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Licensing secured for Billboard chart-toppers’ track for blind filmmaker’s debut feature

CAPE CORAL, FL: Writer/director Joseph M. Monks announced Monday that an agreement has been reached with The Cruxshadows’ new record label, Wishfire Records, for use of the song Deception in his debut feature, The Bunker.

“I [...]

Sight Unseen INSIDER 2: After the Tone

Our second installment of the Sight Unseen INSIDER video blog is now live,
covering where things are at with the music video shoot for the Coffee House
Gypsies tune After the Tone, as well as where we stand with the Kickstarter
project we launched to finish The Bunker. Check out INSIDER 2 here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j4rbbOBk74

Take a look at our Kickstarter [...]

Frustrated

Yep, that’s how I’d describe my attitude right now concerning the horror
fiction marketplace. If you’re a fan, you know how it’s been in the genre
for quite some time. Bad enough book stores have been closing down left and
right, beloved chains have gone under, and the shelf space devoted to the
spooky stuff has been whittled down [...]

INSIDER goes live

Yeah, yeah, I know, long overdue. This is a project I’d wanted to gear up
last year, which we actually shot several segments for, and then had the rug
pulled out from under us. Material shot at MegaCon, here at my place, an
interview with yours truly and Mitch Hyman, and an interview with myself and
Alex Ness all [...]

Kickstarter Project: Week 1 Update

No, not concerning the NFL (although I’m ecstatic because the preseason kicks off tonight), but my Kickstarter.com project and efforts to finish up my first feature film, The Bunker. We’re working on the first video blog, which should be up shortly, but for you texties who don’t mind readin’ a bit, here’s how it’s gone [...]

With Distribution Deal Set, Blind Filmmaker Puts Finishing Touches On Debut Feature

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Media Contact: Pamela Hazelton

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With Distribution Deal Set, Blind Filmmaker Puts Finishing Touches On Debut
Feature

CAPE CORAL, FL: It’s been a journey spanning nearly 5 years, cast and crew
replacements, two hurricanes, four states and a suicide, but comic book
writer-turned-director Joe Monks, with one distribution offer firmly in
place, says the end is finally in sight…so [...]

Brief Observations

Weekend’s here, and while waiting on some Bunker stuff, music video stuff
and Bunker-documentary stuff to come together, figured I’d take a break from
the filmmaking updates to make a few comments and observations.

1. BP’s oil cap seems to be working. Finally. Yet, while the administration
and BP try to put a happy face on it, where’s the [...]

Finally...

It’s been a long time coming, but after many starts and stops, delays,
cancellations, etc., we’re getting the Coffee House Gypsies music video
rolling, oh…in just about eight hours. Can’t begin to put into words how
jazzed I am about getting back behind the camera again, because this project
poses all sorts of challenges, and I’m excited about meeting [...]

Getting away from it all

If it seems like forever since I’ve put up a new blog, that’s ‘cause it has been. Things’ve been utterly crazy around here on a number of fronts, (primarily the filmmaking front with The Bunker and Inside the Bunker, the Making of… documentary), but though it’s late and Pam and I just got back in [...]

Comic fans, be on the lookout-or back a book

Had a good long talk the other day with comic book artist and buddy Andrew
Mangum, and he had some kick-ass news to share. For one thing, he has a
couple of new projects in the works, including a cover, and new books. But
biggest of the big news was that he’s *the* guy on the new DC [...]