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In Earnest
Buyback to start in earnest this week
Be interesting to see how that translates , so many false starts over the past 6 months
my only point is whats the next step, as i recall the company i invested always filed late and than notified of the late filing but made the next deadline, once they missed th i believe 15 day extension and were given a e .
Mineseekers
With the huge potential of this entity would it make sense to spin this out as a separte public company , and present QASP holders may get a stake in it
clarification
Being a pinky acdu does not have to file, but they plan on filing they submitted saying they will be late, one stock i have on otcb fied late on a regular basis officialy what is it 15 days to file after notification. i know once they missed and got tagged with a e, and to get current within 30 days i believe to get rid of e
Sequels
Anybody think 1 of our movies maybe worth a sequel, what about Kells?
you could probally sit on bid and get filled , some one has been selling for awhile now say after day , when it ends , no idea but when it does blue skies above, just a matter of time
any contracts pending surguy?
I guess thats the key for any sp movement
Yea its great she,s on board, and i,m sure she will be pretty busy
Rain any thoughts whats she will be doing?
Shining Star
Deans credibility with last NR is at stake here he has not come through in past on timelines , i,m betting he does this time, the stars are lined up for him this time
Susannah Patton
Hannover House Director of Marketing and Publicity
Anyone know if she is doing IR work or marketing the films ?
TIA
Revenue Growth
TDGI revenue will explode and the stock will follow all in time
They did over 2 million in revenue last year on 1 film Dakota, no idea if its even any good, 1million was not recorded to due to not being paid basically
I figure this year we do close to or if not $60 million
Anyone
Check the O/s lately are they diluting , seems strange putting out nr every day and price goes down , diluting maybe
love to see the business plan
Filings
Definetly a step in the right direction
Dean should update market on Tigerfishy or Mineseeker just to put a spark in the fire
Thanks
That would be great, than we could get on with divy,s, i still think the company is holding back info on progress of subs until they get these audits done
How Long?
will it take them to finish audits? I figure it may be end of April or May with new independent auditor that just came on board i figure they are starting from scratch
Double Whammy
Eric should come out with 1 Nr when ever its done hopefully announcing he cecured both kells and happy movie!
That would help to make a move up
nice to see, hopefuly this is the end of any increases until they receive cash
I agree could be a real sleeper and a big winner
I wonder how many advetising dollars are behind it , a real niche market you could target, NASCAR is one of the biggest viewed sports event with a huge following
I wonder if any drivers were working behind the scenes on it , get them out promoting it with the Rock too
All is good
Real Deal
If this deal is real than we should expect another slow run up to the .03 level , with O/S being taken down in the ollowing weeks just like what happened over a month ago before the wheels fell off
Hey richie welcome aboard
Nice to see ya
Hopefully we get a QASP run and you stick around for it , you missed out on the mdor run
Pending News
Shortly i presume we get news in which order who knows
1. YE financials filed on time by Wed.
2. anouncement of The Secret of Kells
than Happy Thankyou
3 Official news of A/S reduction
4 eventually have to come out with financing news and who is behind us, if this first round of financing is succesful i,d presume we can see another round
This will take us into launch of Racing Dreams
I presume Eric will probally do an interview shortly to update shareholders he,s been proactive with that in past
Music
Does anyone know if there are well known bands or anyone of signifigance doing music for any of our films?
Racing dreams
Tribeca ‘09 Interview: “Racing Dreams” Director Marshall Curry
by indieWIRE (April 14, 2009)
A scene from Marshall Curry's "Racing Dreams." Image courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival.EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of several interviews, conducted via email, with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
“Racing Dreams”
(World Documentary Feature Competition)
Director: Marshall Curry
Synopsis: “Racing is an addiction, and we’ve got it bad,” says the mother of one of the country’s top go-kart racers. Annabeth, Josh, and Brandon, ranging in age from 11 to 13, all compete for the World Karting Association’s national championship, a huge stepping stone to auto racing’s big show—NASCAR. None of them can legally drive on a city street, but they each masterfully zip around a course at nearly 80 mph. Yet driving fast may be the easiest challenge facing these ambitious kids. Throughout the course of an entire WKA season, they each encounter not just the trials of adolescence but also the realities of a sport requiring great amounts of money to even compete. [Synopsis courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival]
Please introduce yourself.
My name is Marshall Curry. I live in Brooklyn, and have had a pretty zig zagged career that has included teaching English in Mexico, working at a public radio station, and producing the website for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A few years ago I made a film called “Street Fight” that was nominated for an Oscar but got crushed by the “March of the Penguins.”
What were the circumstances that lead you to become a filmmaker?
After college I tried out a number of jobs, but in the back of my mind I always thought that making documentaries sounded like the best job anyone could have. I got hired to work on an interactive documentary for a museum about Native American history. But it was 1994, and soon the Internet took off, and the company where I was working started focusing on web design. I stayed there for a few years but knew deep inside that I really wanted to make films. One day I heard about a really interesting election that was shaping up in Newark, NJ, so I decided to take a leap. I bought a camera and started filming “Street Fight.”
What prompted the idea for your film and what excited you to make you undertake it?
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criticWIRE Before I started making Racing Dreams, I didn’t really know anything about NASCAR, and I didn’t understand the appeal. I’d say that attitude is pretty typical in New York, but I knew it isn’t typical for the country as a whole. NASCAR is the second biggest spectator sport in the country after football—bigger than baseball or basketball.
I began to think about that: New Yorkers think of ourselves as so worldy and broad minded, but we don’t know anything about a sport that’s a huge part of our own country’s culture. So I wanted to learn a little about it.
And then one day I read about the World Karting Association’s series for 11 and 12 year olds who race karts that go 70 mph. It has become the unofficial Little League for NASCAR, producing some of the sport’s biggest drivers.
I thought that sounded pretty amazing, and one of the things I love about making documentaries is that it lets me spend a year or two learning about things I don’t know about. So I went to a race to scout it out, and it was better than I imagined. The racing was fast and noisy and dangerous. The kids were smart and funny, and at that perfect age where they are young enough to be honest and open, but old enough to be interesting and insightful. So I put aside the project I was working on and got started.
Please elaborate a bit on your approach to making your film.
I think that one of the most important things in making a documentary is earning the trust of people that allow them to reveal themselves to you. I take that trust seriously and think it’s important to show people fairly and respectfully. That doesn’t mean hiding conflicts or warts, but it means showing those things with context and humanity and sense of humor – because we all have conflicts and warts. I think that’s a big part of what ultimately connects audiences with characters in a film.
I also think it’s important to spend a lot of time with the characters, and to keep a small footprint. We didn’t set up lights, and most shoots had just a camera person and sound recorder (I’d do one or the other, depending on what kind of scene we were shooting.)
We finished production with 500 hours of footage, which is a huge—almost absurd—amount of material. It took us almost three months just to screen, and then we spent about 16 months editing. 90% of it, of course, is junk, but when you are shooting, you never know which 90% it will be. There are details that seem irrelevant out in the field, but then become important later, and you are really glad you got them when they happened.
What were some of the biggest challenges you faced in developing the project?
I thought it might be hard to sell the idea of a documentary about kids who want to be NASCAR drivers to potential funders. Most doc people aren’t exactly racing fans, and there’s an attitude in a lot of circles that a documentary has to be about a social or political issue on its’ face. But Bristol Baughan, who was working for Reason Pictures/Good, saw that racing was our McGuffin. The movie was really about an under explored part of our culture and about being 11 or 12 —figuring out who we are, how we relate to our parents, what romance feels like, and what we want to do. She saw some scouting footage I had shot and jumped right in as my funder and producer.
One practical challenge I didn’t foresee was how much the kids were going to change over the course of the shooting. Annabeth, most dramatically, grows her hair out, gets braces half way through, and really goes from being a little girl to a teenager. It was great for illustrating just how pivotal this period was in their lives, but it really created some challenges in editing.
How do you define success as a filmmaker, and what are your personal goals as a filmmaker?
I make documentaries mostly because I’m curious. They give me an opportunity to throw myself into new and different worlds and really get to know them—different people, different stories, different cultures—whether that’s an indigenous group in the Amazon or local street politics in inner city Newark, or the world of NASCAR in rural North Carolina. And as long as I can keep feeding that curiosity I’ll feel successful.
But I also make films to communicate with and challenge and move other people too. So when I see audiences laugh or gasp or shake their heads at something that makes me pretty happy too.
What are your future projects?
I am just about to start editing a film about a member of the Earth Liberation Front who burned two timber facilities in Oregon and is now in prison. It’s a pretty amazing story. We’re raising finishing funds for that one and are planning to complete it this year.
I have another film in preproduction about a family with ten kids, half of which are adopted and are all different races. It’s a really interesting story about when idealism meets reality.
Festivals
Racing dreams showing at Cleveland Film Festival as we speak
Racing dreams and Kells at Vail Festival next week
http://www.vailfilmfestival.org/
i wonder if joel or the any of the cast of the movies TDGI has acquired, if they have purchased shares in TDGI?
I wonder what cities they have targeted for Twelve
Not sure where Chance was born, but you would figure the hometown base would show up in his city for sure
Aviation revenue
I believe one of there filings said they had 9 students as of last fall (not sure) so if they tripled revenues maybe 30 students enrolled now, enrollment was what $60,000 or more i believe
Just going by memory, headed in right direction
The Pr yesterday was a great PR, news is news and Eric i believe is not concrened with promoting but just growing the business
Personally he should have just waited till Monday and released it prior to the open, i,m sure alot of people were gone for the day when it was released
also the company plans not to issue any more shares why not put at the ned of NR that a share issuance moratorium is in place.
With YE filings due, the wild hunt release and twelve i think from a stock perspective we could .25 by summer, if th AS rollback gets announced may go higher , and if there is a short to cover who knows
Yea usually they have an openeing with the red carpet so to say.
I,d also presume Chance will be on Ellen prior to the premiere and maybe .50 cent to
Great stuff
and at this time TDGI is one of the only one,s focusing on this market
Imagine
If they announce the closing of Mineseeker JV and plans for that , imagine the volume,
i agree our time will come the fundamentals and Eric,s game plan appear to be excellent.
I hope we trade in this range for another couple weeks build another good base
Anybody????????
In the USA see any of the blu Ray or DVD PRODUCT in any of the key accounts while doing mall madness ?
Key retail accounts supporting the Blu-ray format include WalMart, Target, Best Buy, Kmart, SAMS, Costco, Blockbuster, Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Hastings and dozens more collectively representing over 60,000 storefronts
if we could break .30 here we may close flat for the day , which would be a win
IF IF IF
He ever releases news on 2 acqustions names
closing of Mineseeker
on and on the potential is HUGE
IF he ever gets money another month to pass and still no money something has to give
Heres hoping for the best
Nr,s and Filings
I am extremely long here looking for at least a $1.00
TDGI should have nr,d Racing Dreams prior to show, even Kells in filing not a done deal but almost amybe should have waited and Nr,d it
Also A/S reduction should have been NR,d when it is a done deal
I think eric is doing a great job here
The company has been stating news pending for about 2 months and thought it would be good , many delays closing yesterdays news i guess
They were not concerned about share price and more concerned about building the foundation of a solid long term business , they are a fuly reporting company
there should be more news to follow when i have no idea
Lions gate , One day maybe us
– 3 hours ago
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. rejected on Tuesday the latest bid by activist investor Carl Icahn for control of the film studio, calling the offer too low. Lions Gate also said the unsolicited offer wouldn't hamper its acquisition strategy.
The company said its board voted unanimously against Icahn's offer to buy all of its outstanding shares for $6 each, which would value the deal at about $575 million.
Lions Gate had already rebuffed an offer of $6 per share by Icahn last month that would have raised his stake in the company to 30 percent from 19 percent. The company also rewrote its bylaws to make such a takeover attempt more difficult in the future, a move Icahn has said he will challenge in court.
Lions Gate said Icahn's offer is little changed except that he wants the whole company now.
Vice Chairman Michael Burns said in an interview that Icahn is "trying to get complete control of Lions Gate without paying a premium."
The initial bid was 15 percent above the stock's latest closing price at the time, but fell short of analysts' average share price target of $8.67.
Icahn and Lions Gate management have been wrestling over control of the company for more than a year. The latest flash point is Lions Gate's interest in buying the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. studio or The Walt Disney Co.'s Miramax Films division.
Icahn is against an acquisition and says shareholders should have a say in the decision. Among other reasons, he argues falling DVD sales make film catalogs like those held by MGM and Disney less valuable than they used to be.
Lions Gate is believed to have made a bid to acquire MGM by Monday's deadline, but Burns would not confirm it, citing the confidential nature of the process.
He added, however, that Icahn's play for control would not keep the company from making strategic acquisitions.
"We have a very consistent growth strategy including acquisitions that we've built shareholder value on over the last 10 years," Burns said. "We're not going to stop building shareholder value because of this financially inadequate offer."
Messages left with Icahn Group seeking comment on Tuesday were not immediately returned.
Shares of Lions Gate rose 17 cents, or 2.9 percent, to close at $5.99 — still below the offered price.
Lions Gate, which is based in Vancouver but operates out of Santa Monica, Calif., is the studio behind the Oscar-winning movie "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire." It also owns the TV Guide network and produced the "Saw" horror movies and TV shows including "Weeds" and "Nurse Jackie."
Its upcoming movie "Kick-Ass," about a high school student who decides to become a superhero even though he has no powers or training, hits theaters next month.
insiders management have a good chunk of the float and they won,t be selling soon