Geekscape Teams With Exhibit A Pictures And Red Letter Media For ‘Doc of the Dead’!
If you’ve been listening to Geekscape, or even checking our Facebook or Twitter, you knew something was up. And now it’s official. Geekscape is teaming up with Red Letter Media and “The People VS George Lucas” team of Exhibit A Pictures to create THE definitive zombie culture documentary “The Doc of the Dead”. Geekscape and Red Letter Media’s roles in the film are as contributors and Mike of Red Letter Media and I are co-directors providing director Alexandre Philippe, who’s no stranger to Geekscapists, with plenty of segments throughout the film.
I could explain more but why not check out the press release for yourself:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ‘THE PEOPLE VS GEORGE LUCAS’ TEAM ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE ZOMBIE DOCUMENTARY
‘WALKING DEAD’ ARTIST CHARLIE ADLARD TO SIGN POSTER ART AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON
DENVER, CO (July 5, 2012) – The creators of the groundbreaking participatory documentary THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS are already hard at work on DOC OF THE DEAD—the definitive and most comprehensive tribute to zombie culture and fandom ever made. Shot and edited in a cinematically edgy, high-octane style, DOC OF THE DEAD will host a rich pop culture dialogue with zombie experts and celebrities, seek participation from YouTubers and indie filmmakers, and even investigate the possibility and ramifications of an actual zombie outbreak with sociologists, virologists, chemists, and members of the Zombie Research Society.
The Exhibit A Pictures triumvirate—Writer/Director Alexandre O. Philippe, Producer Kerry Deignan Roy, and Producer/DP Robert Muratore—teams up again with Editor Chad Herschberger and the multi award-winning post-production facility Milkhaus (Oscar winner SAVING FACE; Sundance winner CHASING ICE) to stamp their unique brand of entertainment and pop culture commentary on one of the most viral and enduring fan phenomena in recent history. This will also mark their first full-fledged collaboration with Geekscape’s own Jonathan London and Red Letter Media’s massively popular Mr. Plinkett—both of whom will contribute recurring, fictionalized segments to the film. In other words: expect plenty of fan service and gory surprises!
Artist Charlie Adlard (THE WALKING DEAD), who created a stunning original poster for the film, will autograph a number of San Diego Comic-Con exclusive limited edition prints at the Geekscape Booth #3919 on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 4:30pm.
Filming is already under way, and the Exhibit A team is currently focusing on key interviews with countless personalities, critics, scholars, writers, filmmakers, comedians, and notorious zombie culture enthusiasts. Notables (to date) include Simon Pegg (SHAUN OF THE DEAD), and Matt Mogk (ZOMBIE RESEARCH SOCIETY). Zombie icon George A. Romero has agreed to participate, and will be interviewed in Toronto in early August.
Principal photography for DOC OF THE DEAD will begin in the Fall of 2012, with key interviews/B-roll/fictionalized segments filmed by the Exhibit A crew, and additional segments concurrently produced by Geekscape and Red Letter Media. Post-production is anticipated to begin in the Spring of 2013, with a completed film ready for delivery by Fall 2013. Crowdsourcing will be ongoing during the production and post-production periods. DOC OF THE DEAD will premiere in 2014.
For future updates, please follow DOC OF THE DEAD at:
http://www.docofthedead.com
http://www.facebook.com/thedocofthedead
I’m pretty excited about the chance for Geekscape to be involved in support of their first feature film and am really happy to be working with Mike at Red Letter Media and our longtime friends at Exhibit A. This was part of the goal in establishing the brand back in 2006 and continues to be. I hope those of you at SDCC next week drop by the booth and check things out, and pick up a copy of Charlie’s signed poster. Proceeds from the sale of the limited numbered poster will go to charity.
And now here’s a photo of my beloved wife, done up for her first onscreen role, and Simon on the Doc of the Dead set (ie. our living room where I record Geekscape):
Any questions? Keep checking this space for updates as we move towards film screens in 2014!
