A Message from N3rd Producer Lee Fanning

Here's a message sent out this past weekend to Wonder Mill e-mail subscribers, from Lee Fanning (producer of The Nocturnal Third and writer/director of A Genesis Found). It features some info on what Wonder Mill will be up to in 2012. Subscribe to the newsletter by e-mailing wondermillfilms@yahoo.com.

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to drop a line and give everyone a big Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays shout out from Wonder Mill Films!

While we're taking a little seasonal break like everyone, catching our favorite Christmas films on the tube (you know, like "Die Hard"), we're still hard at work promoting "The Nocturnal Third" and "A Genesis Found", and looking forward to the new year and its new opportunities!

We've currently got two pretty major projects cooking-- first, at the start of next year we'll begin our "Wonder Mill Roadshow City Tour", which will be similar to last years "A Genesis Found Campus Tour", except this time we're targeting select Southern cities, looking for non-campus venues, and presenting both "The Nocturnal Third" and "A Genesis Found" as a mini-Wonder Mill Film Festival on the same night. We're also exploring some exciting peripheral opportunities with the tour, branching out our reach to other regional filmmakers based in the areas we're visiting, calling for short film entries to be screened as "appetizers" along with our features when we're in town.

Other than that, the next big project is the development of our third feature film! Though we're still very early in the process, we're gunning for a summer-fall shoot (similar to "The Nocturnal Third's" a couple of years ago). Ben and I are developing the story, while I'm scripting and Ben's directing. Should be a lot of fun!

Can't tell you much about the story yet, but let's just say it should have something to do with neutrinos....

That's all you get! Again, Happy Holidays, and thanks for staying in touch!

- Lee Fanning

Director, A Genesis Found

DOODLES - 12/19/11

I figured I'd drop a quick line while I plug the latest blog post. Check that out here. It's called "The Fellowship of the Ring, 10 Years Later – A DIY Filmmaker Looks Back". Some other quick thoughts:

-I'm making good headway in planning out our 2012. I'll be honest when I say that Christmas shopping has taken top priority.

-A bunch of us checked out Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol in digital IMAX last week. I think it's safe to say that Brad Bird belongs in the same camp as a Steven Spielberg or a John McTiernan; that being a filmmaker that makes a strong case for "action as art".

-I was also fortunate enough to catch the prologue for The Dark Knight Rises. I'm not sure I can add anything more interesting to the ongoing cultural dialogue about this movie, but it looks like it's going to be a ton of fun.

-We have a pretty cool opportunity that's been presented to us for The Nocturnal Third, and I should have more details in the next week or so.

-Other than that, I've not really been able to consume much media on top of work, movie prep, and social gatherings. Of course, Danielle and I would be remiss to keep any Rankin Bass Christmas specials out of our DVD player. Is there a more elusively magical cinematic art than stop motion?

Merry Christmas, guys.

-Ben