Going to Comic Con on Friday?

If you're going to Comic Con on Friday, watch for 2 people walking around in the famous Ten Inch Hero cast and crew shirts!

The first person to walk up to them and say 'hi' gets a free Ten Inch Hero shirt of their own!

Common Screening Questions

Here are the answers to common questions about the screening in LA on July 25.

1. If you want to attend, you must have received an invite from David and Mark AND you must have RSVP'ed to the address provided in the invite. Only people who have RSVP'ed to that address will be admitted.

2. We haven't been confirming RSVP emails, but if you're concerned, feel free to send a second email asking for confirmation.

3. The theater could end up being full, in which case not everyone who RSVP'ed will get in. Best to get there a little early, as seating is first-come first-served.

I gotta admit...I've been having fun re-decorating! Here's another new picture.




That's Sean Patrick Flanery (Noah), Adair Tishler (Julia), and Elisabeth Harnois (Piper).

Wondering how you know Adair? She was terrific this year in the hit show Heroes where--small world--she worked with Clea DuVall, who plays Jen in TIH.

Screening Info!

We are now less than a week from our LA Screening of Ten Inch Hero! The screening will be Wed July 25 at 7:30.

If you will be in LA and you want to be put on the screening list to see TIH, send us a note ASAP at the gmail account (teninchhero@gmail.com).

And if you're planning to come, but haven't sent in your RSVP yet, better hurry! There will be no "drop ins" at the door.

I dunno...maybe we're just excited about the screening. But lately I've been thinking this blog needs more...green.





There, that's better.

Can't...Breathe.

Can't...breathe. Laughing...too...hard. Send...help.

Screening Qs & a Portrait from TIF Aurelia

Lots of questions about the screening! Here's what we know:

YES, we are still taking names of people interested in the July screening of Ten Inch Hero in LA.

NO, I do not yet know where, when, what time, or the number of available seats. We will do our best to accommodate as many people as we can.

Please send your name and email to the teninchhero@gmail.com account if you are interested in more info as it comes available.

Priestly by Aurelia

How cool is this? Talented TIF Aurelia drew a portrait of Priestly for us. Thank you Aurelia!!!

I'm moving Aurelia to our top friends over on Myspace for a week or so as a thanks...make sure to send her a note!

Cannes Report & Upcoming LA Screening

We're getting lots of questions about Cannes and about upcoming screenings. We don't have lots of info, but here's what we CAN say at this time:

About Cannes...

Cannes went really well for us. We were over there strictly to work out foreign sales for the film. And, while we can't give any specifics right now, rest assured the deals are in progress.

What does that mean for our overseas friends? It means this: we will definitely be releasing the film in most foreign territories--maybe all of them, over time.

But the ink isn't dry yet, and you know us...we never say anything out loud until it's official.

So sit tight, and keep checking the blog/myspace for announcements over the next several months.

Ten Inch Hero Screening in July in LA

In late July, we're having a screening of TIH in LA for lots of industry folks. However, it's a big theater and we are expecting to have some extra seats, which we'd like to offer up to our TIH fans.

If you plan to be in LA at the end of July and you want to come to the screening, send us your name and email address, and we'll get in touch with the details soon.

Please use the gmail account: teninchhero@gmail.com. Don't leave messages over on myspace--it's just easier to track this via email.

Keep checking...more info coming soon!

This and That

* Did you guys see John Doe (Trucker) in this week's Entertainment Weekly? They asked him to list his five favorite albums.

(Betsy's note: as if I didn't think he's uber-cool already, John put Joni Mitchell's "Blue" as number 3. ::happy sigh::) When you get a chance be sure to pick up John's latest solo album, A Year In the Wilderness.

* Jensen Ackles (Priestly) has been getting great reviews all over the place for his role in A Few Good Men, down in Texas. Congrats, Jensen!

* As we've mentioned, David Mackay is up in Vancouver directing a film. We've had some people ask about it, so there's a press release about it here.

* Just a warning: I'm seeing various sites offering downloads of parts/all of the movie, unreleased pictures from the movie, or mp3s from the movie. Don't be suckered into this! As far as we know, there are no clips of the movie and no pictures taken in the theater (and if some DOES try to take a camera in, I'm sending Anteka over to talk to them--heh!**). There are also no music files, except for those that the artists themselves make available, such as Dave Lichens's Blue.

So, practice safe computing! Don't go into these creepy dens of spyware and trojans. You're not going to find anything you can't get elsewhere.

**Edited to add: Dudes. Come on. It was a joke.

I posted it before the accusations started flying and y'all got into the discussions about fans and their creed. We are not taking sides, nor would I express a personal opinion (of which I have lots, trust me) on the film's page. So, while I appreciate all the traffic a few sites are sending us, we'd MUCH rather talk about the movie, okay?

Tara and Andy in TIH Shirts

Remember the cool video Tara and Andy made for us at the Phoenix Film Festival? If you don't, go down and look in April, and you'll find it. Or shoot over the myspace page.

So, below is a pic of Andy and Tara modeling the Ten Inch Hero cast and crew shirts we sent them (along with our gratitude of course!!) Don't they look great?!

Mail: How did the cast entertain themselves on the set?

Another question from the mailbox!

What did the cast like to do "between shots" on the set of Ten Inch Hero?

Well, Director David Mackay is quick to point out that there's isn't much time between shots on an independent film. The pace is pretty grueling! Still, not everyone is in every shot, so there is SOME downtime.

So how did everyone unwind? We asked PA Cynthia Boris, whose primary responsibility was keeping track of the actors at all times. We figured if anyone knew, she would. And she did!

Cynthia Boris says:

Shopping was a popular way to pass the time between takes. Danneel Harris, Elisabeth Harnois, Clea DuVall, and Judith Drake all enjoyed shopping in the vintage clothing stores that lined the street where we were shooting.

One of our more crafty neighbors was selling hand-painted surfboards and he convinced Jensen Ackles to buy one. While shooting at Port o'Call, the actors stopped to check out rows and rows of colorful and sugary Mexican candies.

Next to shopping, coffee runs were tops on the list! Even though it was over 100 degrees out, all of the actors took time to dash up 6th Street to the coffee house for a pick-me-up and a few minutes of quiet time with the newspaper.

Short breaks were mostly filled with chatter. The actors swapped stories, passed around magazines, worked crossword puzzles, and listened to music. John Doe is a famous singer (both with X the Band and on his own) so he entertained the group on the van rides with a CD of his latest tunes.

The actors also got a lot of mileage out of toys they found in the local 99 Cent Store. The light up spacemen ray guns were particularly popular.

Sean Wing battled to be the champion chess player. Our youngest star Adair Tishler played games with her set teacher to pass the time; she doubly enjoyed hanging with the movie's canine star.

Once production was moved to the beach, Clea and Sean Patrick Flanery took advantage of some meditation time by the ocean. When the sun went down, Jensen and the girls would play a fast round of pick-up basketball.

David Mackay adds:

Just wanted to add that that Jensen, Clea, Danneel, and Elizabeth bought me one of the full size surfboards from that shop. A beautiful present! It is actually designed to hang on the wall, and it's a huge amazing oldstyle wooden board. It's really a piece of art that holds many large photographs, which I am filling with stills from the shoot!

It was an awesome present and I LOVE it!

Feel free to send in your questions...either to the gmail account or on myspace!

Digging Deep in the Mailbox

This week, we thought we'd dig deep and answer some of those questions that have been sitting in the mail box for a while. So here ya go:

WC Fields advised film-makers to never work with animals or children, but Ten Inch Hero has both! How was that?

Director David Mackay answers:

The reason WC Fields said that is because it's time-consuming and can be frustrating, trying to give direction to things that typically don't take direction!

Fortunately, we had no problems, with either the children OR the pets.

Adair Tishler (Julia), who was 9 years old at the time (but was playing 8), was GREAT! She goes to a performing arts school and is trained as an actress. She is VERY good at learning her lines and understanding the blocking. She also takes direction very well.

I am so proud of Adair's performance...she did all this and had to study for school between scenes!

We were very lucky in the animal department. Lucille (Judith Drake) carries a chihuahua in her bag, called Bam-Bam, in the movie. The pup was very well behaved, and would even yelp on cue.

The dog came with his own wardrobe! We changed his outfit every day too, but for some reason no one noticed it quite the same way they noticed Priestly's ever-changing assortment of t-shirts. Our big regret is that we forgot to put Bam-Bam in his little tux for the final scene of the movie.


John Doe...man, I've been listening to him forever. Did he talk about his music on the set?

Sure! John had a CD coming out shortly after filming, so he played cuts from it to entertain the cast and crew.

As for getting him to play on the set, well, David has a funny story about that:

TIH has one scene that takes place at Trucker's (John's Character) pad. So I asked the art department to put a guitar in the living room...thinking that maybe Trucker--a 60's child--would play the guitar.

I was also just hoping that John might pick it up and jam between takes.

So, when I saw John find the guitar and sit down with it, I got excited and anticipated that he might just break out into an X song! So I walked over to him, and he said "You sure I would have this in my house?" I asked why, and he replied "Well, it's the kind of guitar you'd give your kid."

I wish the art department had been able to find a real Fender!