Gray Alys has come to the internet.

IN THE LOST LANDS, the film adaptation of my short story by the same name, had its premiere at my Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe on February 8, but if you missed it in the theatres,  you can now catch it on streaming, where it opened April 8.    Paul W.S. Anderson, of RESIDENT EVIL and MONSTER HUNTER fame, directed the movie, from a screenplay by Constantin Werner.  Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista starred.

The story was one of my earliest fantasies, originally published in 1972 in an anthology called AMAZONS II.   There was a time when I hoped to make Gray Alys a series character, but… alas… I never got around to writing that all important second story.

On other fronts…

We’ve been making steady progress with the series of short films that I’ve been producing the last couple of years, most of them based on classic short stories by Howard Waldrop.   MARY-MARGARET ROAD GRADER and THE UGLY CHICKENS are both out of the festival circuit, making the rounds.  For those of you in Texas (or nearby), you can catch THE UGLY CHICKENS at the Dallas International Film Festival, April 25 – May 1.    Mark Raso directed, from a script by Michael Cassutt.  Felicia Day stars.

Two more shorts are on the way.   The fourth of the Waldrop series, which we’re calling FRIENDS FOREVER, is in the final stages of post production, and should be ready for the festival circuit in another month or two.   Meanwhile, we have just wrapped our first Non Waldrop short, THE SUMMER MACHINE, scripted and directed by Michael Cassutt, from a story by yours truly.   We shot that one here in New Mexico, down by Alamogordo and Los Cruces.   Lina Esco stars, with Charles Martin Smith and Matt Frewer.   We are just about to start submitting it to film fests around the country and the world; will be sure to let you know when and where it gets accepted.

Oh, and DARK WINDS is going really well too.   This is our best season yet.

Current Mood: bouncy