Last Updated on August 5, 2021
I consider myself a very lucky person because I get to wake up every
morning and work all day long in the industry that I love: movies!
Granted, it’s a website about movies but still! Back
when I founded JoBlo.com in 1998 as a hobby, I never expected it to lead
anywhere, but 14 years later…it’s my career and I’m happy with that.
What’s the old saying, "If you do what you love, you’ll never work a
day in your life."
Back in the 90s, I also used to write screenplays of my own (I’ve got 4
unproduced scripts in my closet, sigh), as did my best friend John Fallon
(aka the Arrow from Arrow in the Head). Now unlike me, John has actually managed to keep writing
screenplays (7 of which have already been turned into full-fledged motion
pictures!!) and this year we finally managed to get all of our ducks in a
row and greenlight the first fully financed JoBlo.com film
entitled BILLY TRIGGER!
The film was written by John Fallon and will be helmed by the best genre
director working in Canada these days (my humble and biased opinion, of
course) Christian Viel. We’re already on the fast-track to production with
four of the leads already cast, a teaser poster created (see below) and
locations scouted and ready to rock. The film will start to shoot in
mid-October.
But our greatest surprise and source of joy happened recently when we were
lucky enough to have the legendary
Fred Williamson cast as the lead baddie in the film! I can’t tell
you how cool that was for a small little Canadian production like ours.
You can read more about the film in the official press release below, or
follow us on the official blog
or either Facebook or
Twitter, and I will also
post some big updates on JoBlo.com from time to time because I’m excited
about the film and hoping to share some set diaries, videos and other cool
shit with you here. If you’re not interested in the film or its updates,
please just ignore these articles but please don’t turn into a troll and
start dissing our movie just for kicks. Despite running JoBlo.com and
Arrow in the Head, we’re just a couple of movie fanatics and we
are just super-happy to have this opportunity to create something cool.
Hopefully some of you will follow our development and eventually get to
enjoy the film.
PRESS RELEASE:
JoBlo.com finances its first full-length feature film ‘Billy Trigger’
The action film will be directed by Christian Viel (Deaden) and stars Fred
Williamson (From Dusk Till Dawn), John Fallon (Saw 2), Matthew Bennett
(Battlestar Galactica) and Pia Metni (Mirror, Mirror)
(Montreal, Canada) September 18, 2012 – Popular movie fansite JoBlo.com
will be financing its first full feature called ‘Billy
Trigger’ written by John Fallon and to be directed by Christian Viel.
Principal photography on the film will begin in mid-October, with JCB
Productions and Movie Seals Productions, which is a return to the genre
for Viel and Fallon, who made
Deaden together in 2006.
Iconic American actor Fred Williamson will play ‘Pops’ in the film, the
leader of an Irish mob which employs Billy Trigger, the hitman played by
John Fallon, who is also co-producing the film. Joining them are Matthew
Bennett playing ‘Bruno’ the expert assassin, as well as Pia Metni who will
portray ‘Catherine’, the lead actress and love interest in the film.
Official synopsis: Irish mobster Billy Trigger has been the O’Brien
family’s number one enforcer for three years now. And for good reason: he
is cold, calculating and relentless and has never tackled a job he
couldn’t finish. His life is trouble-free and solitary and consists mainly
of three things: loose women, doing the work and cashing in. That’s until
Pops, the head of the organization, hands him his next assignment. Trigger
is tasked to look over Pops’ young mistress, Catherine, while he’s away.
Of course, nothing goes as planned and Trigger ends up on the wrong side
of Pops’ esteem… What happens when the best in the business is pitted
against the business? Place your bets!
Viel and Fallon, who had previously worked together on
Deaden,
Recon 2020,
Recon 2022: The Mezzo Incident
and Recon 2023: The Gauda Prime
Conspiracy. Most recently, Viel is the creative mind behind the very
popular online comic book web series “Heroes
of the North”, while Fallon has written and starred in
American Muscle, and starred in
the French horror film Dead Shadows.
as one of the top movie fansites around the world.
Garabedian is “extremely excited to be a part of this creative team
and I look forward to working with all these talented individuals on this
very awesome production.” This will be the first time that JoBlo.com will
finance a film in its entirety. It previously co-produced Deaden.
the film, while Movie Seals Productions will produce the film, which is
aiming to be released in the spring/summer of 2013.
JOBLO.COM
is the CEO of the JoBlo Movie Network which encapsulates JoBlo.com,
MovieHotties, Arrow in the Head and Movie Fan Central. Mr. Garabedian’s
book “The 50 Coolest Movies of All-Time” was published in 2002, and he
co-produced Deaden in 2006. More information at
www.joblo.com.
MOVIE SEALS PRODUCTIONS
Founded in 2003, Movie Seals Productions Inc. is a multiple award-winning
leader in the independent production scene, having produced over six
feature films, over fifty shorts, countless music videos and two web
series.
More information at
www.movieseals.com.
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Official film website:
www.billytrigger.com
Official Facebook:
www.facebook.com/BillyTrigger
Official Twitter:
www.twitter.com/billytrigger
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