Last week we announced that Flickering Myth was teaming with Shepka Productions to produce a new horror feature film entitled The Baby in the Basket, and now we are delighted to share more details with you on the project. Reuniting director Nathan Shepka (Holiday Monday) and screenwriter Tom Jolliffe (Renegades), who worked together on last […]
The battle for Earth begins in War of the Worlds: The Attack trailer
Vertical has released a trailer for director Junaid Syed’s sci-fi action adventure War of the Worlds: The Attack. Co-written by FM’s Tom Jolliffe (writer-producer on FM’s The Baby in the Basket), the modernised take on H.G Wells’ classic War of the Worlds follows three friends as thay track a meteorite that has crashed to Earth, […]
Gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket announced by Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth
As our regular readers out there will know, horror has always been a huge part of our passion for film here at Flickering Myth, and so today we’re delighted to announce that we are teaming with Shepka Productions and FM’s own Tom Jolliffe for The Baby in the Basket, a new feature film hearkening back […]
A Firenado is unleashed in trailer for new disaster movie
October Coast has released a poster and trailer for Firenado, the upcoming disaster movie from directors Rhys Frake-Waterfield (Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey) and Scott Jeffrey, and penned by FM’s own Tom Jolliffe (Renegades). The film follows a group of scientists as they stumble across an organised crime home invasion while attempting to evacuate the residents […]
Filmmaking With No Money and Big Ideas
Tom Jolliffe offers an insight into no budget film-making, and why you should aim as high as those means can reach… I won’t claim to be Steven Spielberg (or even Steven Spielbergo) but aspiring film-makers can learn a lot from not just the industry masters of past and present, but from each other. I’ve spoken […]
War of the Worlds: The Attack sets 2023 theatrical release
In news coming out of the American Film Market, Vertical Entertainment has secured the global distribution rights to the sci-fi action adventure film War of the Worlds: The Attack with plans for a theatrical release in 2023. Directed by Junaid Syed, who co-writes with FM’s own Tom Jolliffe, the film “follows three young astronomers tracking […]
Renegades assemble in trailer for ensemble action-thriller
Saban Films has released a trailer, poster and images for Renegades, the upcoming action thriller which is directed by Daniel Zirilli (The Asian Connection, Invincible) and written by FM’s own Tom Jolliffe. The film follows a group of old Special Forces comrades as they reunite to seek revenge against the drug gang that murdered one […]
Being an Indie Genre Screenwriter
Tom Jolliffe on the ups and downs and ins and outs of being an indie screenwriter specialising in genre cinema… As a screenwriter plying my trade in the low budget world of independent genre films, quantifying success can be difficult. I’ve had a number of horror films released across the world in the last few […]
Check out two clips from mystery thriller When Darkness Falls
Now on release in the U.S. is the independent British thriller When Darkness Falls from director Nathan Shepka and screenwriter Tom Jolliffe; check out a couple of the clips from the film here… Whilst trekking across the Highlands, Jess and Andrea separate and Andrea goes missing. Jess searches for her friend but stumbles into a […]
Shogun Films action thriller Renegades secures distribution at Cannes
Regular readers here at FM may be aware that our writer Tom Jolliffe also moonlights as a wildly prolific screenwriter, and his latest project – the star-studded action-thriller Renegades – has just secured a raft of distribution sales at Cannes, including Saban Films which has secured North American rights. Helmed by veteran action director Daniel […]
