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Tales from Black Manor, Episode 1, Watch Now!
Tales from Black Manor, Episode 1, Watch Now!

Episode 1: “Legend Has It”

When “little” Ivy Black goes looking for Death, she finds him. She then learns the secret of how to trade one life for another. 

Welcome to Black Manor

Filmmaking Duo, Nick + Lexie, welcome you to Black Manor. A world where one of the 7 Books of Death has gone missing - and handed down through the generations of a family, each searching for and learning its secrets. 

After the 2020 Pandemic put plans for their third Feature Film on hold, the directors went to work crafting this new world. One full of dark legends. Their daughter Azalea even coming up with the titles. The 3 Episodes of Tales from Black Manor were created entirely using pre existing Footage and Stock to weave together the tales. 

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Tales From Black Manor, Episode 1 First Look
Tales From Black Manor, Episode 1 First Look

Here’s a sneak peak at the upcoming first episode of Tales from Black Manor, “Legend Has It,” which comes next week!

Tales from Black Manor is 3 Episode Series from directors Nick + Lexie. Episode 2 will be released in September with the final episode being released in October.

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Article on Raindance about the Making of Tales from Black Manor!
Article on Raindance about the Making of Tales from Black Manor!

Check out this New Article on the Raindance site about the making of Tales from Black Manor. We go into depth about how we came up with the idea during the strangeness that was 2020 and how we created the series.

We are really excited that we had the chance to write an article for Raindance, they’ve long been a hero of ours in the filmmaking world!

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New Series, Tales From Black Manor!
New Series, Tales From Black Manor!
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We are SO excited to announce our next project! A Brand New Series called TALES FROM BLACK MANOR. It’s a world we’ve been excited about for a while now and we’re so thrilled to finally start to share it!

After the 2020 Pandemic put our plans on hold for our third Feature Film, we went to work on this instead. It’s a new world full of dark legends. 

Tales from Black Manor allowed us to work with a few of our favorite collaborators again including James Brinkley who we previously worked with on our award winning shorts: The Umbrella Factory, Jack the Ripper, and Around the World in 80 Days.

We’re also thrilled to work with Paul Happanemi again! Paul brought the characters of Francisco Winchester and Jungle Jim to life in our feature films, The West and the Ruthless and Danger! Danger! 

We also had a chance to work with some incredibly talented new voice actors as well, including Donnla Hughes, Briony Rawle and Holly Standbrook. 

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FilmQuest Film Festival!
FilmQuest Film Festival!
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FilmQuest 2020/2021 kicks off today! The festival was originally supposed to take place in 2020 but was postponed because of you-know-what. 

We’d like to send out a congratulations to all of the other filmmakers whose films are Official Selections this year! Also, a big congrats to Jonathan Martin, the festival runner, for making it through these crazy times! 

For more information on FilmQuest, make sure to check out the Official Site:

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Fantaspoa Official Laurels and Deadline!
Fantaspoa Official Laurels and Deadline!
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We just received our Official Laurels for the upcoming Fantaspoa Film Festival! Our film, Danger! Danger! will be making its South American Debut at the Film Festival in Brazil. 

Danger! Danger! is the second feature film from Nick + Lexie and is a love letter to the Spielberg movies of the 1980s like Indiana Jones, The Goonies, and Back to the Future, the very films that made them want to be filmmakers 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 Fantaspoa Film Festival, and all of the great films playing there, check out this article on Deadline. 

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DANGER! DANGER! South American Premiere!
DANGER! DANGER! South American Premiere!

Danger! Danger! is making its South American Premiere. The film will screen at Fantaspoa, Latin America’s Biggest Genre Film Festival!

The Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival was voted one of the top 50 Best Genre Film Festivals in the world by MovieMaker Magazine! 

The festival will be held in Brazil on April 9. 

More information including schedule coming soon! Make sure to check out the Festival’s Official Website here:

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DANGER! DANGER! Award Nominations!
DANGER! DANGER! Award Nominations!

We’re SO excited to announce that Danger! Danger! received 7 Award Nominations yesterday at FilmQuest! 

The film received the Best Ensemble Cast Nomination, Best Filmmaker Nomination, Best Lead Actor for Benedict Mazurek, Best Supporting Actress for Alexandra Keller, Best Sound, Best Score, and Best Visual Effects!!

And Lexie Trivundza received the Minerva Award Nomination for Best Female Filmmaker!!

We’re over the moon!

Super excited for the Award Ceremony and Festival this May!

If you’d like to check out more on Danger! Danger! including Trailers, Posters, Clips, and Behind the Scenes - make sure to check out the official site: 

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Brand New Article in Voyage LA!
Brand New Article in Voyage LA!

Brand new article out this week with Voyage LA!

We chat about Danger! Danger! The West and the Ruthless, as well as our love for filmmaking, our inspiration and what made us want to be filmmakers in the first place. We also discuss our favorite things about Los Angeles and the LA area. 

Here's the link:
http://voyagela.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-nick-lexie-trivundza-greater-los-angeles/

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ULTRA
ULTRA

Check out this Series Presentation pitch we worked on for a project called ULTRA! 

It came out pretty cool for a globe-hopping espionage thriller taking place in 3 different time periods. 

STILLS

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#ADVENTURE
#ADVENTURE

Along with the 25 Commercials Spots we worked on this fall (and top secret projects we’re not allowed to share just yet) we also cut this super fun car spot concept. We’ve always wanted to direct one of those fast paced car commercials. Here’s our take on it! 

Stills

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Location Scouting: Grand Canyon
Location Scouting: Grand Canyon

Our final Location Scouting trip of the year was to the Grand Canyon. No wonder people have been calling this one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It’s really that awe inspiring. Absolutely stunning. 

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Location Scouting: Red Rock
Location Scouting: Red Rock

Our second location scouting adventure was at Red Rock! It’s always exciting to start envisioning where the story can be told! And when that involves caves and amazing landscapes, we’re even more excited!

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Location Scouting: Imperial Dunes
Location Scouting: Imperial Dunes

Over the summer we had the amazing opportunity to pitch a PILOT for a series. It was a really exciting project to work on. During the course of the project we also did some location scouting and of course, it takes place in the desert just like our last two feature films!

Check out these shots of the Imperial Dunes! This is also the location of Tatooine in Return of the Jedi. 

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