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“In order for Spectrevision to pursue a project, it had to be not only a film all three of us wanted to make, but a film all three of us wanted to watch,” adds Waller.
Sep 29, 2016 · But, in terms, of sheer weirdness, SpectreVision founders Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh C. Waller have really outdone themselves with The Greasy Strangler.
SpectreVision (formerly The Woodshed) is an American film production company founded in 2010 by actor Elijah Wood and directors Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller. SpectreVision is a genre driven company with a focus on psychological thriller and horror films.
Dec 29, 2017 · 1. A Failed Project Led to the Beginning of SpectreVision. Strangely, it was actually a failed project that led Noah, Waller, and Wood to co-found SpectreVision.
- If Somebody Else Is Doing It, They’Re Not interested.
- Give Them Something to Root for.
- Every Film Requires A Different Plan — and They Don’T Always Know What It is.
- Don’T Be Afraid to Reach out.
- They’Re Building A Community.
What is a SpectreVision film? That’s no easy question to answer, considering the diversity of the company’s slate so far. But that same of variety is key to understanding SpectreVision’s sensibilities. “The number one thing for us is whether it’s unique,” said Noah, the company’s head of development. “When we’re evaluating projects, the first thing...
Noah described the ideal SpectreVision filmmaker in these terms: “You have a strong desire for creative control and lack the resources to find it.” That sensibility comes from personal experience. Noah struggled for five years to gathering financing his 2013 Jerry Lewis drama “Max Rose,” while Waller endured similar hardships spending nine years wo...
To date, no SpectreVision title has come into the world the same way — partly because each one presents its own unique distribution challenges. So don’t expect the company to offer a prepackaged set of options for bringing any given project to fruition. “All financial logic was thrown out the window,” Wood said. “We were not at all leading with whe...
If you’re working on compelling genre films from an original perspective, SpectreVision wants to hear from you. “The doors are always open,” said Waller. “That doesn’t mean we want to read every single script on the planet, but people should listen to the words that we’re saying about what we’re trying to do. Use it as advice. Then just send them i...
And it’s growing. The SpectreVision entourage is now a fixture on the genre film circuit and continues to add new collaborators to its ranks. “We really started this to help films get realized that might not otherwise happen,” said Noah. “The very first thing we did was put feelers out with our friends and say, ‘Hey, if you have a project in this s...
Sep 15, 2015 · Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and Josh Waller created SpectreVision, the LA-based production company devoted to the high-minded horror flick, after the trio met at Tim League’s genre film...
Nov 7, 2016 · SpectreVision is expanding into Company X — and we have plans to change cinema, the arts, the world...and beyond. Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller. Via Vanity Fair.
