As Flickering Myth steps into the world of indie filmmaking, Tom Jolliffe details how and why The Baby in the Basket was born… As a screenwriter working in the indie filmmaking world for five years, I made a conscious decision late last year to pull away from hired commissions (slightly) and shift my focus more […]
Indie Horror Filmmaking: Creating The Baby in The Basket – From Script to Green Light!
A look inside scripting The Baby in the Basket, Flickering Myth’s first foray into Film Production… The week so far has been up and down but perfectly encapsulating life as an indie screenwriter who in the midst of an insanely busy spring, has been co-handling a Kickstarter campaign that has thankfully seen us hit its […]
The Full Monty and Legend stars join gothic horror The Baby in the Basket
Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth have announced that veteran British actors Paul Barber (Only Fools and Horses, The Full Monty) and Annabelle Lanyon (Legend, Dream Demon) have joined the cast of the upcoming gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket. Paul Barber is best known for portraying Denzil in the iconic sitcom Only Fools […]
The Baby in the Basket teaser trailer, synopsis and cast revealed by Shepka Productions and Flickering Myth
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 […]
