Atlanta Films

Christopher Thomas is the Greatest Filmmaker in the World

2006-12-01T03:19:00.000-05:00

Loyd Kaufman can be seen on YouTube plugging one of AtlantaFilm's most prolific members. He calls Christopher Thomas "The Greatest Filmmaker in the World".

For those not familier with Loyd Kaufman, he is the creator of the wildly successful "Toxic Avenger" series of films as well as a distributor of independant horror genre films.

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Pitch was sold based around an Atlanta used car lot

2006-12-16T03:36:00.000-05:00

Rapper T.I. and his partner Jason Geter have sold a pitch to New Line set in the world of used cars.The untitled T.I. used car project is the first for the film division of T.I. and Geter's company Grand Hustle Entertainment.

"For Sale" is set at an Atlanta used-car lot considered the last place in town a car would go; T.I. would play one of the salesmen. New Line production prexy Toby Emmerich immediately snapped up the pitch.

Emmerich, Sam Brown and Jeff Katz will oversee the project for New Line.
T.I., whose real name is Tip Harris, made his acting debut in "ATL."
Grand Hustle began life in 2001 in Atlanta as a record label. After issuing three compilations, T.I. and Geter inked a distribution deal with Atlantic Records. Label released the "Hustle & Flow" soundtrack last year.

T.I., who recently won the BET Award for male hip-hop artist, is featured on "Shoulder Lean," the debut single from Young Dro. Single is No. 2 on urban radio.

T.I.'s most recent album, "The King," posted the biggest first-week sales of any Atlantic release in SoundScan's 15-year history.

"The Signal" will hold it's World Premiere at Sundance

2006-11-30T20:27:00.000-05:00

The Signal will hold it's World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the non competitive "Park City at Midnight" screenings.

Made in Atlanta, "The Signal" was written and directed by David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry and Dan Bush. It's a three-part horror film billed as "a horrific journey towards the discovery that the most brutal violent monster might actually be within all of us."

Links:
IMDB Listing: www.imdb.com/title/tt0780607/combined
POP Films: www.popfilms.org

Lynch Mob's MySpace page takes off!

2006-11-30T19:44:00.000-05:00

The MySpace page for the movie "Lynch Mob" was started Wednesday morning, November 29th, and by Thursday evening it had racked up over 300 friends.

"It just goes to show how much of a following this movie is building" says the director Byron Conrad Erwin. "The big studios are using MySpace to market their films, so why shouldn't we?"

Some of the memberships for the page were cast and crew, but there were some "heavy hitters" that became friends of the page like actor/comedian Chris Tucker whose brother Dexter Tucker is in the movie.

Visit the Lynch Mob MySpace page at: www.myspace.com/lynchmobmovie

AtlantaFilms.com offers wireless service to it's members

2006-11-30T19:05:00.000-05:00

AtlantaFilms ( http://www.atlantafilms.com/ ) the southeasts largest network of filmmakers now offers it's 3,000 members wireless access to it's website.

The site's members can now view the AtlantaFilms website via virtually any web enabled device like a Blackberry(tm) or a web enabled phone.

Currently mobile visitors can view the on-line calendar of Atlanta film events and read the chat forums using their cell phone on pages specifically designed for PDAs and Internet cell phones.
Scott Stamper, founder of AtlantaFilms, says "I originally made the mobile page for my own personal use. I have a Treo Palm Pilot and it was difficult to view my own site while on the road so I made special pages just for mobile devices."

The mobile pages are in their beta phase, but it's a sure bet that many of the site's wireless addicts will be using it.

How to access:
From any Internet enabled phone of PDA simply go to http://www.atlantafilms.com/mobile