The Incubus Press Release
A Haunting New Story Tantalizes South Florida’s World of Independent Film
Shayne Leighton, the inspiration for the brand new production company, S.M.ir.K. Entertainment, Director of the vampy feature film, Guardian of Eden (winner of the “Best Up and Coming Film Maker Award” at the 2008 Delray Beach International Film Festival) and Diji Studios announce the start of a new feature film and TV pilot, The Incubus. This is Shayne’s second go round as Director, Writer and Star of an original film. What makes this independent artist so interesting is that she is younger than most determined directors with a vision. Only eighteen years old and a senior theater major at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Shayne is fighting for the chance to shine on the silver screen with a second professional project under her belt.
Marcie Gorman, previous owner of a successful Weight Watchers franchise and one of South Florida’s own TV personalities, has signed on to be the Executive Producer of Leighton’s film, calling the haunting twists and turns of Leighton’s screenplay “captivating and sexy” and “beyond the years of any high school student.”
What is more impressive is the list of talent signed on to ensure a successful future for The Incubus. Matthew Rosenblatt, G-Star alumni, local free-lance lighting designer for Diji Studios, and responsible for most lighting at events in City Place in West Palm Beach, has agreed to make the set of The Incubus dark and alluring, but with just enough light to catch the devilish shine in the eyes of the film’s antagonists, Alexandra Santanna and James Pace (Burn Notice; VISA). The Director of Photography, Rochelle Khadkhodaer (Roc Drago), is committed to the project as well and is planning to film the ghostly tale in high definition, boosting the look of the project from a $100,000 budgeted indie film to one that takes on the look of being shot on a professional back lot. What the movie will sound like must be highlighted also since it includes an all original sound track by Ginger-Ly Enterprises and an all original music score by Palm Beach Idol winner, Anthony Espina.
Some other cast members of this excitingly dark film include Geovannie Gomez (VH1’s Viva Hollywood), Amber Benson (Guardian of Eden, Miami Ghost Tale), Shayne Leighton (Guardian of Eden, NIKE, H2KZ), as well as a slew of talented first-timers; Michael Nouri, Frank Mach, Donna Lisa, and Danielle Lilley. And, this list doesn’t even include some people who are attached to the project through family members, like one of Miami Beach’s most well-known casting directors, Lori Wyman, whose daughter, Ali, plays ‘young Marnie’ in the film.
The eighteen year-old Leighton’s goals for the film are high, but both Leighton and Gorman believe those heights can be reached. They plan on distributing the film in episodes for download on iTunes or possibly to Showtime as a pilot. If that plan doesn’t blast this film out of the universe, this dynamic team of women would like to tour the film festival circuit and sell the story as a feature film that is either ‘Made for TV’ or goes directly to DVD in an attempt to make their audience shiver in their seats and fall in love at the same time.
More information about the film can be found at http://myspace.com/theincubusseries
Contact info:
Shayne Leighton - theincubusTV@aol.com
A Haunting New Story Tantalizes South Florida’s World of Independent Film
Shayne Leighton, the inspiration for the brand new production company, S.M.ir.K. Entertainment, Director of the vampy feature film, Guardian of Eden (winner of the “Best Up and Coming Film Maker Award” at the 2008 Delray Beach International Film Festival) and Diji Studios announce the start of a new feature film and TV pilot, The Incubus. This is Shayne’s second go round as Director, Writer and Star of an original film. What makes this independent artist so interesting is that she is younger than most determined directors with a vision. Only eighteen years old and a senior theater major at the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Shayne is fighting for the chance to shine on the silver screen with a second professional project under her belt.
Marcie Gorman, previous owner of a successful Weight Watchers franchise and one of South Florida’s own TV personalities, has signed on to be the Executive Producer of Leighton’s film, calling the haunting twists and turns of Leighton’s screenplay “captivating and sexy” and “beyond the years of any high school student.”
What is more impressive is the list of talent signed on to ensure a successful future for The Incubus. Matthew Rosenblatt, G-Star alumni, local free-lance lighting designer for Diji Studios, and responsible for most lighting at events in City Place in West Palm Beach, has agreed to make the set of The Incubus dark and alluring, but with just enough light to catch the devilish shine in the eyes of the film’s antagonists, Alexandra Santanna and James Pace (Burn Notice; VISA). The Director of Photography, Rochelle Khadkhodaer (Roc Drago), is committed to the project as well and is planning to film the ghostly tale in high definition, boosting the look of the project from a $100,000 budgeted indie film to one that takes on the look of being shot on a professional back lot. What the movie will sound like must be highlighted also since it includes an all original sound track by Ginger-Ly Enterprises and an all original music score by Palm Beach Idol winner, Anthony Espina.
Some other cast members of this excitingly dark film include Geovannie Gomez (VH1’s Viva Hollywood), Amber Benson (Guardian of Eden, Miami Ghost Tale), Shayne Leighton (Guardian of Eden, NIKE, H2KZ), as well as a slew of talented first-timers; Michael Nouri, Frank Mach, Donna Lisa, and Danielle Lilley. And, this list doesn’t even include some people who are attached to the project through family members, like one of Miami Beach’s most well-known casting directors, Lori Wyman, whose daughter, Ali, plays ‘young Marnie’ in the film.
The eighteen year-old Leighton’s goals for the film are high, but both Leighton and Gorman believe those heights can be reached. They plan on distributing the film in episodes for download on iTunes or possibly to Showtime as a pilot. If that plan doesn’t blast this film out of the universe, this dynamic team of women would like to tour the film festival circuit and sell the story as a feature film that is either ‘Made for TV’ or goes directly to DVD in an attempt to make their audience shiver in their seats and fall in love at the same time.
More information about the film can be found at http://myspace.com/theincubusseries
Contact info:
Shayne Leighton - theincubusTV@aol.com
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