August 16, 2007

• Countdown to HATCHET… and me topless

  So it’s 3 weeks before my movie “HATCHET” finally hits theaters nationwide.  

  To get everyone up to speed, I did an entry two years ago (READ HERE) about the character I play, “Shawn”.  At first ”Shawn” was a bit stereotypical but the director, Adam Green, was cool enough to hear out my thoughts and we wound up making some fixes and now he’s one of my favorite characters I’ve ever played.  

  It’s been a 2 and a half year journey since we shot the movie and it’s exciting to finally see things come to fruition.   The following new theatrical trailer below debuted at our Comic Con panel a few weeks ago.  

  We figure at least 1,200 folks came out for our panel (the seating was 40 seats across and went at least 30 rows deep – and it was packed, people standing along the walls too!)  And yes, that’s Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider moderating our panel.

  Even though we technically have a “wide” release, it only means that it’ll show in the major theaters across the country on Sept 7th.  However, we’ll still only be in about 120 theaters as opposed to a 2,000 plus theater count of a big studio backed film with endless advertising bucks. 

  

   

   

  So as with “BLT“, how well the film does that first weekend will determine if the movie gets released wider in the weeks after.  So our intro to the world at Comic Con was huge for us.  

   

   

   

  And since our advertising dollars are limited, it was back to good ‘ole fashioned grassroots viral marketing. 

  Which meant the cast and crew sporting their “Hatchet Army” shirts at various events across town.  Even Milo Ventimiglia (“Heroes“) enlisted in the ‘Army’!  (You can get yours here too if you’d like to help spread the word – the opening date of the film is subtly printed on the back — no really, it’s not one of those obnoxious shirts that you can’t wear years after the movie.)

  But another big coup came last night when the trailer screened in front of 18,000 fans at a World Wrestling Entertainment event in Madison Square Garden.  Read here from the director how our man, John Saba was able to think out of the box and get us some free advertising.

     

  Freakin’ sweet, huh?

  Okay.  And now for the part which I’m sure you’ve all been anxiously awaiting. 

  What drew you to this entry in the first place.

  Me displayed as a piece of meat. 

  This is a new still from my other flick, “THE GENE GENERATION“. 

  As you can read from this article, the director’s been working feverishly to finish the film (incidentally, also after 2 years) by the end of the month as we’ve gotten multiple distribution bids. 

  Yes, I have no soul — I will resort to showing cheesecake photos of myself in order to get readership.  

  But hey, you gotta do what you gotta do — it’s a living.

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