The Shrine’s next Fest is set!  Calgary International Film Festival announced its line up, showing The Shrine on September 25th at 11:30pm.  The film will be screened in The Plaza Theater, Calgary’s longest running theater, started in 1935.  The quaint, vintage look of the theatre feels very small town… like where Eric Taylor went missing…

The Shrine’s premiere at FanTasia garnered the film the Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature.  Calgary will be the film’s second festival showing.

Check out the CIFF website at http://www.calgaryfilm.com/2010/schedule/film/1419/

Brookstreet Pictures will produce a short Western penned by Nick Gordon.  Trevor Matthews (Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, The Shrine) is attached to star, with Jon Knautz (Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, The Shrine) directing.  Ariescope Pictures’ Cory Neal (Frozen, Hatchet) is set to help produce the short, which has plans for production in late September.

Jon and Trevor are re-teaming to make a short for the first time since Moment of Truth in 2007, which is now being developed into a feature film. Two of their previous shorts, Still Life and The Other Celia, earned Jon Best Director prizes at the Malibu Film Festival in 2006.  Cory Neal just wrapped Hatchet 2 with Ariescope Director Adam Green, the sequel to their 2006 Horror/Comedy cult hit, Hatchet.

Check out the trailer for Hatchet 2 at

http://www.movieweb.com/movie/hatchet-2/trailer

Victor Crowley Lives Again!!!

Jon Knautz is now on Twitter, the place where stalking is perfectly cool! He’s been to FanTasia Int’l Film Festival with The Shrine already… he’s looking for a new car… he has started a twitter account… what’s he doing right now? See for yourself at

www.twitter.com/Jon_Knautz

Have any questions that demand more than 160 characters for @Jon_Knautz to answer? How did they film the heart jumping down the throat in Jack Brooks? What the eff is that on The Shrine poster? What is his next project going to be? Ask him anything at

www.formspring.me/jonknautz

Once the audience saw it, they weren’t allowed to leave… until they voted: The Shrine won the Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature!

The Shrine broke the seal in Montreal at the FanTasia Int’l Film Festival, where director Jon Knautz and star Aaron Ashmore introduced the film and answered questions after.

If you couldn’t make it or get your question heard, join the 24/7 Q&A with Dir. Jon Knautz at www.formspring.me/jonknautz

For updates on all things Shrine, including future fests, follow us on Twitter @TheShrineMovie or Like The Shrine Movie on Facebook.

We lost touch during the move, but now we are settled and have found our signal to break radio silence! 

In March, Brookstreet Pictures added a new office branch in Beverly Hills, CA.  Trevor Matthews (CEO), Jon Knautz (VP), and Matt Brulotte (Post Production Manager) now reside in sunny Southern California. 

We wasted no time and immediately started pursuing new projects for the company.  Three feature films are in development, with scripts scheduled to arrive in September and October.  We are making plans to start pre-production on one soon after. 

Stay tuned for more updates on The Shrine’s festival frenzy, our upcoming slate, and more!

Today is your last day to cast your ballot for this year’s Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.  Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer is nominated in  a number of categories and we would definitely appreciate your votes!!!  The awards will be announced in Fangoria’s June issue (#285) so follow the above link and show your support for Jack!

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer has been nominated for a number of this year’s Fangoria Chainsaw Awards!  These awards recognize the best genre films from the past year and we’re honoured to be included amongst those films that are nominated.   Our nominations include Best Film (limited-release/direct-to-dvd), Best Actor for Trevor Matthews, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Englund, Best Screenplay for Jon Knautz and John Ainslie, Best Score for Ryan Shore, and Best Makeup for David Scott.   You can check out all of the categories and the other films that have been nominated by picking up the April issue of Fangoria Magazine.   You can vote for Jack Brooks by mailing in a completed ballot or e-mailing your votes in all categories to postalzone@starloggroup.com.  The deadline to vote is April 27th, 2009 so be sure to show your support for Jack and send in your votes!

Jack Brooks has also been nominated for a 2009 Saturn Award for Best DVD Release of 2009.  We’re excited about all of these nominations and can’t wait for the results to be revealed!!

Hey everyone,

Just letting you know that beginning March 13th, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer will be playing on the Super Channel.  Jack will be playing as a key feature in a Robert Englund quadruple bill that also includes Hatchet, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, and 2001 Maniacs.    If you don’t catch it on the 13th, don’t worry since Jack will be playing throughout the rest of March and into April.   Another cool feature about watching Jack Brooks on the Super Channel is that you have the opportunity to see it in High Definition!

Also, just a reminder that you can purchase Jack Brooks t-shirts and posters at the official Brookstreet Pictures Store!

This month, Brookstreet Pictures is putting together a music video for the up-and-coming band Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker.  Jon will be directing and Trevor will have a starring role in the video for the band’s song, “Laces Out”.   Filming of the video will take place on the 25th and 26th of this month in Toronto.   The final cut of the video should be completed by mid-March, so check back then to see the completed video!

For all you Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer fans living in the Ottawa region, this weekend Jack will be playing at the Mayfair Theatre on both Saturday and Sunday.  The Saturday (January 24th) screening will take place at 9:30 pm and the Sunday screening (January 25th) will take place at 7:00 pm.  Tickets are $9 at the door, unless you’re a member of the Mayfair Theatre, then they’re only $5.  The Mayfair is located at 1074 Bank Street, right at the corner of Bank and Sunnyside.

Hope to see you all out there to enjoy a great movie in one of Ottawa’s most  historic theatres!