The West and the Ruthless Heads to Berlin!

Tall Tree Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales and distribution rights to the Western Action / Drama, The West and the Ruthless. It will launch international sales in Berlin at the European Film Market taking place during the Berlin International Film Festival!

The West and the Ruthless, Official Logline:

In the dusty streets of Crow's Landing, outlaws, wealthy plantation owners, runaway slaves, a half Cherokee girl, a pair of brothel owners and a woman days away from giving birth all end up in a bloody shoot out and running for their lives.

The film was directed by Nick + Lexie Trivundza and produced in association with Old Tucson Studios (Tombstone, The Quick and the Dead, 3:10 to Yuma, The Magnificent 7).

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The West and the Ruthless Acquired for World Wide Distribution!

The West and the Ruthless has just been acquired for World Wide Distribution with Tall Tree Entertainment and will be added to their 2017 Slate of Films along with their producing partner GSP Studios! 

The West and the Ruthless, directed by Nick + Lexie Trivundza, was filmed on location this last summer in association with Old Tucson Studios (Tombstone, The Quick and the Dead, 3:10 to Yuma, The Magnificent Seven). The film stars in alphabetical order: Danny Brown, Dan Fowlks, Rebecca Gomberg, Paul Haapeniemi, Alexander Harris, Benedict Mazurek, Will Roberts, and Zoe Sloane with Matt Boone and Katelyn Ann Clark. 

GSP’s current slate includes That Good Night with two-time Oscar nominated John Hurt and Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), Mad to be Normal starring David Tennant (Dr. Who, Broadchurch), and Diamond Geezers with Brian Cox and Tom Courtenay. Tall Tree Entertainment is currently releasing If I Were You with Oscar Winning Marcia Gay Harden (Pollock, Mystic River) with Joseph Kell, and Aiden Quinn, as well as the upcoming TV Series Harrigan. 

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Adventure Company

We had the opportunity to work with lettering genius Tobias Saul on our motion logo for Adventure Company, which can be seen at the opening of The West and the Ruthless.

His work was once again nothing short of stellar. 

We wanted to show off a behind the scenes of all of his design work right here.

We’ve also launched a very Hollywood website as well (meaning it’s just a logo on black). 

www.adventure.company

For all of the Titles, Posters, and Artwork of The West and the Ruthless, check out the article below for the full collection:

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The West and the Ruthless, Opening Titles

If you’ve seen some of the opening titles we’ve designed over the years for other films, you’ll know we love blood. Love it. For design purposes only of course, otherwise we’d be like weird or something. Well, the titles to The West and the Ruthless kick off with blood and head straight for the stage coach. This clip features Danny Brown, Dan Folks, Rebecca Gomberg, Paul Haapaniemi, and Alexander Harris.

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Making a Feature in 10 Days and Breaking All the Rules

We made our feature film, The West and the Ruthless,  in 10 days. I know there’s a lot of great articles on how to do this BUT we decided to go ahead and make a feature film in 10 days AND break all of the rules. 

What are those rules? Well, I’m glad you asked. You can read the entire article right here. It features highlights such as being arrested for guns when we were 16 and more!

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The West and the Ruthless, Full Trailer and Reviews!
The West and the Ruthless, Full Trailer and Reviews!

Our Full Trailer for the West and the Ruthless is here! This is unlike any western you’ve seen before! Here’s what the critics are saying: 

“An Instant Indie Western Classic!” 
 Reelhouse

“Exhilarating!” 
 Reelhouse

“Excellent with Wry, Black Humor!” 
 The Film Buzz

“Like A Tarantino with Morals!”
 The Black List

“It’s Not Called the West and the Nice People!”
 The Modesto Bee

“One of Ten New Directors Picked by Robert Rodriguez”
 El Rey Network

“Dynamic, Stylish, Refreshing, Darkly Comedic.”
 The Black List

And if you missed the Teaser Trailer, you can check that out right here!

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The West and the Ruthless, End Titles

With Post-Production now a wrap on our Feature Film, The West and the Ruthless, there’s one last thing to show off, the End Titles, because when a movie is over you see the … wait for it … end titles! These are the Main on End Titles that we showed style frames for earlier. 

Check ‘em out! They’re beautiful! They’re bloody!

AND they bring in the wonderful style of the Posters all together with the film!

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The West and the Ruthless, Last Batch of Stills!

Our last batch of stills from our upcoming Feature Film, The West and the Ruthless, are here! It’s been really fun picking out some of our favorite shots from the film and it's been so exciting for the raves the cinematography has been getting (which we wouldn't have been able to pull off without our INCREDIBLE crew!) 

You can check them out right here, or over on our Instagram!

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Another Cool Interview, an Emmy, and John Carpenter!

What an awesome week! 

We just did another cool interview about our upcoming episode on Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network! (Which is playing this weekend!) with host John Carpenter! The Episode showcases brand new work from directors such as ourselves, Eli Roth, and a ton of other awesome directors! 

For more information check that out right here:

https://www.facebook.com/ElReyNetwork/videos/900548473382916/

We chat about our short film Jack The Ripper as well as our upcoming Feature, The West and the Ruthless! Here’s a quick snippet:

"There are a few shout-outs to St. Louis in it," Nick Trivundza said. "One of the cowboys in the story is from Missouri, and the lead female character is named Mary Laclede." After Laclede’s Landing. 

Check that out right here:

http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/columns/joe-holleman/former-stl-man-will-have-horror-short-broadcast-on-cable/article_cc3ec7fe-ceb6-5cba-b178-30b75335ea39.html

And to top it off, we just found out that The Dead Unknown, which we worked on with director Michael Schiller, took home an Emmy! Here’s a wonderful article on the documentary:

https://www.revealnews.org/article/digging-up-a-45-year-mystery-on-a-kentucky-hillside/

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Interview Makes the Front Page!

Pretty awesome that the interview with Deke Farrow made the front page this last weekend! It was a wonderful surprise and we’re really excited! 

The article discusses our short films, Jack the Ripper and The Umbrella Factory, as well as our upcoming Feature, The West and The Ruthless. It also has some great quotes from Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network and President! 

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Awesome Interview Online Now!

Check out this fantastic article on our short films and upcoming Feature Film, The West and the Ruthless! It's with Deke Farrow, a super awesome journalist with Northern California newspaper, The Modesto Bee! 

It talks about our upcoming episode on Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network with Host John Carpenter, our short films, Jack the Ripper, some behind the scenes on The Umbrella Factory, as well as The West and the Ruthless!

It also includes some wonderfully nice things from the El Rey President himself! 

THE SHORT'S MOST IMPRESSIVE QUALITY WAS THE DIRECTION IT TOOK WITH THE ICONIC TITLE CHARACTER – STACKING STORY AGAINST AN UNUSUAL LAYERING OF TIME PERIODS AND STYLE. ... WE PORED OVER COUNTLESS SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SELECT THESE 10 SHORTS FOR OUR FIRST SHOWCASE, AND ‘JACK THE RIPPER’ WAS A UNANIMOUS RAISED-HAND FOR INCLUSION.

Daniel Tibbets, El Rey Network president and general manager, also had this to say about our upcoming episode and short film:

“We also gave the short extra kudos for its noir-ish black-and-white color palette, which invoked the style of Robert Rodriguez’s own noir epic, ‘Sin City.’ ”

Then the article goes on to discuss the upcoming feature, The West and the Ruthless and includes our favorite quote (like ever):

“It’s not called ‘The West and the Nice People.”

Read the full article right here:
http://www.modbee.com/news/article107999452.html

The Print edition comes out this Sunday!

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The West and the Ruthless, 25 More Stills from the Movie

We are so proud of this film and as it approaches wrapping up, we wanted to release 25 more stills from the movie! We are so thrilled to have been able to work with this incredible cast, crew, Old Tucson Studios, the Tucson Film Commission and EVERYONE that helped us on this fantastic film. Seriously. This has all been one long bucket list moment. 

Now, as Post is coming to a close, it's time to send the film off into the world! This is the exciting part. We actually get to start sharing it with everyone. We hope that everyone likes it as much as we've loved making. 

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The West and the Ruthless, Main on End

The Posters received a tremendous amount of praise and we’re really proud of them! (One comment was that they were gorgeous and that’s with all the blood all over them!) Well, they were always part of a bigger plan. The posters for The West and the Ruthless are also part of the Main on End (Main Titles at the End of the Film). 

Here’s a sneak peak:

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New Show on Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network!

Really excited to announce we’ll be on the brand new show by Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn) over on the El Rey Network! 

It’s a brand new TV Show featuring films from new filmmakers like us (Nick+Lexie) and other folks like Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel, Inglorious Basterds). The show will be hosted by director extraordinare John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York, the Thing among other classics). 

Join us on Oct. 30th as we chat about filmmaking with a bunch of other incredible directors!

Here’s the official announcement via Deadline:

http://deadline.com/2016/09/john-carpenter-el-rey-new-genre-anthology-series-1201825033/

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The West and the Ruthless - 25 Stills from the Movie!

As Post-Production starts to wrap on The West and the Ruthless we wanted to release some of our very favorite shots from the film!

Check out 25 Brand New Stills from the Film right here or in the Official Gallery on the site! westandtheruthless.com.

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The West and the Ruthless, Official Trailer
The West and the Ruthless, Official Trailer

Our First Official Trailer for The West and the Ruthless is here! Watch it now!

In the dusty streets of Crow's Landing, outlaws, wealthy plantation owners, runaway slaves, a pair of brothel owners and a woman days away from giving birth all end up in a bloody shoot out and running for their lives.

Directors Statement:

Making a western as our feature film debut was really important to us. The American West was a really adventurous melting pot of diversity. People were coming from all around either in search of fame, fortune, or a new beginning. It’s this time period and this genre that allowed us to tell these stories in new and exciting ways as well. To be able to show the courage that these men and women had of all different backgrounds was really exciting.

You can also watch it over on the Official Website: westandtheruthless.com

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Designing the Title

When we were first developing The West and The Ruthless, we knew that there was only one designer that we wanted to work with, the brilliant Tobias Saul. Tobias had done work for us in the past on two other projects (both to be revealed soon) and to great results. 

We thought it would be interesting to pull back the curtain a little bit and reveal a look inside Tobias’ process with initial sketches and a look at the development of Crow’s Landing.

For more work by Tobias Saul, check out his official site at:

http://www.tobiassaul.de

https://www.instagram.com/tobiassaul/

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