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Naissance and Adventure Company Merger

Naissance and Adventure Company are merging.

Naissance, founded in 2009 by Nick and Lexie Trivundza, is a design, animation, and motion graphic studio that has worked with Advertising Agencies around the world for some of the biggest brands in the world such as Google, Adobe, Microsoft, Visa, Yahoo, IBM, Chevron, Harper Collins, HP, and Mattel, just to name a few. 

Adventure Company, founded in 2015, is the production company behind the award winning western, The West and the Ruthless that went on to have a global release by Sony, 4 Digital, and Many More films. The film won and was nominated for several awards for Cinematography and amazing performances by its cast. Adventure Company’s second film, Danger! Danger! premiered March 15th at the Pasadena International Film Festival where the directors picked up a Best Directors Nomination. Danger! Danger! was acquired for World Wide Distribution on April 23 2020.

The duo behind the companies are Nick and Lexie Trivundza. Their work has been been seen around the world in award-winning commercials, films, series, and documentaries. They’ve given talks about the filmmaking process in magazines, festival panels, and on television. 

For more information check out the company page:

Best Directors Nomination

THANK YOU Pasadena International Film Festival for the Best Director Nomination! We are SO excited just to be a part of an amazing festival. 

Huge thank you to the festival directors!

Danger! Danger! made its Wold Debut at PIFF this last weekend and it was wonderful to watch the film on the big screen and go on one last adventure (and escape) with everyone. The magic of movies!

 
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Danger! Danger! Premiere Photos

We are so grateful to everyone who was able to make it out to the Danger! Danger! Premiere. Especially now with all of the theaters in Los Angles closing down for the time being and film festivals being cancelled. We’ve been joking that Danger! Danger! may have been the last film to play before the dark times.

Here’s a look at the evening with some wonderful photos from the red carpet!

Danger! Danger! Premiere SOLD OUT
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We are SO excited to unveil our second feature film, DANGER! DANGER! this weekend. The film however is SOLD OUT. As a matter of fact the film has sold out TWICE today. We actually moved the screening to a larger theater only to sell out minutes later. We’re of course extremely bummed that we’re not able to get everyone in that wants to attend - but on the other hand it is pretty cool to sell out!

Danger! Danger! directed by Nick + Lexie Trivundza is their love letter to the Spielberg films of the 80s that made them want to be directors in the first place. The film stars Benedict Mazurek, Paul Haapaniemi, Angela Smeraldi, Alexandra Keller, with Matt Boone and Alexander Harris.

For more information on the film such as trailers, posters, and behind the scenes, check out the Official Site below! 

Danger! Danger! Tickets On Sale Now

With the World Premiere of Danger! Danger! just around the corner, we wanted to unveil the latest Poster!
So far we’ve been told it looks like “if Steven Spielberg directed Fight Club.” That sounds amazing.

Tickets are now sale for the World Premiere at the Pasadena International Film Festival.

And if you haven’t seen the first batch of Character Posters or Teaser Poster, check them out below!

DANGER! DANGER! World Premiere!
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We’re over the moon to announce that our feature film, Danger! Danger! will be making its World Premiere at the Pasadena International Film Festival this March! 

Danger! Danger! is the second feature film from directing duo Nick + Lexie and is their love letter to the Spielberg movies of the 1980s, films like Indiana Jones, The Goonies, and Back to the Future that made them want to be filmmakers in the first place!

Danger! Danger! stars Benedict Mazurek, Paul Haapaniemi, Angela Smeraldi, Alexandra Keller, with Alexander Harris, and Matt Boone. 

Tickets and announcements coming shortly. 

Until then, make sure to check out the official website here for Trailer, Clips, Posters, Behind the Scenes, and More! 

Space Mountain, Series Presentation Trailer

Space Mountain has been a massive inspiration since we were kids. It’s also one of the greatest rides of all time!
Working on this series presentation has been SO MUCH FUN!

Danger! Danger! Behind the Scenes - The Production Design

Production Design is so important to any film. On our first film, The West and the Ruthless, we wanted the film to have an authentic look - meaning real guns, real boots, real stagecoaches. For Danger! Danger! we wanted the look to feel a bit more 1980s action-adventure movie. Something that could have come from Mad Max or Aliens. We worked with Steel Gohst, who was already creating amazing weaponry like this to bring the guns to life.

For the skeletons and cadavers in Danger! Danger! we wanted a Temple of Doom feeling. Something so over the top, that they’re part of the adventure.

We worked with Dapper Cadaver, who had previously worked on Stranger Things and films like Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest and Jurassic World, on these effects.

Speaking of spacesuits, we also worked with the brilliant folks over at Global Effects, who had just wrapped Ad Astra and First Man. We were able to use these authentic NASA replicas and bring our own “One Eyed Willie” moment in the film to life and have it look amazing.

Danger! Danger! Behind the Scenes - The Sets & Locations

Locations and Sets are extremely important to us when we’re making a film. With both of our feature films, The West and the Ruthless and Danger! Danger! the locations are essentially one of the characters. In The West and the Ruthless, we wanted a world that felt dirty, and gritty, and lived in. We found the perfect location at Old Tucson Studios that also made the film feel huge.

Sets at Laurel Canyon Stages

For Danger! Danger! we wanted to harken back to the films of the 1980s that made us want to become filmmakers. The locations needed to have that adventurous and sci-fi spirit of the 80s, but also feel dangerous and epic. The stages at Laurel Canyon Studios made us feel like we were on the set of Aliens and Vasquez Rocks (the home of so many Star Trek films, the Planet of the Apes, and so many others!) were the perfect settings. 

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DANGER! DANGER! Final Clip!

Our fourth and final clip from Danger! Danger!

This is one of those moments as a filmmaker you live for. Something you wrote that just leaps off the script and into the real world - better than you had imagined! 

In this clip, Jonathan Danger meets Jungle Jim.

Danger! Danger! is the second feature film by Nick + Lexie Trivundza and stars Benedict Mazurek, Paul Haapaniemi, Angela Smeraldi, Alexandra Keller, Alexander Harris, and Matt Boone. 

For more on Danger! Danger! Make sure to check out the official site! 

DANGER! DANGER! Third Clip!

We have two clips left that we’ll be releasing for Danger! Danger! This clip is not only one of our favorite moments from the film, but also features some wonderful fight choreography by Ryan Larsen!

Danger! Danger! is the second feature film by Nick + Lexie Trivundza and stars Benedict Mazurek, Paul Haapaniemi, Angela Smeraldi, Alexandra Keller, Alexander Harris, and Matt Boone. 

For more on Danger! Danger! Make sure to check out the official site! 

DANGER! DANGER! Second Clip!

We’re so excited to release the Second Clip from Danger! Danger! This clip sees our adventurers in action up against our incredible “Stormtroopers!” (that’s what we kept calling them on set anyway!)

Danger! Danger! is the second feature film by Nick + Lexie Trivundza and stars Benedict Mazurek, Paul Haapaniemi, Angela Smeraldi, Alexandra Keller, Alexander Harris, and Matt Boone. 

For more on Danger! Danger! Make sure to check out the official site! 

DANGER! DANGER! First Clip!

Danger! Danger! has been SO MUCH FUN. Period. It’s the first time we’ve ever had the chance to work on a project and say things like “should we go more Indiana Jones with that???” “Should this feel more like Star Wars???”

That said, we’re over the moon to release the first of 4 clips from the film! 

This is the moment where our adventurers (and villains) first enter the secret temple. And who doesn’t love secret temples? As a filmmaker that grew up loving 80s adventure movies, this was a dream come true. 

Danger! Danger! is the second feature film by Nick + Lexie Trivundza and stars Benedict Mazurek, Paul Haapaniemi, Angela Smeraldi, Alexandra Keller, Alexander Harris, and Matt Boone. 

For more on Danger! Danger! make sure to check out the official site! 

DANGER! DANGER! 1980s Posters!

Here’s a second batch of posters! Danger! Danger! is a love letter to the films of the 1980s that inspired us to become filmmakers. We wanted a second series of posters to look like they were actually hanging on our walls as kids back in the 80s.

For more on Danger! Danger! Make sure to check out the official site! 

DANGER! DANGER! First Batch of Posters

We’re releasing the first batch of Posters for Danger! Danger! today! We’re so excited to show these off! As huge fans of character posters, we love releasing these for our films as well. 

For more on Danger! Danger! Make sure to check out the official site!