Month: September 2010

  • Hatchet 2 Promo (4 of 4) / Dedication to the fallen soldier

     

    So Tuesday night was the big premiere of “Hatchet II“.  

    First time seeing it.  Bigger and better than the first one.  Works as a stand alone if you haven’t seen the first one but also rewards those who have with some nice inside references.  Same humor from H1 embedded in some great, innovative, non-CGI, gore and effects.   

    Now just from hearing reactions from some fans, friends and family — I know there is a good portion of folks who aren’t into these slasher films nor grew up with them — but there’s a really touching experience with this franchise that took me aside when a fan came up to us during our signing at San Diego Comic Con this summer.

    He was a former soldier in our armed forces.  And he shared with us that he and his three friends would watch “Hatchet” every Saturday while stationed in Iraq because it made them laugh so much.  ”It really cheered us up during the times we needed it”, he said.  

    Three of them made it safely back home… their fourth buddy didn’t.

    Now they’re all home and live in different parts of the country.  But when “Hatchet II” comes out, he said they were all planning on meeting somewhere and seeing it together to honor their friend.  

    Man, I wish I was there see it with them. 

    It just goes to show how you never know what wonderful, unexpected connections might emerge from the least “likely” of projects.

    Find the most updated list of theaters near you when it opens tomorrow — Friday, Oct 1st at: www.Hatchet2.com

  • Hatchet 2 Promo (3 of 4)

    9 days and counting until the widest release of an unrated film in 25 years hits theaters.

    They’ve also gone and added a bunch of midnight screenings on Friday at 12:01am — which totally makes sense for this film. 

    And if you want to attend the premiere next Tuesday, Sept 28th, they’re opening up a section for the public to get tickets here.

  • HATCHET 2 PROMO (2 of 4) + List of AMC Theaters


     

    “Hatchet original Parry Shen returns to play the brother of his character from the original, and in doing so properly hams it up, but in the most charming of ways.”Cinemaroll.com

    “Parry Shen also returns from the first film… which will nonetheless guarantee a few laughs as he demonstrates yet more of his fascinating array of terrible accents.”NefariousFilms.com

    The FULL H2 TRAILER:

     

  • “THE DON SCENE” – ANGRY ASIAN MAN GUEST POST

    Today’s entry is hosted at angryasianman.com 

    http://blog.angryasianman.com/2010/09/guest-post-don-scene.html

  • HATCHET 2 PROMO (1 of 4)

    So, here we go.  

    To countdown the 3 weeks until the opening of HATCHET 2 on October 1st at AMC Theaters, I’ve mocked up four flyers to be released each Wednesday centered around the dilemma of my character, Justin, in H2 — finding out what happened to his twin brother, Shawn.

    The premiere will be on: Tuesday, Sept 28th at the beautiful, 773-seat Egyptian Theater in Hollywood and folks can obtain tickets here.

    Reviews have been great but my favorite thus far has been: 

    Hatchet 2 is to Hatchet what Aliens is to Alien”  - BleedingCool.com

    H2 takes place the very next frame from where the first film left off — continuing the saga.  So it’s an amazing coincidence that the distributors of H1 have released the H1 Blu-ray just in time yesterday for everyone to brush up on the back story in full 1080p!

     

     

    H2 is the first genre film in 25 years to be in theaters unrated — so the fact that the AMC chain is behind it, is awesome.

    Below is an excerpt of the new commentary on the H1 Blu-ray that delves into the ridiculous problems we’ve run into with the MPAA ratings folks.  It reveals why we were forced to find an alternative this time around instead of accepting a fate of being on limited screens and/or having a severely over-edited end product dictated by a secret society that often inconsistently and arbitrarily wields their ratings rubber stamp on a whim.

    And here is the H2 teaser trailer – “Hold on… to all of your pieces”: