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That's the premise of Land Lord, a fresh take on vampires that draws on my experiences growing up poor in apartment complexes like the one in the movie. Growing up in poverty is all about survival, so it's natural that I would grow up loving a genre that's all about life \u0026amp; death scenarios. Horror movies are all about survival and I've long been a fan of its capability to reflect larger truths about our own world (Night of the Living Dead, Get Out). Land Lord bridges those personal experiences and my ongoing work as a filmmaker trying to provide a platform for underrepresented voices. For more on the story, style and tone, click here to download the full pitch deck.Previous FilmsReviews\"A very clever, tightly-executed present-day cinematic twist on the classic vampire yarn, with some interesting socio-political subtext.\" - Slamdance Screenplay Competition, Land Lord\"This is a powerful, horrifying short film that utterly captured my attention over the eight or so minutes that it runs. It’s quiet, beautiful and haunting, all at once.\" - io9.com, The Woods\"The observational approach affords a depth of perspective that travels beyond the iconic imagery of thoroughbred horses and jocular patrons.\" - The Atlantic, The Derby\"It's a simple and effective cinematic journey that emphasizes a salient point about class without ever belaboring it.\" - Short of the Week, The DerbyThe PlanAudience for Scares \u0026amp; DiversityHorror is the most profitable film genre and the subgenre of scary movies with social commentary angles, \"social thrillers\", have proven equally profitable.Films with more diversity yield better returns and yet are still undervalued by Hollywood to the tune of $10 billion dollars.Even in the wake of the pandemic, horror movies are doing great at the box office. 2022 horror movies Barbarian, Smile \u0026amp; X earned 10x, 12x \u0026amp; 15x their budgets back respectively from theatrical ticket sales alone.TimelineProduction of Land Lord will take place in the summer of 2023. With our crew diversity goal, we are assembling a team of filmmakers that reflect the demographics of our city, which will also include my former film production students.Using our community ties, we can make our production budget go further than outside production companies. Much of the crew has already worked on movies shot here in Louisville, KY you may have seen - Nicolas Cage in Mom \u0026amp; Dad and Jesse Eisenberg in The Art of Self-Defense.Post-Production will follow in late summer of 2023 to finish sound and color. Work on the score with composer Joe Stockton is already in the works.Release of the film will be in 2024. We will target a world premiere at a high profile genre film festival like SXSW, Sitges, or Fantastic Fest.Distribution opportunities are plentiful in the genre market for social thrillers like ours: theatrical (A24, IFC Midnight, Blumhouse), subscription streamers (Shudder, Screambox), and ad supported streamers (Tubi, Freevee, Pluto TV) affirm there are both distribution channels and an audience for our film.Return on investment timeline is expected to be within 3-5 years, then splitting ongoing net proceeds 50/50 between filmmakers and investors for the rest of their lives. 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Here's the announcement in Variety, feel free to share away! https://variety.com/2024/film/global/phil-tippett-anouk-whissell-capra-film-1235976285/I just declared picture lock on the film, so now we start the process of finishing sound design, music and color. We're on track to finish the film this summer.It's going to be an exciting season.Thanks!Remington","published_at":"2024-04-19T18:55:37Z","author_name":"Remington Smith","url":"/feed/172670","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/feed/172670"}],"q_and_a":[{"id":299789,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:299789","question":"Just looking to get an update on where everything stands? Any distribution set up or anything? Timelines?","author_name":"Joseph P Crotty","votes":0,"created_at":"2025-01-09T16:16:36Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/landlordprivate#question-299789","answers":[{"id":299805,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:299805","answer":"Hey Joseph, we're in the quiet period of submitting to film fests and waiting to hear back on where we premiere. After the Cannes Film Market, we had a lot of folks interested, they just need to know where we premiere to consider taking us on for sales and/or distribution. My forecast is a premiere sometime either summer or early fall of 2025. Once there's some news to share, I'll be sure to put out another update. Thanks for your patience!","author_name":"Remington Smith","votes":0,"created_at":"2025-01-09T20:58:48Z"}]},{"id":278032,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:278032","question":"what is the news November 2023, since?","author_name":"Kinamichelle Edwards","votes":0,"created_at":"2024-03-05T21:08:44Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/landlordprivate#question-278032","answers":[{"id":278147,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:278147","answer":"Hey Kinamichelle, and anyone else who may have this question. I've basically had my head down trying to get picture lock (where you get the picture edit of the film to such a good place you're not going to tweak it anymore) on the movie since November. I turned in the Assembly Cut 2.0 to our post-production folks at the end of November to do a basic sound pass, so by January 2024 I had a cut with sound to really feel out, workshop and revise picture again. We did a work-in-progress screening with some trusted collaborators and a few fresh eyes ia few weeks ago, and based on that feedback I'm making the final picture edits before we finish sound, music and color. Audience response was good, no crazy red flags. So there's a lot of work being done, just not at the big announcement milestone of \"DONE!\" to share just yet. At some point this spring you will get that notification - in the meantime we're just polishing away to make it as good as can be before releasing. Thanks! Remington","author_name":"Remington Smith","votes":0,"created_at":"2024-03-07T00:23:11Z"}]},{"id":241037,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:241037","question":"If I invest $1000 and receive the Associate Producer Credit, will that show on IMDB?","author_name":"Nicolas Spurlock","votes":0,"created_at":"2023-03-30T00:54:51Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/landlordprivate#question-241037","answers":[{"id":241092,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:241092","answer":"Yes, once the film is completed all the credits will be on there.","author_name":"Remington Smith","votes":0,"created_at":"2023-03-30T14:31:40Z"}]}],"faq":[{"question":"If I invest $1000 and receive the Associate Producer Credit, will that show on IMDB?","answer":"Yes, once the film is completed all the credits will be on there."},{"question":"what is the news November 2023, since?","answer":"Hey Kinamichelle, and anyone else who may have this question. I've basically had my head down trying to get picture lock (where you get the picture edit of the film to such a good place you're not going to tweak it anymore) on the movie since November. I turned in the Assembly Cut 2.0 to our post-production folks at the end of November to do a basic sound pass, so by January 2024 I had a cut with sound to really feel out, workshop and revise picture again. We did a work-in-progress screening ..."},{"question":"Just looking to get an update on where everything stands? Any distribution set up or anything? Timelines?","answer":"Hey Joseph, we're in the quiet period of submitting to film fests and waiting to hear back on where we premiere. After the Cannes Film Market, we had a lot of folks interested, they just need to know where we premiere to consider taking us on for sales and/or distribution. My forecast is a premiere sometime either summer or early fall of 2025. Once there's some news to share, I'll be sure to put out another update. Thanks for your patience!"}]}}}