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May 07 2008: Jake West's New Project Is Go!
May 07 2008: Jake West's New Project Is Go! Exciting news - Jake's new project DOGHOUSE is currently in pre-production. Set to shoot later this year, the flick is based on an original script by renowned comic book creator Dan Schaffer ("Dogwitch", "The Scribbler", "Killdarlings"). For more information head on over to the official website: And Dan's website: | |||
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May 12 2007: US DVD invasion back on track for October 2007! 
Finally, the American DVD release of Evil Aliens is sheduled for release on 2nd October 2007 by Image Entertainment. Image are releasing both R and Unrated versions. But take it from us, do not bother with the R rated version as it has been cut to ribbons by the idiots at the MPAA. The Unrated version is the full uncut version of the film. | ||
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Feb 18 2007: Pumpkinhead: Ashes To Ashes comes to USA DVD! 
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that it will release Jake West's PUMPKINHEAD: ASHES TO ASHES, the second sequel to Stan WinstonÕs 1988 creature cult classic, on DVD March 27. It'll get the anamorphic widescreen treatment with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, but no supplements have been announced talhough some were supplied by us. Retail price will be $24.96. | ||
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Dec 20 2006: New Year's Nucleus DVD Releases!
Jake's DVD label Nucleus Films, (which he runs with movie guru Marc Morris) unleashes two more titles early in 2007. First up in February is Robert Pratten's London Voodoo (2004), followed in March by Alvin Rakoff's cult classic Death Ship (1980), which stars George Kennedy. Look out for some very exciting DVD announcements from Nucleus in the coming months. In the meantime, you may want to pick up Nucleus Films' best seller, Just Jaeckin's kinky classic Gwendoline (1984), which stars Tawny Kitaen. | |||||
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Oct 10 2006: New Pumpkinheadand article! There's a new in-depth interview with Jake talking about the making of Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes at Creature Corner: | ||
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Oct 06 2006: Pumpkinhead and Jake hit LA for Screamfest! 
Some cool News! Jake's new flick Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes has been accepted into the LA Screamfest at the Mann Chinese Theatre complex, Hollywood on Thursday, October 19th at 9:30 PM for a special theatrical screening. Please spread the news, and if you're an LA-based horror fan then make sure you get down to the Screamfest and let everybody know that Pumpkinhead is back! Jake will be on hand to introduce the movie, and will follow up with a Q&A. More info: Screamfest 2006 websiteBuy tickets: Pumpkinhead: Ashes to AshesJake will be in LA from October 17th thru to Nov 10th (and will be attending the AFM) and will be on hand for any US press and interviews. Feel free to get in touch at: info@jakewest.com | ||
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Oct 03 2006: Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes US airdate confiirmed! 
All residents of the U.S. will be treated to a happy Halloween as Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes has its U.S. airdate confirmed on the Sci-Fi Channel (who co-funded the picture) on 28th October at 9pm EST Check out this link: Sci-Fi Channel - Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes ...and watch the channel for trailers and on air promos soon! | ||
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Oct 03 2006: Fango gets Pumped up! 
Check out Fangoria issue 257 for 6 pages of set report and interviews on Jake's Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes - plus a further 6 page article on the Pumpkinhead legacy! | ||
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Aug 02 2006: Evil Aliens Splatter over MySpace! Check out Jake's new Evil Aliens MySpace - where the THEATRICAL TRAILER is finally back online and there's some additional exclusive interview material and some great stills... so hit this link now: And don't forget to pick a copy of the new Evil Aliens UK DVD! | ||
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Sep 13 2006: JAKE WEST: Major Update! PUMPKINHEAD: ASHES TO ASHES the 3rd part in the legendary Pumpkinhead franchise directed by Jake West is Coming Soon! For a heads up and info on Jake's forthcoming Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes check out the following links: Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Pumpkinhead Meanwhile, here's a pic of JAKE and LANCE hanging out on the set of Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes. Lots more news on this one coming soon!
You should also take a look here: Evil Aliens: Official US website And for an in-depth interview about the making of Evil Aliens go too: M. J. Simpson: Jake West interview Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Evil Aliens EVIL ALIENS USA INAVASION SCHEDULE: September 8 and 9 September 9 October 6 October 14 October 20 Novenmber 4 Note: Please check local listings for exact show times. Here's a sneak preview of Image entertainment's artwork for the forthcoming North American DVD release:
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Aug 02 2006: UNIVERSAL to unleash UK DVD on Sep 25th. Here's an exclusive glimpse of the fantastic new box art, and expect to see a cool marketing blitz and some nifty extras including deleted scenes, Interviews with cast and crew, Blooper Reel, Trailer and a Guided Tour of Life Creations! 
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Aug 02 2006: Evil Aliens will finally terrorise the U.S. of A! Outside of selected festivals the pic will have its North American premiere in New York on September 5th, followed by screenings in L.A. on the Sept 29th. It's being handled via indie specialist Magic Lamp Releasing. Below is the North American Poster. Image Entertainment, who are handling North America have pushed the film's USA DVD release date back to January 9th, 2007 - so go catch the flick in the cinema and have a close encounter of the fun kind! 
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Mar 09 2006: JAKE WEST: BBC Interview Online Visit this link to watch a brief video interview with Jake: Link: Jake West interview | ||
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Mar 08 2006: Pumpkinhead 3: Jake West to Direct! Jake is now in Romania hard at work on the pre-production for the Sci-Fi Channel's eagerly awaited Pumpkinhead 3. Fangoria: PUMPKINHEAD sequel goes West Horror Channel: Pumpkinhead Sequels Are Go! Bloody Disgusting: 'Pumpkinhead 3 and 4' Directors Revealed!! | ||
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Feb 28 2006: Exclusive Emily Booth EVIL ALIENS clip! Fangoria have posted an exclusive clip which fans of British TV's hostess with the mostest Emily Booth will be dying to see! Watch Emily talking about her role in the film and getting covered in blood! | ||
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Feb 08 2006: EVIL ALIENS UK Cinemas Play List You can go and see EVIL ALIENS on the big screen from March 10th at the following Odeon cinemas:
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Feb 08 2006: EVIL ALIENS to get UNCUT British Theatrical Release! Gory news for UK cinema-goers! UK audiences will get to see the full uncut version of EVIL ALIENS when it opens here in March. The BBFC have classified it as 18 uncut with the following notes: Contains strong bloody violence and sexual images - so you've been warned! EVIL ALIENS gets an uncut BBFC 18 certificate. Watch out for the EVIL ALIENS trailer too, which will be screened before FINAL DESTINATION 3. | ||
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Feb 07 2006: EVIL ALIENS UK Theatrical Release! Here's the official UK Cinema Poster hot off the press from the funky UK company Cosmonaut Design. 
UK gore-hounds can look forward to seeing Jake West's tongue-through-cheek splat-stick epic EVIL ALIENS in UK cinemas from Friday March 10th 2006. GO SEE IT AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS! Be sure to visit the official site for Evil Aliens Uk cinema dates and venues will be posted here soon! | ||
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1 Dec 2005: EVIL ALIENS scoops Raindance award at BIFA awards! Jake West was in attendence last night at the exclusive British Independent Film Awards ceremony at London's Hammersmith Palais to collect the Raindance Award. | ||
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12 Nov 2005: Luxembourg expecting imminent Evil Aliens visitation! Evil Aliens will screen at the Luxembourg International Film Festival on 18 November 2005. Director Jake West will be in attendance. | ||
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24 Oct 2005: Los Evil Aliens probe San Sebastian. Watch the skies Spaniards! Evil Aliens will screen at the San Sebastian Horror & Fantasy Fesival in Spain (29 Oct -> 5 Nov) with Director Jake West and Star Emily Booth in attendance. Evil Aliens screens on 30th Oct at Midnight. Happy Halloween! | ||
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25 Sep 2005: Evil Aliens do Raindance in London Yes, now you can also blame the bad weather on Aliens as everyone's favourite Evil E.T.s strut their stuff at the lucky 13th Raindance Film Festival on Saturday 8th October at 9.40pm. UGC Cineworld Trocadero From this month's Total Film Raindance Hot Picks, Total Film Recommends: Fast, furious and peppered with genre in-jokes, this hilarious balls-out censor-baiter packs more gore than a bomb in a butcher's shop. | ||
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25 Sep 2005: Have a Close Encounter with Razor Blades at the Idaho International Film Festival Get ya ass down to the Midwest as both Evil Aliens and Razor Blade Smile (in a very rare screening from Jake's own personal film print) are playing a sensational double-header at this year's Idaho festival in Boise at the very cool Egyptian Theatre. Evil Aliens dates (click here): - with Jake in attendence!
Razor Blade Smile date (click here): - with Jake in attendence!
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19 Sep 2005: First Two Nucleus Films' DVDs hit the shelves Jake West and Marc Morris' DVD label launches today with two Spanish movies considered to be the cream of Spanish cinema. | ||
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15 Sep 2005: First Toronto Festival Reviews (Updated) | ||
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08 Sep 2005: EVIL ALIENS ready to invade Toronto! updated link JAKE WEST and EVIL ALIENS have been invited to attend the prestigious Toronto Film Festival in September, as part of the Midnight Madness programme. This popular strand of movies highlights 'the weird and the wonderful' - the perfect setting. | ||
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30 August 2005: EVIL ALIENS - new review Read Brit journalist M. J. Simpson's review of EVIL ALIENS from London's Frightfest 2005 screening. | ||
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12 August 2005: Preview: Frightfest, Odeon West End, London JAKE WEST and EVIL ALIENS get a nice big mention in the UKs The Independent newspaper. | ||
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30 July 2005: English Aliens Occupy Germany! EVIL ALIENS will be screening across Germany as part of the German Fantasy Filmfest. Screenings take place between 31 July up to 21 August in the following cities: Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin. Jake will be in attendance at the Hamburg and Berlin screenings. | ||
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7 July 2005: EVIL ALIENS makes The Guardian Newspaper + FrightFest News | ||
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28 June 2005: EVIL ALIENS UK Premiere! Evil Aliens is set to play at this year's London FrightFest Festival, which will be held at the Odeon West End from 26th to 29th August. Tickets for individual films go on sale from 1st August, and weekend passes from 1st July. | ||
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07 June 2005: EVIL ALIENS a BIG HIT at SF IndieFest! The response to the weekend screenings of EVIL ALIENS has been awesome! Jake received a prolonged standing ovation at the premiere on Saturday night, and the next screening had a number of repeat viewers. Jake would like to thank everyone very much for all of their help with unleashing Jake and his EVIL ALIENS in San Francisco. Evil Aliens Production Company: | ||
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28 May 2005: EVIL ALIENS set to raid San Francisco! This June the film is screening twice on June 4th at 9.30pm & June 6th at 5pm at the supercool SF IndieFest in San Francisco and Jake will be on hand to introduce the movie. For more details check out This Link. | ||
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28 May 2005: Cannes News Update! The film premiered - nay invaded - this year's Cannes Film Festival where ContentFilm International handled world sales and will release the film theatrically in the UK, and in North America through its US partner Image Entertainment. Evil Aliens has now been sold to a number of major territories around the world, and made Screen International's Top Selling movie list, as well as several spots on French Television including 'Pick of the Film Market' on Canal Plus. This movie is hot. Post Cannes, Evil Aliens has been invited to loads of International festivals throughout the rest of 2005. More details will be revealed as they break. | |||||
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29 Apr 2005: EVIL ALIENS set to invade Cannes! First up - an apology for a lack of updates on the site for nearly a year. However, all of Jake's time has been spent on the post-production of EVIL ALIENS and his Nucleus Films workload. All the hard work has paid off, as not only is EVIL ALIENS completed, but it has been picked up for UK and US theatrical distribution by none other than Edward R. Pressman's ContentFilm International, who will be handling world rights sales. Pressman is best known as producer of the The Crow, Bad Lieutenant, Badlands etc. I think you'll agree we're in very classy company here. The world famous Croisette will get bloody exciting this year as EVIL ALIENS is premiering at this year's Cannes Film Festival. From EVIL DEAD to EVIL ALIENS... BREAKING NEWS... world class poster designer Graham Humphreys, who designed the original EVIL DEAD and EVIL DEAD 2 posters has been hired to design the EVIL ALIENS key poster art. Above you can exclusively see a couple of the early preliminary ideas. These are just roughs but you can see this is going to be a classic poster! The EVIL ALIEN Invasion is set to begin soon. Watch the skies and watch this space! | |||||
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29 Apr 2005: Nucleus Nukes the Competition with Mind-Blowing extras! Never one's to be idle, Jake West and Marc Morris of Nucleus Films are at it again and have completed numerous cool DVD extras. Check out the following DVD releases for lots of Jake directed gems: Scanners Box Set. The forthcoming Scanners box set from Anchor Bay UK includes 3 Inside Scan pieces, a background to the history of the Scanners Trilogy of films presented by horror journalist Alan Jones. Shot at the Riverside studios cinema these exras feature a mindblowing surprise, the like of which you've never seen in a DVD extra! The Mario Bava Collection. This great set of seven Bava Classics will be released later this year on a new label created by Tartan Video. Nucleus filmed seven introductions that give a potted history of the films. Once again fronted and scripted by horror supremo Alan Jones. The extras were shot at the über-gothic and awesome St. Stephens Church (de-consecrated of course) in Belsize park. Bubba Ho-Tep. This awesome Bruce Cambell as Elvis starrer helmed by Don Coscarelli features an exclusive interview piece The King And I, an in depth interview with the Phantasm-Meister Mr. Coscarelli himself. Plus a flmed segment at the UK premiere at of the movie which features a very enthusiastic appraisal of the film from Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright as well as highlights from the Q&A. The film is a must-see, and comes loaded with all the extras frm the US disc and features subperb 3D menus. Highly reccommended by Jake. And if you haven't seen the Don's Phantasm series go and check it out now! The Pete Walker Collection. This coffin box features a very in-depth piece Courting Controversy which is the first proper on-camera interview with Pete Walker ever talking candidly about his work and his desire to 'Wind up' the establishment. Also featured are interviews with many of the key players involved with the films. Also on the disc is a touching tribute by Nucleus Films to the marvellous Sheila Keith entitled Sheila Keith: A Nice Old Lady. It really is one for all you night people out there. Also, Nucleus Films supervised all the audio commentaries on the discs. A real treat for Walker fans, and fans of British horror. Toolbox Murders. Tobe Hooper's best film in years, and featuring an audio commentary with the film's Producers, moderated by journalist Callum Wadell. The Norman J. Warren Collection. Another Anchor Bay Coffin set, Nucleus Films arranged all the audio commentaries and had a great time working with Norman, who is a true gent. BosomMania!. Nucleus Films also sourced three Russ Meyer audio commentaries, plus the Jonathan Ross Russ Meyer tribute from The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988), all of which can be found on Arrow Films UK Russ Meyer collection. | ||
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Razor Blade Smile Update (November 2004): At last - a definitive edition of Jake's first feature is now available from Manga UK (who are now owned by Anchor Bay) - with the following extra features: Disc One: Disc Two: Click Here to order the Razor Blade Smile Special Edition | |
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May 2004: An interview with Jake can be found HERE | ||
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11 Aug 2003: EVIL ALIENS IS GO! The film has been in pre-production since mid July. Shooting starts AUGUST 31st for 6 weeks. Shooting in London, Cambridgeshire, Dorset & Yorkshire. Confirmed Cast are: Emily Booth, Chris Adamson, Jodie Shaw, Jamie Honeybourne, Jennifer Evans, Sam Butler, Nick Smithers and Peter McNeil O'Connor. Also, we hope to confirm Norman Lovett (of Red Dwarf Fame). Watch this space for further updates (those please be patient as the film is taking up most of Jake's time and although we nag him for details, he is the original Man of Mystery! | ||
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07 Aug 2003: BETWEEN YOUR LEGS - STOP PRESS - SCREENING AT FRIGHTFEST! NUCLEUS FILMS: After a very successful trip to the Cannes Film Festival, Nucleus Films has acquired it's first two movies for UK DVD release, and negotiations have begun for others. The first 2 releases will be the cream of recent Spanish cinema: Between Your Legs (aka Entre las piernas, dir. Mañuel Gómez Pereira) starring Victoria Abril and Javier Bardem is an intense psycho/sexual thriller in the Hitchcock mould, a dark tale of Sex Addicts with an amazing twist in the tale. The Ugliest Woman in the World (aka La mujer más fea del mundo, dir. Miguel Bardem) is an amazing energic cultish/humourous sci-fi horror tale about a freakish woman who's stalking the Miss Spain beauty contestants. Join us at Frightfest, the film's London premiere, for the screening and for beers aftwerwards! Screening Monday 25 Agust at 15:40pm. | |
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18 Jul 2003: NUCLEUS BRINGS YOU DVD EXTRAS GALORE! Not only are Nucleus Films putting together a slate of super cool movies for DVD release, but they have also been busy producing extras for other companies wares! Check out the following to see stuff Directed, Produced & Edited by Jake & Nucleus Co-Chairman Marc Morris: EVIL DEAD TRILOGY 4 disc set (Anchor Bay U.K.): Nucleus have produced exclusive extras for the 4th Disc in this, the ultimate collector's edition. A must for Evil Dead fans. These are: Also, we'd like to express many special thanks to Bruce Campbell for his help and support putting these together. Keep an eye out for Bruce's Bubba Ho-Tep, due soon! IMMORAL TALES and BEHIND CONVENT WALLS - These two Walerian Borowczyk featurettes Telling Tales and Behind The Walls include an interview with Boro expert and festival organiser Daniel Bird and tartan Video's Sam Dunn (a huge Boro Fan) plus Nucleus Films' very own Marc Morris! MARK OF THE DEVIL (Anchor Bay U.K) : Nucleus produced the humourous and imformative Marked by the Devil Featurette including an exclusive aned very candid interview with Director Michael Armstrong. | ||
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30 Apr 2003: To read the full interview Jake did recently with Camden's The Lock Magazine follow This Link More Whacked screening dates:
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16 Apr 2003: The first of the promised video clips are here!
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10 Mar 2003: Jake's latest short film is airing on Sky in April. Transmission dates for Whacked are Wednesday 9th April, 22:00 on Sky Movies Max and Monday 28th April, 23:35 on Sky Movies Max 2. | ||
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19 Feb 2003: Jake is working on some interesting TRAILERS and other MOVIE clips which will soon be on the site as downloads - so be sure to check back regularly! Expect some buttons to click and new pages soon! | ||
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13 Feb 2003: The Shock Movie Massacre shoot goes awesomely well. Big gore drenched thanks to Art Director Neil Jenkins and Tris & Tim from Life Creations for the ultimate fantastic exploding head. Poor Ms. Booth's head will never be the same! Plus the other "Unholy Trinity" directors were all on set helping out - so many big thanks to Mr. Adam Mason and Alex Chandon. This has really got us all raring to go with the Unholy Trinity project, and financing noises are positive. Also cheers to Emily Booth who got so comfy on the torture chair she fell asleep!, and Howard and Will from OPI for their support. Jake is currently handling the editing, while LLyr Williams is handling CG and FX chores. Here's some Shock Movie Massacre images to whet your appetite: 
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01 Feb 2003: Mystery Man Big Q. at Falcon Media has expressed an interest in developing "Evil Aliens", and Jake is very excited at the prospect of getting this to the screen. He continues on with a full script for delivery Mid-March. Let the invasion begin! | ||
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12 Jan 2003: Shock Movie Massacre: Jake has been commisioned by OPI Media to direct the title sequence for their upcoming programme Shock Movie Massacre. Hosted by the vivacious and outrageous Emily Bouff of Out There, Bits and Cradle of Fear, it's a wild show exploring the world of cult movies and the people that make them. It promises to be the best show in this genre since The Incredibly Strange Film Show. For the Title Sequence Jake promises something wild, sexy and gory! The show will air on Bravo later this year. | ||
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22 Dec 2002: Whacked: Jake's short film Whacked has been picked up by Sky Movies for broadcast in 2003, after successful festival screenings at London festivals Frightfest and Raindance, Sweden's Fantastik Film Festival and the New York Film and Video Festival. Miramax have shown interest in the short and have requested a screening copy (December 2002) but no news back yet from Senior Vice President of Development Jim Powers (get your arse into gear mate!). | ||
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Razor Blade Smile Sequel Update: Jake was commissioned to write a Razor Blade Smile sequel script for Manga Entertainment/Palm Pictures (America). Entitled RBS II: The Devils Vendetta, the script was delivered to Manga in Febuary 2002. As no finance has been forthcoming Jake would advise not to hold your breath waiting for this. "As a sequel it was so wildly different from the first film it probably freaked them out too much to consider making. But who knows it might still happen.". However Jake is working on a new vampire opus The Nightmares of Sin Red, which frankly he considers, "will kick the shit out of RBS anyway. Sin Red really rocks." | ||
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