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Godkiller
''Godkiller'' is a transmedia storytelling, transmedia series of graphic novels, illustrated films, and novels created by filmmaker Matt Pizzolo that tells the stories of human beings caught in the crossfire of warring fallen gods. The core series is a trilogy of feature-length illustrated films beginning with ''Godkiller: Walk Among Us'', illustrated by Anna Muckcracker and featuring performances by Lance Henriksen, Davey Havok (lead singer of AFI (band), AFI), Danielle Harris, Bill Moseley, Lydia Lunch, Nicki Clyne, and Justin Pierre (lead singer of Motion City Soundtrack). The series is particularly notable for its use of experimental and innovative media formats, such as the ''illustrated film'' format Pizzolo developed with producer Brian Giberson that merges sequential art with Computer animation, 3D CGI, motion graphics and dramatic voice performances in the style of a radio play.Thill, Scott.Post-Apocalyptic Comic Godkiller Emerges as 'Illustrated Film'. Wired. October 6, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HALO 8 Entertainment
HALO-8 Entertainment is an independent film company specializing in genre cinema, documentaries, midnight movies, music-driven lifestyle videos, and animation. Its most popular releases include the films ''Pop Skull'' and ''Threat (film), Threat,'' the animated series ''Godkiller (series), Godkiller'' and ''Xombie (flash cartoon), Xombie,'' the fitness yoga franchise, ''Yoga For Indie Rockers, Fitness For Indie Rockers,'' and the documentaries ''Grant Morrison: Talking With Gods'', ''Your Mommy Kills Animals'', ''N.Y.H.C. (film), N.Y.H.C.'', and ''Ctrl+Alt+Compete''.Thill, Scott"Sneak Peek at Ctrl+Alt+Compete, New Doc That Dives Into Startup Culture"''Wired (magazine), Wired'' (January 11, 2012). Formed in 2005 by Matt Pizzolo and the producer Brian Giberson as a film Film studio, production studio, the company has grown to include a comic book/graphic novel publishing division and two DVD Premiere shingles. HALO-8 also has a fashion division, #H8LA, H8LA. HALO-8's film catalog is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Pizzolo
Matt Pizzolo (born on Long Island, New York (state), New York) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, producer, bestselling comic book writer, playwright, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as writer of the speculative politics comic books ''Calexit (comic), Calexit'' and ''Young Terrorists'', creator of the transmedia storytelling, transmedia franchise ''Godkiller (series), Godkiller'', writer-director of the indie movie ''Threat (film), Threat'', and director of music videos for Atari Teenage Riot. He co-founded and runs Independent film, indie film Film studio, studio HALO 8 Entertainment with producing partner Brian Giberson and comic book publisher Black Mask Studios with partner Brett Gurewitz and creative director Steve Niles. In 2012 Pizzolo was selected by ''Wired (magazine), Wired'' as "World's Most Wired Comics Creator" for his work synthesizing genre media with street politics ("anticorporate DIY production") and innovating new storytellin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mask Studios
Black Mask Studios is a comic book and graphic novel publishing company formed by Matt Pizzolo, Steve Niles and Brett Gurewitz, designed as a new infrastructure to support comic book creators and a new pipeline for transgressive art. Black Mask is known for the miniseries Elisa Romboli's ''Alice In Leatherland,'' Matthew Rosenberg's '' 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank'', Magdalene Visaggio's ''Kim & Kim'', Matt Miner's ''Liberator'', Tini Howard's ''The Skeptics'', Vita Ayala's ''The Wilds'', Curt Pires's ''Mayday'', Amancay Nahuelpan's ''Clandestino'', Fabian Rangel Jr.'s ''Space Riders'', and Kwanza Osajyefo's ''White''. Comic book writer Matthew Rosenberg, the writer of ''Uncanny X-Men'' and ''Batman'' whose first comic book ''4 Kids Walk Into A Bank'' was published by BM, appeared on the Word Balloon podcast with John Siuntres and he said: "There's going to be a moment in this industry when Matt Pizzolo is really viewed as one of the great eyes for talent. Up there with, I don't wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicki Clyne
Nicki Clyne (born February 11, 1983) is a Canadian actress, known for her role as Cally Henderson on the SyFy television series ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica''. Clyne was a member of NXIVM, a multi-level marketing company founded by Keith Raniere that has been described by former members, the media, and cult experts as a cult. Career Clyne is known for her role as Cally Henderson in the 2003 reimagining of ''Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries), Battlestar Galactica'' (BSG). Like several members of the cast, she was originally cast in a minor, non-recurring role but, having impressed the showrunners, became a major part of the series until her character's death in season four. Prior to BSG, she had guest parts on sci-fi and supernatural shows including ''Dark Angel (American TV series), Dark Angel'', ''Smallville'', ''The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series), The Twilight Zone'', and ''The Dead Zone (TV series), The Dead Zone''. In 2018, she appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen (born May 5, 1940) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in various science fiction, action and horror genre productions, including Bishop in the ''Alien'' film franchise and Frank Black in the Fox television series ''Millennium'' (1996–99) and ''The X-Files'' (1999). He has also done extensive voice work, including the Disney film ''Tarzan'' (1999) and the video games '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'' (2009) and BioWare's ''Mass Effect'' trilogy (2007–2012). Other film credits include '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), '' The Terminator'' (1984), '' Hard Target'' (1993), '' Color of Night'' (1994), '' The Quick and the Dead'' (1995), '' Powder'' (1995), '' Scream 3'' (2000), '' Appaloosa'' (2008), and ''Falling'' (2020). Henriksen was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for his role on ''Millenium,'' and won a Saturn Award (out of four total nominations) for his performance in ''Hard Target''. In 2021, he was nominated for a Canadian Screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davey Havok
David Paden Marchand (born David Paden Passaro, November 20, 1975), known professionally as Davey Havok, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band AFI (band), AFI, the synth-pop band Blaqk Audio, the hardcore punk band XTRMST, and the New wave music, new wave band Dreamcar. Among various other ventures, he performed lead vocals for Son of Sam (band), Son of Sam's Songs from the Earth, debut album and for fictional band My Purple Agony in the animated series ''Harvey Girls Forever!''. Havok is an advocate of the straight edge lifestyle and veganism. Early life Havok was born David Paden Passaro,Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine in Rochester, New York on November 20, 1975. He is of Italian ancestry. When Havok was age 5, his father died,''Metal Hammer'' interview, February 2003 and he and his mother moved from Rochester to Sacramento, California to be closer to family. His mother remarried and Havok took on the surname of his stepfathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Pierre
Justin Courtney Pierre (born May 26, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist originally from Mahtomedi, Minnesota. He is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the pop punk band Motion City Soundtrack. He has also produced short films. Early life Justin Pierre was raised in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. During his childhood, he enjoyed skateboarding and listening to hip-hop such as Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys. As a teen, Pierre became a fan of alternative metal band Faith No More; in 1990, he regularly watched their '' You Fat Bastards'' videotape and the performance of frontman Mike Patton greatly influenced him. He would later mention the Faith No More album '' Angel Dust'' as one of his favorite records of all time. Pierre studied at Mahtomedi High School, where he developed an interest in indie rock. During this time, Pierre became a fan of bands such as Sonic Youth, The Boo Radleys, and The Pixies. Pierre played guitar and sang in a band called Slide Coaster, who r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Shepis
Tiffany Shepis is an American actress from New York City, who has been involved in film-making since the age of 16. She is popularly known as a "scream queen", having acted in several horror films. Career Shepis got her start playing the part of Peter in James Gunn (filmmaker), James Gunn's first film ''Tromeo and Juliet''. Shepis continued working in the genre she loved most, horror. Making several horror films a year, Shepis quickly became a fan favorite within the horror community in films such as ''Scarecrow (2002 film), Scarecrow'', Syfy's ''Abominable (2006 film), Abominable'' the Sundance horror flick ''The Violent Kind'' and cult classic, The Hazing. Shepis was also a part of the record breaking ''Sharknado 2'', the horror comedy ''The Night Watchmen'', the anthology ''Tales of Halloween'' and has provided voice work for the Adult Swim TV show ''Robot Chicken''. Shepis made the jump to Lifetime networks Christmas special ''The Holiday Proposal Plan'', hosts popular genre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
