The
week before Halloween will see the commencement of principal photography on
Edward Payson’s next project: Our Friend John – The Documentary.
Our
Friend Jon, a collaboration between Payson’s prolific production company,
An AntiHero Production, and Maria Olsen’s MOnsterworks66, will document
the story of how three friends will produce and shoot the short
film, Rose Thorn, written by Jonathan Hernandez. What makes this story
special is that Jon passed away from complications due to Sickle Cell Anemia
while writing the script, and what makes it particularly poignant is that Jon’s
three friends, Nick Saporito, Brandon Joyal and Garrett Payson, all lead
extremely challenging lives...
What
will make this film appeal to horror fans worldwide is thatRose Thorn is a horror
film...it was Jon’s wish to become a horror filmmaker, and, by shooting
his film and documenting the process, his family and
friends will both celebrate his life and make his last wish come true.
In
Edward’s own words:
“This
is a project that really means a lot to my family and I. In August of 2013
our friend, Jonathan Hernandez passed away to complications from Sickle Cell
Anemia. Before he passed away he was writing a script for a short film
titled Rose Thorn. Upon his passing, his friends (all with disabilities of
their own) decided to make his film and keep his memory alive forever. This is
a documentary about three young men keeping their friend's dream alive.
We
will be following Garrett Payson, Nick Saporito and Brandon Joyal over the
course of one summer as they conceptualize and complete their fallen friend’s
movie. The film will be an underdog story about these three boys making their
friends film and in the process raise awareness for Sickle Cell Anemia.”
Neither
Payson nor Olsen are strangers to the horror genre, and, so far, their
companies’ joint productions have included Edward Payson’s Sunday Night
Slaughters,
an anthology horror feature. Shooting recently wrapped on SNS Episode 3, Fatally
Yours,
and they’re presently in pre-production for Episode 4, Cream Filling. Payson also
produced, wrote and directed the notoriousCohasset Snuff Film as well as the
chilling Morbid: A Love Story. MO66’s horror co-productions have included
Brandon Scullion’s Live-In Fear, which premiered at the Los Angeles United Film
Festival earlier this month, Christopher Dye’sSomething Sinister, presently in
post-production, and Shawn Chou’s Reunion, which should premiere
later this year.
Olsen
has also been pinned to appear in Rose Thorn as Rose, a vicious
serial killer who chooses to share the gory details of her kills with a
most unexpected audience... Olsen is well known in indie horror circles,
and is currently appearing in film festival favorites Starry Eyes,
Another and African
Gothic.
She has also been cast in Thomas Della Bella’s The Remains alongside True
Blood’s Todd
Lowe and Joston Theney’s Axeman at Cutter’s Creek follow-up, Axeman
2: Overkill.
She has recently wrappedHansel v Gretel, Lou Simon’s Agoraphobia (starring
Cassandra Scerbo and Tony Todd), Jim Towns’s State of Desolation, Frolic Pictures’ Club
Lingerie and Gore
Orphanage,
helmed by Emily Lapisardi and Cody Knotts of Breeding
Farm fame.
More
information about Our Friend Jon – The Documentary can be
found here:
Trailer: http://youtu.be/csUTzjU8DR8
Facebook
page: https://www.facebook.com/ourfriendjondocumentary
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