Mission Post is lending a hand to old friend Doug Andham (and the folks at Point 360 West) on the new batch of episodes for the Showtime series Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union. The skit based program features Tracey as a number of different characters satirizing certain absurdities in modern American life.
Julieanna Hever with John Robbins, animal and environmental activist
Mission Post, through Genre Pictures, will continue to step into production with this original series of DVDs, co-produced by nutrition expert Julieanna Hever and Mission Post’s co-owner Jesse Pomeroy. Aimed at providing a nutritional, medically correct and scientifically bolstered map for people interested in changing their diets from carnivorous to plant-based, Julieanna (a.k.a. The Plant-Based Dietitian) will guide viewers through interviews with professionals in multiple fields as well as cooking demonstrations and testimonials. The Plant-Based Dietitian’s Guide to Going Veg enters production in the late fall. Mission Post will begin editorial and post-production duties in the New Year.
Adam Rifkin’s Look, a multiple storyline ensemble seen through the many lenses of surveillance cameras, has been taken on by a major cable network as an episodic series. Only one storyline from the feature continues to be examined in this new group of colliding characters and situations. The visual and sonic style from the film will be replicated over the presumed 10 episode arc.
Mission Post’s first foray into film production (through its sister company Genre Pictures), worldfullofnothing, was an Official Selection at the Naperville Independent Film Festival where it was also nominated for Best Feature, Best Actress and Best Director. The Mission’s co-owner and supervising sound editor, Jesse Pomeroy took the award for Best Director. Mission Post built a Final Cut Pro suite to provide picture editorial and online finish as well as its own investment in the film by providing the post sound package and is now working on the DVD’s special features, artwork and final mastering before the film sees it’s release later in the fall.
Director Kevin VanHook, whose previous IDT and Sci-Fi features The Fallen Ones, Voodoo Moon, Slayer, Death Row and Sands of Oblivion all came to Mission Post, returned with Fantastic Flesh, an in-depth and entertaining look at the history of make-up effects through the focal point of current masters, the KNB FX Group. The doc premiered on Starz! ahead of its DVD release.
Renamed National Lampoon’s Stoned Age, Adam Rifkin’s Homo Erectus hit DVD shelves recently. This was Mission Post’s third collaboration with producer Brad Wyman (Monster) after Look and Normal Adolescent Behavior and the second with Adam Rifkin. Re-recording mixer Andy Hay has handled the mixing duties on all of these features.
The Ugly Betty star directed Parental Guidance, an ABC Family short starring Emilie De Ravin (Lost) and produced by Academy Award winner Jana Memel. Mission Post has previously worked with Jana Memel on Margaret Cho’s Two Sisters and for many previous years on Jana’s short films, features and documentaries.
Mission Post consulted for Larson Studios on the romantic comedy Table for Three starring Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Jennifer Morrison (House), Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill) and Jesse Bradford (Swimfan, W). The Mission also handled the sound package for Three’s a Crowd, Jay Marks’ featurette which is included on the DVD release.
Mission Post provided the post-sound package for Adam Rifkin’s Look which was released on DVD by Anchor Bay May 5th. Produced by Brad Wyman (Monster) and with an intense electronic score by BT, the film is a voyeuristic look at our modern lives seen entirely from the POV of surveillance cameras. At times brutal, harsh and then absurdly funny, the numerous storylines that make up Look crash together in unexpected ways and with startling results. It was a great pleasure to work with Adam and Brad on this entertaining and thought provoking film. Check it out!
