Replies to post #90500 on Mike The Pike Productions Inc (MIKP)

[wEaReLeGiOn]

http://www.in.gov/igc/files/ORDER_2010-6_-_REGARDING_DISCIPLINARY_ACTION_AGAINST_FIGHT_NIGHT_MMA_LLC_AFFILIATED_PERSONS.pdf

And this one?

Mark in response to that article.

[TenKay]

Great...now will he give a detailed update on the 211? What is FINRA asking him for?

...since he seems to be responding to posts on here.

Btw...when exactly was the 211 submitted again?

[N4longterm]

Does he really want to drag DK into this?

It looks like one of two realities exist.

1) DK saw through the BS and didn't give him anything.

OR

2) DK gave gave him money over a decade ago to finance a movie that still hasn't been started. Which means DK has more reason to be upset with him than we do. Maybe this is one reason why DK doesn't seem to be as much of a multimillionaire as he used to be.

[wEaReLeGiOn]

Movie filming in Rome City to start soon

Lots of BS name dropping once again. Everyone remember when Newbauer was bragging about Burt Reynolds? Lots of "said Newbauer" and lots and lots of allusions of grandeur.

Anyone sensing a pattern here?


http://www.kpcnews.com/article_44113fbf-5acc-5547-b6a5-f250e4361a71.html#user-comment-area



Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 12:00 am | Updated: 9:22 pm, Sun Nov 25, 2012.

BY BOB BRALEY | 0 comments

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ROME CITY

The filming of a movie in Rome City starting later this spring won't be like shooting fish in a barrel, it will be shooting "Fish in a Barrel."

The movie is the debut production of a new film company, Mike the Pike Films, owned by four people from Indiana

Mark Newbauer; his sister, Beth Newbauer; John Rezig; and Phillip Harkenrider.

The reason for choosing Rome City for the location is simple: Rezig spent time on Gem Island on Sylvan Lake growing up. He is related to the O'Rourke family, which owns the island, and thought it would make an ideal setting for the film.

"Our movie's protagonist lives on the island," Rezig said.

Mark Newbauer describes the central character as a loner. Because of that, the house on Gem Island, all by itself in the middle of the lake, works well to establish character visually.

Rezig fell in love with the island as a child, writing short stories about it. "It was a great retreat," he said, adding that it is a dream come true to grow up and film a movie he wrote in a place that's so beautiful.

The town will go by its own name in the movie. "It will, in fact, be filmed in Rome City and be known as Rome City," Newbauer said.

Rezig said he hopes using the town's real name can help bring tourism to it.

That's in keeping with the studio's plans, Newbauer said. "Our slogan is 'Bringing Hollywood home.'" To do that, the film company must celebrate home and work to harvest benefits for home, not just use it, he explained.

Mike the Pike recently struck a deal with Kruse Enterprises to build a studio and movie complex on the lot of Dean Kruse's new project that includes the World War II Museum, just outside Auburn.

The goal is to have a functioning independent motion picture facility outside California

what would currently be the only such facility in the other 49 states

in three to five years, Newbauer said.

More immediately, the studio will sponsor an independent film festival to show at the Auburn facility during the annual Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Festival, Rezig said.

Each year there are people from Hollywood who come to the ACD Festival.

To assist in showing films, the Embassy Theatre, Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne Cinema Center and, for outdoor shows, Audio-Visual Integrations will be used, Rezig said.

But the studio nearly moved to the southern United States because of money.

In its first nine months of operation, Mike the Pike found a lot of people willing to give verbal support, but not as much monetary support, Rezig said. "It was hard to find people willing to put their money where their mouth is."

The company had raised the majority of its budget when it was offered the seed money on the condition that it move to New Mexico or Texas. Those were areas the prospective backer was familiar with, while Indiana wasn't, Rezig said.

The move was tempting because both states offered a 20 percent tax break for movie operations there, Rezig said. On "Fish in a Barrel," that would amount to $600,000.

But Mike the Pike wanted to stay in Indiana. "We held our ground," Rezig said. The company turned down the money to find funding in the area.

That was when Dean Kruse and Craig Adolph of Kruse Enterprises said to them, "Your home is here," Rezig said. The two guaranteed funds for the operation and encouraged them to set up shop at the Kruse complex.

"People always ask us, 'Why here?'" Rezig said. "Vegas was built in the desert. Disneyland was built in a swamp. Why not here?"

Rezig said the area needs to diversify its business base, and the studio will be one way to do so.

As it progresses, it will use more and more local cast and crew, Newbauer said. "There is no geography to talent."

"Indiana's greatest export is our children, and that has got to stop," Rezig said.

That's why the studio will work to develop filmmakers within the area, Newbauer said. "Education will be a primary focus."

For "Fish in a Barrel," the company will use about half of its talent

crew and cast together

from Los Angeles, and the other half from local communities. A lot of the locals will be on the crew and extras for the film. "It'll be a great learning experience," Newbauer said.

Primary casting for the film is done, Newbauer said.

Andy Dick seems solid, and talks are under way to get Christopher Walken to help sell the movie overseas. Had Walken won the Oscar he was nominated for recently, his price would have gone up, and he would have been out of Mike the Pike's range. He has shown interest, Newbauer said.

Casting will be easier now that the funding for the film is in place, Newbauer said.

Actor Woody Harrelson is on board as a consultant on the film, Rezig said. "He's a good friend and a great supporter."

There's another way for people to get involved in "Fish in a Barrel," Rezig said. "We are looking for places to house our cast and crew."

Newbauer added that they are hoping people will be willing to rent their cottages for the cast and crew. Negotiations are under way about the possibility of housing some at Sylvan Springs.

Filming will begin in late May and run through mid-June. With post-production, it is planned that at least a rough cut of the movie will be ready in time for the film festival.

The June date to finish filming means that Rome City may get an extra holiday celebration, since the film's climax is set in the annual Sylvan Lake July 4th fireworks display. "It looks like Sylvan Lake's going to get two Fourth of July celebrations this year," Rezig said.

Mike the Pike's next two projects are already scheduled. Up next will be a documentary miniseries called "50 States, 50 Stories, One War," in which survivors of World War II will be interviewed at the World War II museum, Rezig said.

The studio's next feature film project will be an adaptation of "Kalamazoo Dreams," John R. Korus' book about coming of age and college life in the late 1960s and early 1970s.ROME CITY

The filming of a movie in Rome City starting later this spring won't be like shooting fish in a barrel, it will be shooting "Fish in a Barrel."

The movie is the debut production of a new film company, Mike the Pike Films, owned by four people from Indiana

Mark Newbauer; his sister, Beth Newbauer; John Rezig; and Phillip Harkenrider.

The reason for choosing Rome City for the location is simple: Rezig spent time on Gem Island on Sylvan Lake growing up. He is related to the O'Rourke family, which owns the island, and thought it would make an ideal setting for the film.

"Our movie's protagonist lives on the island," Rezig said.

Mark Newbauer describes the central character as a loner. Because of that, the house on Gem Island, all by itself in the middle of the lake, works well to establish character visually.

Rezig fell in love with the island as a child, writing short stories about it. "It was a great retreat," he said, adding that it is a dream come true to grow up and film a movie he wrote in a place that's so beautiful.

The town will go by its own name in the movie. "It will, in fact, be filmed in Rome City and be known as Rome City," Newbauer said.

Rezig said he hopes using the town's real name can help bring tourism to it.

That's in keeping with the studio's plans, Newbauer said. "Our slogan is 'Bringing Hollywood home.'" To do that, the film company must celebrate home and work to harvest benefits for home, not just use it, he explained.

Mike the Pike recently struck a deal with Kruse Enterprises to build a studio and movie complex on the lot of Dean Kruse's new project that includes the World War II Museum, just outside Auburn.

The goal is to have a functioning independent motion picture facility outside California

what would currently be the only such facility in the other 49 states

in three to five years, Newbauer said.

More immediately, the studio will sponsor an independent film festival to show at the Auburn facility during the annual Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Festival, Rezig said.

Each year there are people from Hollywood who come to the ACD Festival.

To assist in showing films, the Embassy Theatre, Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne Cinema Center and, for outdoor shows, Audio-Visual Integrations will be used, Rezig said.

But the studio nearly moved to the southern United States because of money.

In its first nine months of operation, Mike the Pike found a lot of people willing to give verbal support, but not as much monetary support, Rezig said. "It was hard to find people willing to put their money where their mouth is."

The company had raised the majority of its budget when it was offered the seed money on the condition that it move to New Mexico or Texas. Those were areas the prospective backer was familiar with, while Indiana wasn't, Rezig said.

The move was tempting because both states offered a 20 percent tax break for movie operations there, Rezig said. On "Fish in a Barrel," that would amount to $600,000.

But Mike the Pike wanted to stay in Indiana. "We held our ground," Rezig said. The company turned down the money to find funding in the area.

That was when Dean Kruse and Craig Adolph of Kruse Enterprises said to them, "Your home is here," Rezig said. The two guaranteed funds for the operation and encouraged them to set up shop at the Kruse complex.

"People always ask us, 'Why here?'" Rezig said. "Vegas was built in the desert. Disneyland was built in a swamp. Why not here?"

Rezig said the area needs to diversify its business base, and the studio will be one way to do so.

As it progresses, it will use more and more local cast and crew, Newbauer said. "There is no geography to talent."

"Indiana's greatest export is our children, and that has got to stop," Rezig said.

That's why the studio will work to develop filmmakers within the area, Newbauer said. "Education will be a primary focus."

For "Fish in a Barrel," the company will use about half of its talent

crew and cast together

from Los Angeles, and the other half from local communities. A lot of the locals will be on the crew and extras for the film. "It'll be a great learning experience," Newbauer said.

Primary casting for the film is done, Newbauer said.

Andy Dick seems solid, and talks are under way to get Christopher Walken to help sell the movie overseas. Had Walken won the Oscar he was nominated for recently, his price would have gone up, and he would have been out of Mike the Pike's range. He has shown interest, Newbauer said.

Casting will be easier now that the funding for the film is in place, Newbauer said.

Actor Woody Harrelson is on board as a consultant on the film, Rezig said. "He's a good friend and a great supporter."

There's another way for people to get involved in "Fish in a Barrel," Rezig said. "We are looking for places to house our cast and crew."

Newbauer added that they are hoping people will be willing to rent their cottages for the cast and crew. Negotiations are under way about the possibility of housing some at Sylvan Springs.

Filming will begin in late May and run through mid-June. With post-production, it is planned that at least a rough cut of the movie will be ready in time for the film festival.

The June date to finish filming means that Rome City may get an extra holiday celebration, since the film's climax is set in the annual Sylvan Lake July 4th fireworks display. "It looks like Sylvan Lake's going to get two Fourth of July celebrations this year," Rezig said.

Mike the Pike's next two projects are already scheduled. Up next will be a documentary miniseries called "50 States, 50 Stories, One War," in which survivors of World War II will be interviewed at the World War II museum, Rezig said.

The studio's next feature film project will be an adaptation of "Kalamazoo Dreams," John R. Korus' book about coming of age and college life in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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