The Hunted

Saturday, July 11, 2009

New Contest Judge - Ian Hunter!

Co-Owner of New Deal Studios, Visual Effects Supervisor, and Indie Filmmaker, Ian Hunter (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402843/) has graciously agreed to step in to replace contest judge Matthew Gratzner who will be out of town for the judging.

Once again, the contest deadline has been extended to July 16 with the judging held on July 18th and the winners announced soon afterwards.

There are only a handful of entries so far since most episodes have decided not to post until the last minute. You can find the episodes online at http://www.youtube.com/user/thehuntedtv under the contest playlist.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

The Hunted - Contest Deadline

Due to the amazing work being done on the YouTube contest episodes, the contest deadline has officially been extended to July 16 to allow folks a few extra days to make their episodes as badass as possible! Judging will still be held on July 18 with results announced soon after.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Youtube Contest Photos!

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Overlords, Inc.

Spent the last two weekends shooting the latest episode of The Hunted with Abbie Bernstein at the helm as our writer / director / producer. The episode looks like it's long enough to fill two episodes and is chock full of swordfights, locations, stunts, and amazing talent.

In addition to myself and Anthony DeLongis (reprising his role as our meglomaniac vampire baddie Vincent), the episode features Camden Toy (from the "Buffy" episode "Hush"), Bonnie Friedericy (from "Chuck"), and Steve Tartalia (Spike's stunt double from "Buffy").

We spent two weeks prepping for the shoot and working on swordfights. Camden and Bonnie were fantastic and Steve kept us on our toes with some of the fastest swordfights I've seen on the show.

The location was awesome thanks to Anthony, who offered his spectacular home "Rancho Indalo" located at the top of a ridge (and up a very scary road) in the heart of Canyon Country.

I don't want to give away too much, but the episode deals with Vincent trying to organize three other vampire "bosses" to work for him. Comedy and fights ensue in which I get dragged behind a horse and tossed off the side of a cliff. Special thanks to Kendall Wells, Jason Heck (for keeping me from ending up at the bottom of the cliff) and Jessica Cail - I owe you big time.

Here's a few shots thanks to Jess:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=2023055&id=1071549257

Anthony's wife Mary is also featured in the episode and managed to snap a few shots as well:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=94159&id=543421255

Monday, May 4, 2009

Youtube Contest Judges Announced!

We're quite honored to have assembled such a notable list of judges! In addition to the $1000 first prize, it's a great opportunity for anyone producing their own episode to have their work seen by industry professionals such as (drum roll):

Gillian Horvath - Creative Consultant, Producer, and Writer for TV shows such as "Highlander", "Xena", "Beastmaster", "Forever Knight", "Painkiller Jane", "Flash Gordon", "Queen of Swords", "Mythquest", and "Andromeda".

William Malone - Director on films such as "House on Haunted Hill", "Feardotcom", "Parasomnia", "Creature", "Scared to Death" and on TV shows "Masters of Horror", "The Others", "Freddy's Nightmares", "Tales from the Crypt", and "Dark Justice"

Jeff Pruitt - Stunt Coordinator / Second Unit Director for shows such as "Buffy" , "Sheena", "New Adventures of Robin Hood", "Martial Law", "Power Rangers", "Sword of Honor", "Action Man", "The Hunter", "Open Fire", "Deadly Target", "Scanner Cop", "Martial Outlaw", "Bounty Tracker", and "Timecop - The Berlin Decision"

Anthony Delongis - SwordMaster, Weapons Expert and Actor credited in films such as "Fearless", "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull", "The Rundown", "Secondhand Lions", "Batman Returns", "Far and Away", "Sword and the Sorcerer", "Masters of the Universe", and on TV shows such as "Highlander", "Star Trek Voyager", "Babylon 5", "Queen of Swords", "Magnificent Seven", "Sinbad", and "Conan".

Matthew Gratzner - Co-Owner of New Deal Studios, which is credited with award-winning visual effects in films such as "Dark Knight", "Iron Man", "Watchmen", "Spiderman", "X-men", "Terminator - Salvation", "The Aviator", "Live Free or Die Hard", "Fantastic Four", "Riddick", "Pitch Black", "X-Files", "Alien Resurrection", "Resident Evil 3" and "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen".

Abbie Bernstein - Film Critic and Writer for Fangoria, Drama-Logue, IF Magazine, Dreamwatch, Drama-logue, and writer for guidebooks on Firefly, Serenity and Fantastic Four.

I will also be on the judging panel as Writer / Actor / Director and Series Producer for "The Hunted", Star of "Ring of Steel" and "Dragon Fury", Fight Choreographer, Second Unit Director, and VFX artist on films such as "Crouching Tiger", "X-Men", "Cloverfield", "Riddick" and "Fantastic Four".

Remember, the deadline for episodes is July 12 (so get movin!). Judging will be held July 18 in time for Comic Con and the upcoming Vampire Film Festival in New Orleans. For full contest rules and details, check out www.thehunted.tv

Sunday, April 26, 2009

The Hunted - Con Job

Bob, Kevin, Mikey, and members of The Hunted show up to a local Highlander convention in the hopes of spreading the word about vampire awareness (y'know, swords chopping heads off - same dif). Instead, they find fans who are more interested in photos and autographs of notable celebrities such as Braun - swordmaster for the Highlander TV show.

What's worse, the vampires have shown up for their own taste of fame.

Featuring: Anthony DeLongis, F. Braun McAsh, Robert Chapin, Andrew Helm, Maureen Russell, Morgan Ladd, Patti Pelton, The Contessa, Kit Davlin, Richard Alsabery, Darnell Mayfield, Kerry Glover, and The First-Ever Official Hunted Fans
Mikey: Jochen Repolust. Kerry Glover, Abbie Bernstein, Patti Pelton
Convention Coordinator: Lynn Loschin
Written by: Andrew Helm
Associate Producer: Susie Michaelsen

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http://www.youtube.com/user/thehuntedtv
...and check out our $1000 Youtube contest!

Monday, April 20, 2009

New Community Forum!

Sweet! Thanks to our host, Godaddy, I've learned they offer a free forum posting tool called phpbb. Okay, I'm sure everyone else out there has already heard of it, but it's really slick. I'm hoping this might be my answer to having an online resource that will help to hook up writers, actors, directors, etc, to create their own episodes: http://www.thehunted.tv/phpbb/index.php