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Lullaby

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2008

Darrell Roodt

Ivan Milborrow, Donald A. Barton,
Michael D. Sellers

Richard Finney, Luke Vitale, Anton Ernst,
Kerry Gregg, Donald A. Barton, Michael D. Sellers

Emil A. Skulski, John Thompson (co-producer)
Kenneth F. Hickey (co-producer)

Melissa Leo, Lisa-Marie Schneider, Joey Dedio

Drama

STORY SUMMARY: An American mother (Melissa Leo) receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom by a drug lord operating in South Africa. She makes the journey to South Africa to pay the ransom only to run into violent and dangerous obstacles as she faces the kidnappers in the mean streets of Johannesburg. Her only chance to get her son back alive is to work with her son's pregnant girlfriend who is fighting her own battle against the drug lord. Lullaby is a exciting thriller starring Melissa Leo, star of "Frozen River" (winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize), and directed by Darrell Roodt, whose credits include "Sarafina," the Academy Award nominated "Yesterday" and "Cry, the Beloved Country."
   
PROJECT NOTES: Shot on location in Johannesburg, South Africa.
   
AWARDS: Winner of Best Actress (Melissa Leo) at the 2008 Method Fest Film Festival

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2008

Franklin Guerrero Jr.

Franklin Guerrero Jr.

Richard Finney, John Thompson, Eric Williford,
Luke Vitale, Franklin Guerrero Jr.

Lance Houghton

Matt Carmody, Kristyn Green, Neil Kubath, Jonathan Rockett, Ursula Taherian

Horror

Five 20-somethings go camping in the mountain town of Halcyon Ridge and discover a stash of snuff movies that may be point to their own fate.

Shot in Virginia.

Winner Best Actor (Matt Carmody) at the 2007 Freaky Film Festival


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The 8th Plague

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2006

Franklin Guerrero Jr.

Franklin Guerrero Jr., Eric Williford,
J. Michael Whalen (story)

Franklin Guerrero Jr., Eric Williford,
J. Michael Whalen

John Thompson, Richard Finney

Leslie Ann Valenza, D.J. Perry, Jonathan Rockett,
Hollis Zemany

Horror

Launa investigates the disappearance of her sister at an abandoned prison. She uncovers a long dormant, malevolent force that once unleashed threatens humankind.

The first of Franklin Guerrero Jr.’s movies set in Halcyon Ridge.

Winner of Best Picture at the 2006 Freaky Film Festival.
Winner of Best Cinematography at the Chicago Film Festival.


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All's Faire in Love

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Comedy

Two acting troupes battle against each other for creative supremacy during a Renaissance faire.

Robert White

Richard Finney (co-executive producer),
John Thompson (co-executive producer),
Luke Vitale (co-executive producer)

Shot in September 2008.

 

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The Wind Raider

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SF-Action

Set in the future, a super warrior trains his heir apparent to do battle with evil forces that threaten the world.

Richard Finney, Dean Loftis

John Thompson, Richard Finney

Finney/Thompson Entertainment working with Ape Entertainment has turned this project into a series of comic books. The first issue comes out in January 2009 and will proceed monthly from there. For all news, updates, and the fullest scoop on the book and its creators, head on over to the TheWindRaider.com

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Horror

A young woman begins to suspect that a new family member is a killer.

Franklin Guerrero Jr.

Richard Finney, Franklin Guerrero Jr., Luke Vitale
John Thompson

Franklin Guerrero Jr. will direct from a screenplay that he penned.


Demon Days

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Thriller

A reporter begins to suspect that her husband is the victim of a cabal that wants to bring upon the End Days.

Richard Finney

John Thompson and Richard Finney

Based on the critically acclaimed book by Richard Finney and D.L. Snell