Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Electric Man at the Glasgow Film Festival

The Electric Man production team headed west on Friday to attend Mark Millar's talk at the Glasgow Film Festival. Mark was there to chat about the new film of his comic Kick-Ass (featuring Nic Cage as Big Daddy, and a wee girl with a big potty mouth as Hit Girl - everyone agreed she stole the show). He also mentioned the dead straight superhero film he was planning to direct in Scotland this summer, so it seems like superheroes are in the air at the moment. Director Dave managed to catch up with Mark after the talk and he seemed very positive about our (slightly) smaller and decidedly un-straight superhero project. Meanwhile, Scott and I hit the comic and film loving crowd with our new business cards, which had arrived that very day. Everyone agrees they are particularly cute (just like Scott's smile...!) The other big news is that applications for our open casting on Friday March 5th have been coming in thick and fast. In particular there seems to be a lot of interest in the role of Jimmy - who'd have thought that so many actors want to play a complete maniac?! The venue for the casting is the Braid Room at the Pleasance, Edinburgh 10am - 4pm and it looks like we'll be busiest in the morning, so there'll be someone on duty in the Pleasance bar to take names and details and to hand out a copy of the scene to be read. It's great to get all this interest and to feel like the film is already beginning to come to life. Anyone who wants more info on the casting can check out our website or contact me or drop a line to all@strangeboat.com.

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  1. hiya i am kitty i am following you on twitter i cant wait for this film it is going to rock! you should have actresses maddie carter, Maia Krall Fry, or cloe mackie in the film - i am making fansites for them =D HUGE FAN!

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  2. hiya i am kitty i am following you on twitter i cant wait for this film it is going to rock! you should have actresses maddie carter, Maia Krall Fry, or cloe mackie in the film - i am making fansites for them =D HUGE FAN!

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