EXCLUSIVE: Latest film projects and timeline for FourTwoFive Films

Independent film production company, FourTwoFive Films (IMDB: FourTwoFive Films), owned and operated by the multi-talented duo Bruce Reisman and Kris Black have been busy working on multiple film projects.  Here’s an exclusive update on all of their film projects planned for 2010 and 2011.

Their film slate currently includes “The House That Jack Built,” “The Untitled Kris Black Project,” “Boarding School 3-D,” “Five Good Years,” “4:20,” and “Danny Boy.”  Indie film enthusiasts like myself are certain to find a film or two or three that suits their preference as this power duo of Reisman and Black have written films ranging from horror to comedy.

Take a look!

The House That Jack Built

A psychological thriller where “Saw” meets “Entourage.”

IMDB: The House That Jack Built

FourTwoFive Films first completed film project was “The House The Jack Built.”  The premiere was held at ArcLight Theater in Los Angeles on July 7, 2009 and received great reviews (see “Interview with writer, painter, actor Kris Black: Part 1 of 2“).  Kris Black also held a screening of the film in his hometown of Viroqua, Wisconsin back on October 9, 2009 (see “FourTwoFive Films: Kris Black, local boy goes Hollywood“).  The cast includes: Gail O’Grady (“Boston Legal”), Shar Jackson (“Celebrity Fit Club- Season 7″), Joe Mategna (“Criminal Minds”), Hal Sparks (“Queer as Folk”), and more. Good news! They have recently finalized a distribution agreement for their first venture.  More details to come regarding release dates and how to obtain a copy.

The Untitled Kris Black Project

A “Killer Komedy” that scrambles fact and fiction and takes on Hollywood like never before.

IMDB:  The Untitled Kris Black Project

Production and writing partners, Bruce Reisman and Kris Black, recently completed their 2nd production, “The Untitled Kris Black Project” (UKBP), an irreverent “mockumentary” about the foibles of independent movie-making. Using the “movie-within-a-movie” concept, Kris Black’s hot-button original screenplay, takes on styles of both Woody Allen (“Zelig”) and Larry David (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”).

Directed by Hank Braxtan under the guidance of producer, Reisman, “UKBP” stars Shar Jackson (who also makes her debut as co-executive producer with her Malkore Productions banner); along with ex-child-star, Jeremy Jackson, all grown up from “Baywatch.”

Also in the cast is Justin Shilton, best-known as the guy who dumped Steve Carrell in “Little Miss Sunshine” and more recently seen as a recurring co-star of the new “Melrose Place.”

Jeremy Jackson adds to the mix for “UKBP,” bringing his own brand of experience and celebrity to a project that pokes fun at reality stars, delves deeper into their real talents, and creates a terrifying depiction of Hollywood indie horror films. In this movie, the audience will not be quite sure where reality stops and movie-magic begins.

It is already being touted for the independent film festival circuit, with insiders buzzing about the movie’s originality and superb production values; along with some surprising performances from the celebrated cast.

Boarding School 3-D

Not everyone is going home for the holidays in “Boarding School 3-D.”

IMDB: Boarding School 3-D

FourTwoFive Films plans next to expand their thriller base, but to do it in 3-D, with “Boarding School 3-D.” Written by Bruce Reisman and Kris Black, Reisman will direct this terrifying new take on the old “phantom of the opera” concept, whereas a “scarred” ex-high school football hero/coach (David Chokachi) returns to take revenge on the “student” (Kris Black) who destroyed his life.

“Think ‘Breakfast Club’ meets ‘SAW’”, says director-writer Reisman, “and you’ve got the idea.”

Five Good Years

Kris Black takes on the fight of his life with “Five Good Years.”

IMDB: Five Good Years

The big news from FourTwoFive Films is that production is proceeding on their “most auspicious script,” “Five Good Years.” In development for over a year, with rumored stars like Kathy Bates (“Misery”), Taryn Manning (“Hustle and Flow”), Shoshanna Stern (“Weeds”), Peter O’Toole (“The Tudors”), and Samuel L. Jackson (“Lakeview Terrace”) to flank Kris Black, “Five Good Years” is the rags-to-riches story of one young man’s obsession to save his mother’s life; and by doing so, must enter the boxing ring.

From coal miner to contender, Alex Winston must “fight against time,” and with the help of his hard-bitten fight promoter, his burnt-out Irish-poet trainer, his best friend and fellow miner, and the young CNN reporter (Taryn Manning) who falls in love with him… just maybe he can win.

“Five Good Years” is the most ambitious of the movies in the production slate, but its deeply moving screenplay is already gaining buzz as an Oscar-contender.

4:20

“4:20″ ponders what if you only had 3 hours left…to get high?

IMDB: 4:20

FourTwoFive Films’ plans are varied, as their films go from one extreme to the other. Following the intensity and raw emotions of “Five Good Years,” they will be moving forward with Kris Black’s directorial debut, the wild and raunchy “4:20,” which Black wrote with Reisman.

Says Black, “It’s ‘The Hangover’ meets ‘Pineapple Express’ and ‘Superbad’,” where two “stoners” have just one day to gather up all the legal marijuana they can before the California State Law is reversed.

This one will shoot in late summer 2010 in Los Angeles. No talent are attached as yet.

(Above) Actor/Writer Kris Black is “playing around” with “4:20″ props for the media last summer in Los Angeles, and sharing the fun with fellow actor, Kevin Molloy (“The House That Jack Built” and “Boarding School 3-D”).

Danny Boy

Life and death and love in “Danny Boy.”

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As FourTwoFive Films grows as an independent production company, as do their ambitions. For 2011, Reisman and Black are already writing and planning on producing “Danny Boy,” their original screenplay concerning the “relationship” between an incarcerated Episcopal priest and a death row inmate.

Golden Globe Award winner, Colin Farrell, is targeted for the title role of a social outcast, doomed to a life of prison, and finally, ending up on death row. By way of his friendship with Father Mick Callum, who himself is in jail, there’s a chance for clemency.

Told in flashback style, through the memories of a child, “Danny Boy” takes on the subjects of capital punishment, the right to die with dignity; and for two men, when under the most desperate of circumstances, are encouraged to experience love in the most unlikely of places.

“Danny Boy” is both raw, violent, scary, and finally an emotionally moving story of two very different men, who, to survive, chose their friendship over their wives, their children, and a disparaging world.

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