Welcome 2012. Welcome.

Posted on 01/11/2012 by

Just wanted to drop a quick note.  I just realized tonight that it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on here! What the?!?!  The good thing is, I have been busy.  I’m training for a few races, auditioning, and working.  Last year was one of the best years that I’ve had, with three features and a year-long multi-spot national commercial campaign… I can’t complain.  It was fun.

But now it’s 2012, and it’s time to look forward, set goals, and kick ass again… only, this time, bigger ass.  Yeah, that’s right. Bigger ass.  I’ve started the year off with a project I’m very excited about, but I don’t think I can say too much about it just yet.  I’ve had the fortune of working on it with some very talented people I admire, and I hope we all get to see more of each other soon as this was only kind of a “test day.”  I also have a couple of other things kicking around, and I can’t wait to share them with everyone… could I be more vague? No.

Here’s a little pic of me in front of a green screen from the shoot:

A little projected green screen action... no big deal.

UPDATE: I wanted to add another piece of good news to this post. Madison County will be screening in Arkansas, the state where we shot it!  It will be opening the Little Rock Horror Picture Show, part of the Little Rock Film Festival! Info can be found here:

Little Rock Horror Picture Show OPENING NIGHT FILM

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Happy Halloween 2011 – Updates and Reflections

Posted on 11/01/2011 by

It’s my favorite night of the year, and as I sit here eating candy, carving pumpkins, and watching some of my favorite horror films, I figure it’s a good time to update the ol’ site with a new entry.  The last couple of weeks have been exciting, thanks to great people, and the great projects I’ve had the opportunity on which to work with them.

Two weeks ago, Madison County, which finished production a little over a year ago, had its World Premiere at the 2011 Screamfest Horror Film Festival.  It was exhilarating to see this little slasher movie, fueled by creative hunger and passion by a small group of people in Arkansas, was now being shown on a screen at Mann’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California.  I say “little”, but it played BIG.

The premiere sold out, people had to be turned away, but an encore was granted to the film a couple of days later.  It played like gangbusters in both screenings.  People jumped, screamed, and laughed at all the right moments, and some unexpected ones.  To watch it with the cast and crew, surrounded by friends and family, in a packed theater, was an incomparable, ‘cloud 9′ experience.  I am lucky to be in the movie, and to have worked with the talented cast and crew involved.  And to be in a feature that screened at Screamfest was an honor.  It was a fun week of enjoying some solid movies (and events) with the smart and talented filmmakers who made the films.  Congrats to everyone involved in the festival.  It looks like it will lead to some new opportunities for all of us in the future.

AND, a special treat for Halloween: the new official poster art for Madison County by Tom “Dude Designs” Hodge, who did the posters for Jason Eisener’s Hobo with a Shotgun and Ti West’s The Innkeepers, is here.  Tom’s work is iconographic, retro, and memorable, much like a modern genre-oriented Drew Struzan. Here it is:

Also, a trailer emerged a few days ago for the feature film I did in Colorado, Kessler’s Lab.  I wanted to share that as well (see below).  The movie’s in post-production at this moment, but we look forward to seeing the whole thing before long!

Update: Interview with us in Icons of Fright - FRIGHT INTERVIEW – Director Eric England Ace Marrero Matt Mercer Talk MADISON COUNTY : Icons of Fright

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Madison County World Premiere

Posted on 09/20/2011 by

BIG NEWS:  Madison County, the horror film I did last fall, will have its world premiere on October 17, 2011 9:30pm at Mann’s Chinese Theatre at THE horror festival: Screamfest 2011.

Thank you to everyone who’s supported the film, and followed its progress over the last year.  It’s finally here!  Awesome! Get your tickets! Madison County    BUY TICKETS

Press:

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/47390/madison-county-premiere-screamfest-la

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=21108

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/26412

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Cloning Around in Kessler’s Lab; Press Here for The Poisoning

Posted on 08/26/2011 by

I try to come up with a clever title for new posts, but lack of creativity due to tiredness is prohibiting anything better.  :0  But, my exhaustion is well worth it and undercut by excitement.  It’s good to be working, and I’m having a blast here in Colorado Springs, home of Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, and great breakfast at Adams Mountain Cafe in Manitou Springs (if I could mail some pancakes to everyone I would… man they are good).

The last three days have been jam-packed with the fast-paced, invigorating production schedule of the new thriller on which I’m working, a feature film titled Kessler’s Lab.  It’s a sci-fi psychological thriller involving clones, drugs, and other fun sci fi stuff.  Oh yeah, the good stuff.  We will continue to shoot for a couple more weeks, and production mostly takes place within the walls of a creepy but inspiring abandoned hospital.  It’s VERY old.  Just poking around between takes in this place, you get a sense of mortality: One is accosted with the dusty technological and medical relics of days gone by, aspects that really add to the visual atmosphere being captured by our great Director of Photography, Patrick McGinley.  Also, we are shooting mainly in what was once the youth tuberculosis ward… yeesh.  It’s dark, it’s dusty, and the building makes a continuous symphony of eerie sounds- creaking, clanging, and groaning- that make it very easy to dial in performance in the environment.  It’s the real deal.

I’m also fortunate to be acting alongside some talented people, cast and crew alike, and I look forward to sharing more about this movie in the coming weeks.  I’m slowly adding more details about the film here: Kessler’s Lab.

Also, The Poisoning, the road trip thriller I did last winter, received some solid press this week from great horror sites.  Sweet!  Big THANK YOU to Bloody-Disgusting, Dread Central, Fangoria, and Arrow in the Head for the coverage!  Here are the links to the articles:

AITH | Trailer, poster and stills for indie horror effort The Poisoning

‘THE POISONING’ reminds us why traveling with friends is so fun

Another Road Trip Goes Awry in The Poisoning

BD Horror News – ‘The Poisoning’a Road Trip From Hell

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The Campaign is Back; Official Trailer and Art for The Poisoning

Posted on 08/10/2011 by

Hope everyone’s surviving the summer heat these days.

A couple of new announcements this week:  I acted in some national spots last December with a great team, and we’re all reuniting to do a new spot tomorrow that will continue the campaign.  The last experience was fantastic, one of the best commercial experiences I’ve had, and I’m very happy to be doing another one.

Also, the road trip horror film I did earlier this year, The Poisoning, now has official poster art and an official trailer to boot!  Scroll down to check them out, along with the new press release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press release: First Official Trailer and Art for Indie Road Trip Thriller THE POISONING

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Dude, I got a Dell (spot); and something’s brewing in Kessler’s Lab

Posted on 07/25/2011 by

I booked a Dell internet spot this past week, which shot last Saturday.  It was good fun.  I played an anxious exec who’s financial presentation and video conference falls apart in front of a large table of Japanese businessmen, but a super cool Dell tech guy comes to my rescue- if I had a nickel for every time I’ve found myself faced with that scenario…  Thank you to Super! Alright! (prod company), Dell, House (casting), and my super awesome agent Laura Bowman, for getting me on board for the spot.

Also, in other good news of the past week, I’ve officially signed on to play the lead in the indie sci-fi psychological thriller Kessler’s Lab, a feature film which shoots in Colorado next month.  I’m pretty excited because it shoots at a badass creepy location (also very close to an area where I used to live off and on as a teenager) in Colorado Springs, and it’s a really interesting story exploring scientific morality, and what it means to be human.  I can’t say too much about it yet, but the plot of Kessler involves illegal drug testing, cloning, and death… if I had a nickel for every… wait, I used that already.

More on the film, now in pre-production, can be found here:  Kessler’s Lab

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New Madison County info; First Footage from The Poisoning

Posted on 06/09/2011 by

Shock Til You Drop interviewed the producers of Madison County.  I’ve watched MC twice now, and I can’t wait for it to get out into the world for everyone to see.  See the interview here:

Choice Cuts 28: The Team Behind the Slasher Film Madison County

Also, the first footage is up from the indie thriller The Poisoning, which I did last January.  Here it is!

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