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Saturday night on the red carpet at the 2009 Scream Awards. From left to right: Nelson Cragg (cinematographer), Paulo Costanzo, Toby Wilkins (me), Jill Wagner, Erik Neff.
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Featured on Mashable
So, I was killing time before a meeting this morning, checking Twitter, like I do, and I noticed I had a few new followers. Not that unusual for a Friday, but a little odd for a random Wednesday. I didn’t think too much of it, bumps happen, followers come and go and I don’t tend to obsess about it.
But by the time I got out of the meeting a couple of hours later I had over 100 new followers and it was obvious something was going on. So I turned to (where else) Twitter for the answer. Apparently the social media guide Mashable did a piece on filmmakers on Twitter, and out of the blue I seem to have made the list. Unexpected, and pretty damn cool, this may be the only time in my life my name appears on a list along side David Lynch.
So, thank you Mashable, Jennifer Van Grove, and CinemaTweets.com for the crazy boost, and thanks to all the new followers who popped over to Twitter to check out my stream. I hope I do not disappoint you all too much with my rather hum-drum life as a humble maker of film.
You can read the full list HERE, and if you don’t already, you can follow me @splinterfilm.
Article in The Daily Telegraph
On Saturday, May 9th, one of London’s largest newspapers, The Daily Telegraph printed an interesting article about the recent up-swing in direct-to-dvd movies and their respectability.
Splinter did not receive a theatrical release in the UK, only playing at a few festivals, and a sneak preview screening, so technically it was a direct-to-dvd release there.
I was invited to contribute my two cents, and did so happily. I am a big fan of innovative and unconventional distribution ideas for film. Something I share in common with screenwriter and filmmaker John August who blogged on the subject last year in his article Sundance, The Nines, and the death of independent film.
Anyway, the article in The Daily Telegraph is a good read, it talks about how perceptions of DTV movies are changing, how cult status is an elusive prize that is often won by unsung DTV fare, and they quote me quite a lot. They even let me have the last word!
You can read the full article on-line at Telegraph.co.uk.
Splinter UK Press
I did an interview with one of the leading UK newspapers today, The Guardian. It was for the technology section, one of those columns where they ask you a bunch of questions about what gadgets you use… I’m such a tech-head. Perfect.
And Fangoria interviewed me again, which was great because they did such a nice job covering Splinter back in their Halloween issue. This time for the web, to promote the DVD release of Splinter in the UK, and we chatted a little more about the upcoming The Grudge 3.
Fan-freakin-goria!
Fangoria.com posted a piece about Splinter, they linked to everything, and featured episode one of our podcast right there on their site! You can read the full thing HERE, but the coolest part… Splinter is going to actually appear in the October issue of Fangoria Magazine #278 on newsstands everywhere! How awesome is that?
Fangoria is the magazine that all horror fans grew up reading. They always had the best and goriest pictures, and they always managed to find an angle to make each new movie seem fresh and exciting. I can’t tell you how awesome it is that we’re going to be on those very pages.
Wow!
In the News
Splinter has been getting some great buzz and write-ups on the horror sites in the past few days. Here are a few links:
“Get Splintered in Theaters”
from CHUD.com
“Splinter Podcast #1 Now Online”
from ShockTillYouDrop.com
“Splinter Website Goes Live”
from FamousMonstersOfFilmLand.com
“Go behind the scenes of Toby Wilkins’ indie horror flick SPLINTER”
from QuietEarth.us
“Grudge 3 Helmer’s Splinter Site is Live!”
from DreadCentral.com
