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My Latest Animated Film Stars Anjelica Huston

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It was a thrill for Variety to pick up the casting news for my latest film, an animated musical that will be starring the incredible Anjelica Huston, when we announced it at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival!

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/anjelica-huston-christmas-witch-trail-of-la-befana-1236129094

And as if we weren’t already lucky enough, it will also co-star her amazing brother, Danny Huston, and THR scored the scoop on that one!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hollywood-siblings-anjelica-danny-huston-the-christmas-witch-trial-of-la-befana-1236049782

The film is called THE CHRISTMAS WITCH TRIAL OF LA BEFANA, and if you’re up on your Italian witchcraft, you may know Anjelica’s character, La Befana, as the witch who travels on the eve of the epiphany to put gifts in the stockings of children all over Italy. But whether you get an orange or a lump of coal is anybody’s guess…

I’m co-directing this one with Melissa D’Agostino, who also wrote the songs with David James Brock and Rebecca Everett.

And now that we’ve shot Danny and Anjelica’s scenes, I can tell you firsthand that they are both absolute delights to hang out and work with!

Have a read of the Variety and THR articles above, and enjoy a sneak peek at Anjelica as La Befana on the teaser poster below:

~M@

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MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS – The Los Angeles Premiere

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I’m thrilled to announce that hot on the heels of MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS’ sold-out screening at the Art Of Brooklyn Film Festival, this award-winning Mother-Daughter Traumedy is hitting the big screen on the west coast on August 4th!

With Wendie Malick in attendance to support the film and to do a Q&A after the August 4th premiere, we’ll be running for at least a week at the Laemmle Theater in Glendale California.

Both the director Melissa D’Agostino and I plan to in attendance from August 4-10th, so if you’re in LA in August, join us at the cinema and say hello before or after the show!

Get your tickets right here:

https://www.laemmle.com/film/mother-all-shows

~M@

director, feature film, genre, independent, science fiction, western, writer

The New SIX DAYS TO DIE Poster

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I’m delighted to unveil the comic book inspired poster for my newest film coming out in 2023: SIX DAYS TO DIE.

This movie is my proudest achievement as a filmmaker,  this cast absolutely slaps, and the post-apocalyptic western visuals will sweep you off your feet.

I can hardly wait to share the release details with you, so keep an eye here for the 2023 film festival premiere date and more!

~M@

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SIX DAYS TO DIE on Entertainment Tonight!

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Want a sneak peek of SIX DAYS TO DIE, and a behind the scenes look at how we shot a post-apocalyptic western at the start of a global pandemic? So did Entertainment Tonight! Colm Feore gives us a look in this snazzy reel at how we made some of the movie magic that went into SIX DAYS TO DIE!

~M@

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The First Look at SIX DAYS TO DIE!

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There’s a first time for everything, and this is the first time I’ve had a “first look” at one of my films become headline news in Deadline Hollywood!

So without further ado, here’s a glimpse at the post-apocalyptic world I’ve been conjuring up over the last year, featuring Colm Feore himself:

The Man in Black witnesses the destruction of a Frontier Boomtown
The Man in Black witnesses the destruction of a Frontier Boomtown

On top of releasing this first look image, Deadline nabbed the exclusive on the portraits for some of the key characters in the film like Colm’s Man in Black, but also The Purveyor played by Ari Millen, The Marshal played by Melissa D’Agostino, and The Gambler played by Darryl Hinds!

Here’s a look at them on twitter:

https://twitter.com/6days2die/status/1477701273247956993

You can have a look at the whole article on Deadline.com right here:

https://deadline.com/2021/11/six-days-to-die-first-look-bungalow-gravitas-acquisitions-film-briefs-1234876773/

As for when and where you can watch SIX DAYS TO DIE, we’re in the midst of talking with some film festivals to find just the rights spot to premiere this post-apocalyptic adventure, so stay tuned!

~M@

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SIX GUNS FOR HIRE: Casting Announcement

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I could not be more delighted to announce the wicked cast as we go to lens on my newest film — and as it turns out, the same goes for Variety!

Look, we made the trades: https://variety.com/2021/film/global/umbrella-academys-colm-feore-to-star-in-post-apocalyptic-western-six-guns-for-hire-exclusive-1234929020/

Have a gander at the new faces of the west, and keep you eyes here, and on @6Guns4Hire on Twitter & Instagram & Facebook for updates and a look behind the scenes as we make some movie magic!

I can hardly wait to share this one with you!!

~M@

The cast of Six Guns for Hire

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SIX GUNS FOR HIRE: Goes into Pre-Production

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Casting and location scouting has begun on my latest Western film, “Six Guns for Hire”, and I couldn’t be more thrilled!

With a wild script featuring an exciting who-dunnit mystery at its core, this western is the most ambitious feature I’ve ever undertaken, and if you’ve enjoyed the cast of my previous films, you’re going to be damn happy with the ensemble cast that’s coming your way in “Six Guns for Hire”! Keep your eyes here for updates…

~M@

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SIX DAYS TO DIE: Enters Production

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I’m thrilled to be in production on my new post-apocalyptic western feature, SIX DAYS TO DIE. It’s got a magnetic cast of actors I’ve worked with in the past, and some folks I’ve wanted to work with for years!

I’ll be combining my love of the western genre with my experience as  in VFX and green screen to build the frontier wasteland of my wildest imagining, while also shooting a film one actor at a time to keep it safe in a pandemic. It may sound a bit nuts, but I think you’ll agree it’s got a helluva look so far!

~M@

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HighballTV: My New Film Festival Streaming Site

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Now, here’s something I’ve been working on for A LONG TIME. In some ways, for a year. And in other ways, for two decades.

HighballTV: a streaming service that brings the film festival experience to you! It’s a hub to watch those undiscovered gems from film festivals that you’d otherwise never be able to find available after the initial festival run.

It’s something that I’ve been dreaming of for so very long, and we’re proud to be kicking it off in style by bringing the film festival favourite “The Drawer Boy” to theatres across Canada, and to audiences anywhere, on any screen on Highball.TV!

It’s a beautiful film based on Michael Healey’s seminal play by the same name, which is one of the most produced plays in North America. And of course, you can now rent, or by The Drawer Boy on Highball, or you can subscribe to Highball and watch The Drawer Boy along with dozens of other titles from the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and more!

Naturally, it’s also a solid destination for all your “Directed by Matt Campagna” needs; Six Reasons Why, Roots of a Man and Tactical Girls are all there for your viewing pleasure!

So get yourself some popcorn, and hop on to Highball.TV to get that festival season feeling anytime you like!

~M@

 

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TACTICAL GIRLS WINS!

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It’s been an incredible 2017 already for Tactical Girls, and as if the film festival wins and HUGE viewership on Amazon Prime wasn’t enough, Melissa D’Agostino has won a 2017 Best Actress Canadian Screen Award for her incredible performance as Dougy!

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And, as you can expect from Melissa any time she gets her hands on a microphone, her acceptance speech brought the house down:

Canada has really been heaping the accolades onto Tactical Girls; just last month the Canada Film Fest awarded our show as the Best TV/Web Series!

The exciting Tactical Girls journey continues, with plenty more screenings coming up, including the Brazil International Film Festival, so keep it Tactical!

~M@