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HI! I'M KAYLYNN HENRY AND TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEW PROJECT COMING TO THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER
AREA AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LSUS STUDENT TO GET INVOLVED.
TODAY WE ARE HERE VIA SKYPE WITH PATRICK MCCLANAHAN AND WILLIAM THIBODEAU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
ME TODAY AND GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, KAYLYNN.
WE'RE DOING GREAT.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS PROJECT COMING TO THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER AREA?
I CAN.
IT'S ALL ABOUT CHEMISTRY, KAYLYNN. WHEN YOU CAN'T ACT, YOU CAN'T DIRECT, CAN'T BE PART
OF THE PRODUCTION, SOUND, OR ANY OF THE TECHNICAL PORTIONS OF MAKING A MOVIE, YOU BECOME A PRODUCER
AND YOU PRODUCE A MOVIE.
AND THE MAGIC THAT I CAME ACROSS, BECAUSE THERE IS MAGIC IN MOVIES, IS AN INCREDIBLE
SCRIPT WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITER NAMED KIM CANEDY.
AND IT'S ABOUT HOCKEY.
AND WHAT'S SO RELEVANT ABOUT THAT AND UNIQUE IS THERE HAS ONLY BEEN SIX, SEVEN HOCKEY PLAYERS
IN THE HISTORY OF THE NHL AND YET SHE DECIDED TO WRITE AND, MORESO, I HAPPENED TO HAD TO
PERFECT ACTOR TO PLAY THE LEADING ROLE. SO THE MAGIC CAME TOGETHER KNOWING BOTH PARTIES
AND BEING ABLE TO PUT THIS MOVIE TOGETHER.
OKAY. MR. THIBODEAU, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE PRODUCER. CAN YOU TELL HOW THE PROJECT GOT
STARTED OR ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT?
YEAH. SOMETHING I LEARNED A LONG TIME ALONG FROM PRODUCER JERRY WEINTRAUB. HE'S A VERY
FAMOUS PRODUCER. DID OCEAN'S ELEVEN, TWELVE AND THIRTEEN. IS THE ONE THING YOU HAVE TO
DO IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN YOU READ A SCRIPT WHO YOU WANT IN JUST ABOUT EVERY ROLE. AND,
SO, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE PUT A LOT OF FAITH IN CASTING DIRECTORS, THE REALITY IS IT'S THE
PRODUCER THAT NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND ALL THE COMPONENTS OF A FILM. SO THAT WE CAN PUT THE
PIECES TOGETHER AND LET EVERYBODY SURE UP WHAT HE CAN'T PUT TOGETHER.
SO, IN THIS CASE, WE DID HAVE OUR LEAD ACTOR. I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ACTORS IN MIND FOR MANY
OF THE OTHER ROLES. WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE ROLES CASTED. THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT
IS A DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT DIRECTOR, SO, IN OUR CASE, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE
TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR WILLIAM KAUFMAN FROM SINNERS AND SAINTS. WILLIAM, BY THE WAY, HAS
A PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT'S HEADQUARTERED IN LOUISIANA, SO WE'RE UTILIZING LOUISIANA
PEOPLE IN THIS PRODUCTION.
OKAY. MR. PATRICK MCCLANAHAN, I KNOW YOU ARE THE MARKETING DIRECTOR. CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING
MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
WELL, ONE THING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT. WE'RE TRYING TO ACCESS ALL OF
THE HOCKEY FANS. THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE VERY REAL, VERY GRITTY, AND WILL HAVE A LOT
OF FOCUS ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF HOCKEY AS WELL. WHICH WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH
THE ENFORCERS, WHO IS SORT OF LIKE THE TEAM HIT MAN. AND WE ARE UTILIZING INDIEGOGO AS
A CROWD FUNDING FORCE. WE'RE ACTUALLY STARTING A CAMPAIGN ABOUT EIGHT DAYS WHERE PEOPLE CAN
GO PURCHASE DIFFERENT ITEMS FROM THE FILM. WE ALSO HAVE A PENDANT WHICH IS A HOCKEY PENDANT
THAT WE'RE SELLING TO RAISE MONEY FOR BREAST CANCER. ACTUALLY A BREAST CANCER VACCINE THAT'S
BEEN DEVELOPED BY DR. BRIAN CZERNIECKI AND, ESSENTIALLY, THIS BREAST CANCER VACCINE HAS
HAD SEVEN YEARS OF A HUNDRED PERCENT SUCCESS RATE TESTING AND WE'RE HOPING TO RAISE AWARENESS
OF BREAST CANCER THROUGH OUR FILM. WE'RE ALSO OFFERING THE COMMUNITY A BIG PART IN HELP
WITH THE FILM, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE FILMING IN A HOCKEY ARENA IN SHREVEPORT.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE ARENA?
CENTURYLINK ARENA.
CENTURYLINK ARENA.
SO WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE--
HOME OF THE MUDBUGS!
WE'RE GOING TO INVITED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS, SUPPORTERS. PEOPLE
CAN COME OUT IN THEIR BREAST CANCER GEAR. THEY'RE ALL PINK AND BE APART OF OUR CROWD.
KAYLYNN, THERE'S THRRE COMPONENTS IN OUR MOVIE. ONE IS IT'S A FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR
BUDGET. WE HAVE SUB LOANS OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY IN PLACE AND WE HAVE
ANOTHER FOR A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS IF WE CAN RAISE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
ON INDIEGOGO. SO THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. ANOTHER ONE
AND A HALF KICKS IN AND, THEN, THE OTHER TWO POINT FIVE.
AND HE BROUGHT UP A VERY INTERESTING POINT. DR. BRIAN CZERNIECKI HAS CREATED A VACCINE
CURE AND WE WANT TO BRING THIS TO LIGHT, BECAUSE WITH BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND PEOPLE WITH
BREAST CANCER AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE A TRIPLE-NEGATIVE LIKE ANGELINA JOLIE. BRIAN CZERNIECKI AND
HIS RESEARCH STUDIES HAVE NEVER LOST A PATIENT. HIS NEXT STUDIES WERE TRIPLE NEGATIVE. IN
FACT, ANGELINA JOLIE NEVER HAD TO HAVE HER *** REMOVED AND BY HAVING HER BREAST REMOVED
DOES NOT FREE HER OF LATER DEVELOPING CANCER. BUT WITH DR. BRIAN CZERNIECKI'S VACCINE CURE
IT WOULD HAVE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING SPECIAL ATTENTION IN OUR MOVIE, IN OUR STORYLINE AND
WE EXPECT TO RAISE OVER A MILLION IN A JEWEL PAINTING THAT'S GOING TO AUCTIONED OFF, THAT'S
GOING TO BE PAINTED BY A VERY EXTREME ARTIST WHO LITERALLY HAS CRYSTALS, RUBIES AND EMERALDS
THAT WILL BE IN THAT OIL PAINTING AS WELL. SO WE HOPE TO BRING A LOT OF AWARENESS TO
DR. BRIAN CZERNIECKI AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL AS WELL AS SEND ANOTHER
MESSAGE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE ALLOW FIGHTING IN HOCKEY, IT'S WRONG TO SEND OUT A GOON AND
DESTROY SOMEBODY'S CAREER WHO'S WORKED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO BE THERE. JUST BECAUSE WHY?
HE A BETTER PLAYER.
OKAY. I KNOW Y'ALL SAID THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO FILM AT THE CENTURYLINK CENTER. IS THERE
ANY OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER AND ABOUT WHAT TIME ARE YOU PLANNING ON FILMING
HERE?
THERE'LL BE SOME NIGHT CLUBS. A PIANO LOUNGE. THERE IS GOING TO BE INTERIOR SHOTS OF A MANSION.
EXTERIOR SHOTS IN A GATED MANSION AS WELL. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE AROUND THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER
CITY AREA SHOOTING FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS. TWENTY-NINE ACTUAL SHOOT DATES AND WE'LL SPEND SIX DATES
INSIDE OF THE ARENA.
DO YOU KNOW MAYBE WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE?
YES. NOVEMBER 4TH. AND FOR THE FIRST WEEK, WE'LL BE INSIDE OF THE ARENA SHOOTING THE
HOCKEY SCENE. IN FACT, WE'D EVEN LIKE TO PLAY THE MUDBUGS. IF THOSE GUYS WOULD GET TOGETHER
GET A HOLD OF OUR LINE PRODUCER OR SOME OF OUR MEDIA PEOPLE. WE'D LIKE TO PUT THE OLD
TEAM BACK TOGETHER AND PLAY OUR BOYS, BECAUSE, AS PATRICK ALLUDED TO EARLIER, WE'RE BRINGING
A VERY ORGANIC GAME TO HOCKEY. THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE LIKE SLAPSHOTS. OUR GUYS ARE GOING
TO ACTUALLY SKATE. OUR GUYS ARE EITHER LOOKED UPON BY THE PROS TO BE DRAFTED AND THEY BLOW
OUT THEIR KNEES. WE EVEN HAVE NHL GUYS LIKE ALEC MARTINEZ FROM THE KINGS. WE HAVE HANS
BENSON FROM THE SAN JOSE SHARKS. WE HAVE EDDIE NEAL WHO IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PLAY ASSISTANT
COACH EDDIE MIO THAT PLAYED THAT PLAYED FOR THE RANGERS. WE HAVE JASON ARNOTT FROM THE
DALLAS STARS.
THESE GUYS ALL WANT TO BE IN OUR MOVIE, BUT NOT BECAUSE IT'S A HOCKEY MOVIE. BECAUSE OF
THEIR BELIEF IN DR. CZERNIECKI AND HIS BREAST CANCER VACCINE CURE. VERY INTERESTING HOW
PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO BE APART OF OUR PROJECT FOR THE CAUSE, NOT SO MUCH OF
THE MOVIE.
IS THERE SOMEWHERE WE CAN VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST IN MAKING THE MOVIE OR BECOME AN EXTRA?
ABSOLUTELY! BY THE TIME WE GET DOWN TO SHREVEPORT AND BOSSIER CITY, WE'LL HAVE A WEBSITE UP
TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP AND, THEN WE CAN PUT UP POSTINGS AND
MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHERE TO BE, WHAT TIMES AND THIS AND THAT. ABSOLUTELY!
ALSO, IF ANYONE WANTS TO STAY UPDATED ON THE PROJECT, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE NEW CASTING
NOTICES WHERE YOU SIGN PEOPLE ON TO THE PROJECT. OUR FACEBOOK PAGE IS FACEBOOK.COM/NOVEMBERICE.
WE ALSO HAVE A TWITTER. TWITTER.COM/NOVEMBERICEFILM. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF
THE CURRENT UPDATES AND SHOOT DATES AND, ALSO, KEEP UP WITH OUR CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN ON
INDIEGOGO. AND, ALSO, WE HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED.
YOU CAN E-MAIL US AT NOVEMBERICEFILM@GMAIL.COM SO YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT THAT WAY.
THEY BECOME A PIECE OF THE MOVIE MAGIC.
EXACTLY.
AND I KNOW THIS FILM IS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT BREAST CANCER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE AWARENESS
IT'S GOING TO BRING?
IN REGARDS TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT CANCER AWARENESS, WILLIAM AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN WORKING WITH
AN ORGANIZATION CALLED PENNIES IN ACTION WITH USCHI KESZLER, WHO IS A FORMER ICE SKATING
COACH. SHE STARTED THE ORGANIZATION TO FUND BRIAN CZERNIECKI'S BREAST CANCER RESEARCH,
SO WE'RE USING THE PAINTING WILLIAM MENTIONED EARLIER TO AUCTION OFF TO DONATED TO PENNIES
IN ACTION FOR HIS RESEARCH AND, ALSO, THE HOCKEY PENDANT IS GOING TO BE SOLD ON INDIEGOGO
AND WE'RE GIVING AWAY TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS PER PURCHASE TO THE ORGANIZATION.
AND, ALSO, KAYLYNN, SO THAT YOU KNOW, IN A PRODUCTION THAT'S FOUR AND A HALF MILLION
DOLLARS, WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PRODUCTION COSTS JUST
TO MAKE THIS AWARENESS. JUST TO BRING THIS ATTENTION TO DR. CZERNIECKI AND HIS VACCINE
CURE FOR BREAST CANCER.
IS THERE ANY WAY YOU HAVE A RELEASE DATE YET FOR THIS PROJECT?
WE'LL WRAP UP RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. WE'LL GO INTO POST PRODUCTION THE FOLLOWING SPRING
AND WE'LL PROBABLY RELEASE IT IN NOVEMBER 2014.
OKAY. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. WOULD YOU LIKE ADD ANYTHING OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION
THAT I MIGHT HAVE LEFT OUT?
WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY IN THE SHREVEPORT/BOSSIER COMMUNITY FOR REACHING
OUT AND SUPPORTING US. WE'RE THRILLED TO BE COMING OUT THERE. AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUNTY
IN LOUISIANA CALL THIBODEAUX, LOUISIANA. THAT'S MY NAME WITHOUT THAT "X," SO I LOVE YOUR STATE.
I LOVE YOUR COMMUNITY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE AND FILM MY FIRST FILM NOVEMBER
ICE.
RIGHT AND I'M PRETTY SURE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER IS READY TO HAVE SOME HOCKEY BACK IN OUR AREA.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
WELL, THANK YOU, KAYLYNN!
FOR THE ALMAGEST STUDENT NEWS, I'M KAYLYNN HENRY.