February 2012
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WatchHere’s our friend Danu Uribe performing with Intergalactic Nemesis on Conan last night.
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See The Intergalactic Nemesis (featuring our very own Danu Uribe) on Conan tonight at 10:30 on TBS. For more info head over to Austinist.
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WatchCheck out Modern Man, the new short film from Kerri Lendo and John Merriman!
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“But if I was a praying man, I would be praying that Don Swaynos’ Pictures of Superheroes and Mark Potts and Cole Selix’s Cinema Six will get accepted into SXSW 2012, because if I have to wait much longer to see either of those films I am going to freakin’ explode!” - Don Simpson, Film School Rejects
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More press for the trailer: This time from the Austin Chronicle with the awesomely titled story Don Swaynos, Superhero.
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Did I mention that the teaser trailer for Pictures of Superheroes first appeared over at Bad Lit? Well it did. Also over at Bad Lit, the line-up of the Strange Beauty Film Festival which includes the world premiere of my experimental short film Six Hundred and Forty-One Slates.
January 2012
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December 2011
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I just received my first Google Alert for a site advertising bootlegged DVD rips of the film. We’ve made it!
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WatchRevenge Fantasy is a short film we made… holy crap! 7 years ago. I didn’t like it at that time but I’m tempted to say I don’t like it less now- which maybe means I almost like it?
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November 2011
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October 2011
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We just wrapped two days of additional photography in which we added several talented Austin actors to our cast including Paul Gordon (The Happy Poet), Kelli Bland (Austin High) and Vincent Van Horn (Man From Orlando)!
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September 2011
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August 2011
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Wrapped everything. All of it. The whole movie. Finally.
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WatchHere’s a video I directed for the band Love at 20. I wonder why I’m posting this now? Hmmm…
July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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WatchEmbedded above is the feature-length motion picture My Name is Buttons, written, directed by, and starring John Merriman (Joe from Pictures of Superheroes) and Courtney Davis.
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WatchHere’s the third episode of the Insur-Animals, written by myself and Dano Johnson and animated by Dano and Collection Agency Films with the voices of Shannon McCormick (Eric), John Merriman (Joe), and Danu Uribe (Susan).
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The award-winning short film Sleep Study, written, directed by, and starring our stars Kerri Lendo and John Merriman has been accepted into the Los Angeles Film Festival. If you can’t make it out to LA you can watch it online as part of the Austin Film Festival’s On Story right here.
April 2011
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WatchHere’s Scott Rice’s Student Academy Award nominated short film Perils in Nude Modeling. Starring John Merriman and produced by Kelly WIlliams.
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Mark Potts and Cole Selix’s A Splice of Life (which is produced by Don Swaynos and Kelly Williams and stars John Merriman) is currently in post-production. They have a Kickstarter campaign set-up to help with some of expenses. Why don’t you go give them some money?
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Hey check it out: We’re Db!
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WatchUber-talented young actor Reese Merritt plays Justin in Pictures of Superheroes. Here he is in Kat Candler’s Love Bug.
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WatchWe just found out that Jollyville Pictures’ short film The Reshoots (the first in our Love, Lies, & Video Files Series) is going to be playing at the Sonoma Film Festival on April 8th and again on the 10th in Shorts Program III. They played The Ballad of Friday and June last year and once again actress T. Lynn Mikeska will be in attendance. If you see her, tell her we said hi.