror genre. We will let you know when it leaves the pre-production stage and is about to enter production. At that time, Blue Heron will have a call for cast and crew. Most likely, this will be a 2011 project.

Simultaneously, Ted V. Mikels has contracted with Gary to be his Assistant Director and Cinematographer for "Astro Zombies M4: Invasion From Cyberspace." This is a major promotion for Gary, in that he will be responsible for the entire production, not just the scenes shot in Florida. Once again, the production will involve multiple locations including California and Las Vegas, as well as Florida. That project is also in the script-writing stage, and Blue Heron will be holding cast auditions for the scenes which will be scheduled for Florida close to the time of production.  Nothing will be happening before summer/fall 2011.  "Astro Zombies M 3" is now on sale at Oldies.com and many DVD stores nationally.

Hollywood film composer Richard Band (Re-Animator, Walker: Texas Ranger, 7th Heaven,) has agreed to join us as part of the production team involved with bringing Safe Haven to the screen as a major motion picture. For those who have passports, that production will be shot in Poland and Israel in 2012, if all goes well in securing the financial backing. 

Finally, regarding Transformers 3. we were all excited that Transformers 3 was coming to the Cape to shoot.  We were all looking forward to being in on a big production.  Well, they arrived and decided it would be easier to use the Cape people who already had badges and clearance to be on the Cape. So, they put out a call to those people and they had 300 of them to show up for 120 positions as extras. So, we missed this one. I know we were all anxious to be a part of this production, but you win a few and you lose a few.

 

PBS has announced that the 30th Annual Telly Awards has selected Weird Florida: Roads Less Traveled for a Bronze Telly Award for excellence in the category of travel and tourism television programming. The show, seen by an estimated six million veiwers, has now aired on almost every PBS station in the nation, including the Alaska PBS network.

Often called the television industry's equivelent of an "Oscar", Telly Awards are given for national recognition for excellence in televison programs and commercials. The Telly Awards honor the very best television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. The 30th Annual Telly Awards received over 13,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.

Bronze statues of the award, engraved with names, will be presented to the producing station, WLRN of Miami, producer Mia Laurenzo, director of photography, Filipe Marrou of VTM Productions, and to Charlie Carlson, host and co-producer of the show.

"This takes us to a whole new level," remarked Mia Laurenzo. "We thought it was great when NETA picked up the show for national distribution, but we didn't expect this, I mean getting a bronze Telly Award really adds a big feather to our hat."

The Weird Florida production team is already planning a series of shows and looking at prospects for corporate funding.