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Coconut Pete's avatar

Hey John, just curious do you know when Violent Ends might be released or if there will be a trailer?

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John-Michael Powell's avatar

Hey Pete! We're in active negotiations with distributors at this very moment. It's looking likely that we'll release Q4 this year or Q1 next year. Not sure when our trailer will be dropping and I can't say much because we're still hammering out the deal, but I will say -- it's looking like Violent Ends will have a decent sized theatrical release. The film should be coming to a theater near-ish you. And I am working on more content surrounding that film and the journey I've been on in getting it made. So, hopefully I'll have more details for you shortly and ongoing as Cinesthesia grows.

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Coconut Pete's avatar

Great to hear! I was actually an extra in it, so will help spread the word. On a side note, an interesting phenomenon I noticed during the filming of Killers of the Flower Moon was that a very large Facebook group formed sharing photos of the films progress. I think of that often, as by the time the film was released the group had thousands of members - many of which of course went to see the movie.

(if you're curious, you can see the group here: facebook.com/groups/1034853920227756)

I always think this concept would be a great movie marketing tool... building an audience before release. Just an idea :)

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John-Michael Powell's avatar

Oh, amazing! What scene(s) were you in? And that’s a great idea with regard to the photo share! Thanks for sharing.

Oh, and we’ve announced that we’ve sold Violent Ends to IFC!

https://www.amcnetworks.com/press-releases/independent-film-company-acquires-southern-revenge-thriller-violent-ends/

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Coconut Pete's avatar

I was one of the coroners ... was a fun time! Congrats on selling to IFC :)

On a side note, I've spotted a potential opportunity that may be worth a look. There's an app called ReelShort (I think a Chinese company) that makes these very addictive 1 minute episodes, that eventually get strung into a never ending series.

Although many of them are low budget/cheesy, I have to admit this might be a good strategy. One could quickly test an idea out on a small scale to see if it has legs. Sometimes they are so cheesy, they are good lol

Here's one example, but there are many others:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80RKGfvLr-A

I've been playing around with AI video and it is getting pretty good, but a couple 15 second videos I made took about 6 hours each to get to the point where I thought it looked decent. lol

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