While The Dead of Winter prepares to go before the cameras, my short zombie script Living Memory continues to trudge onwards like a shambling member of the living dead: it’s reached the quarterfinals of the Killer Shorts screenwriting competition. More details here.
How one movie's using blockchain to turn fans into micro-investors
Wrote a piece for Decrypt on the “Swissploitation” film Mad Heidi, which is using blockchain to upend the traditional film funding model. Instead of sourcing funds from film commissions, the indie production is crowdfunding from fans – but unlike traditional crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, anyone who puts money in the pot is an actual investor in the film, with any profits allocated through the FilmChain blockchain platform.
Read it here.