Remember what were waiting for the release of in June...
This is from a website dedicated to raising capital in 2014 to start the Mountains of Madness movie project (current website under construction):
In 1930, a team of researchers traveled to the southern end of the world in an attempt to discover the unknown history of our planet. They found a series of gigantic, alien-looking fossils resting in an ancient cavern. The scientists believed they discovered an unknown species of prehistoric animal. Soon, however, they realized that those creatures were far from extinct and more dangerous than any primeval predator.
When the scientists failed to return, a search party was dispatched. The rescuers pursued a trail deep into the Antarctic tundra where they discovered a titanic mountain range that hid a sophisticated pre-human civilization. In the deepest recesses of the city, they learned the shocking fate of their friends and worse: the horrifying truth about the origins of mankind.
Hunted by supernatural creatures of infinite evil and sinister intelligence the men struggled to escape the bounds of “The Mountains of Madness”.
“Mountains of Madness” (MoM) is a classically-animated film that adapts the story "At the Mountains of Madness." The original novella was written by the Grandfather of Cosmic Horror--H. P. Lovecraft--who has been cited as an inspiration to such creators as Guillermo del Toro, John Carpenter, Mike Mignola, and many more. Author Stephen King called Lovecraft "the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." This novella is considered one of Lovecraft's greatest and most cherished works, but it has never before been realized cinematically.
"Mountains of Madness" is a feature length adventure-horror film based on the novella. The use of classical animation allows the grand concepts, gruesome violence and colossal set pieces of this epic story to be realized by a relatively small team of artists. Modern advances in the technology of digitally assisted animation allows this independently-minded film to be produced for a modest budget.
Our Kickstarter is not intended to provide the entire budget for our film. Yes, we are colossal fans of the story and all of Lovecraft's stories, but we are also professionals in motion picture production. As such, we are approaching this film from a professional business perspective.
The final budget for "Mountains of Madness" will clock in around 2.5 Million. Kickstarter will allow us to complete our pre-production on the film without having to bring in initial outside investors. We have four main objectives we intend to meet with our Kickstarter funds.
Complete the Script.
Hire and record well known voice actors for the main characters.
Create the initial storyboards
Combine the recorded audio and storyboards to create an "Animatic" of the entire film
Stephen Sloan
Director & Instigator, veteran animator from the broadcast and web animation industries. As a fan of horror, H.P. Lovecraft, and the art of animation. he is approaching this film as fanatical devotee, but is also bringing his experience garnered through producing hundreds of hours of animation delivering quality animation on deadlines tighter than any noose while riding razor-thin budgets for clients such as Disney XD, Comedy Central, Nick Jr. and DHX Media. On productions including "Motor City", "Ugly Americans", "Moonbeam City" and Hulu's original series "The Awesomes".
Ingo Jucht
Executive Producer, has been a principal with Lux Digital Pictures since 2004. He has executive produced, financed and/or co-financed several commercial films including the ‘Night of the Living Dead 3D’ series with Lions Gate and the well regarded feature documentaries “Nightmares in Red, White and Blue”, “American Grindhouse”, “Films of Fury”, “Money For Nothing” and the soon to be released “Gameplay”.
Tom Coleman
Producer, is an entertainment industry veteran who was the sole founder of the Atlantic Entertainment Group. He has produced or executive produced over 40 films including the teen classics “Valley Girl” and “Teen Wolf” and others such as “Extremities”, “1969” and “Stormy Monday”.
Peter Colley
Writer, is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. His stage plays and musicals have been produced in 29 countries and in 48 states and his screenplays have been produced and broadcast on many of the major US and Canadian TV Networks.
Deirdre Bowen
Casting Director, is one of the most sought after casting directors in North America. Her many films include “A Dangerous Method”, “Eastern Promises” and “A History of Violence” for David Cronenberg and the “Resident Evil” films.
Aaron Vanek
recipient of the 2003 Howie Lifetime Achievement award for contributions to Lovecraft cinema and the director of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Los Angeles (www.hplfilmfestival.com), is serving as a consultant on the project.
Michael Lane
Editor, chews film for breakfast and was raised by wolves in the unforgiving shopping malls of Northern Ontario. His narrative collage film "Cent une tueries de zombies" (a.k.a. 101 Zombie Kills) has played to acclaim at arts events in Toronto and Melbourne, and his credits as an editor include the feature-length video documentaries for "Fifth Estate", "Cosmopolis", "The Social Network" and "Land of the Lost", as well as a segment in the upcoming "ABCs of Death 2" Mushrooms are his most disliked foodstuff.
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