End of the Year Overview

Wow, how time has gone by so fast. Many things have happened good and bad. Let's review of what has gone on since March. I am no longer a part of J&M Pictures/Madwhitter Entertainment. Back in June I decided that I wanted to have a production company that was my vision and founded Athena Pictures. I am working with some truly amazing people that have been a huge help. For Athena Pictures we have already finished our first film called 'Faith'. Which I am very proud of, it was one of my scripts that were very close to my heart. It was my first directing and acting in a film. It went amazingly great. I had some amazing actors on board, Maddie Poe from 'Big Rich Texas', Donny Boaz from the new 'Anna Nicole Smith Story', Neill Skylar from 'Dallas Most Eligible' and many more amazingly talented actors. We even had people comment on the how well organized the production was. I found an amazing crew that I am going to have on many more of my productions. 'Faith' has been submitted to SXSW film festival, Dallas International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, and Aspen Shortsfest. We also plan on submitting it to Sundance, Seattle International Film Festival, LA Film Festival, just to name a few. We are having a premiere in middle of Jan. to late Jan. We wanted to do something cool so we made a contest to win a pair of tickets to the premiere of 'Faith'. 'Faith's trailer is up on YouTube since Dec. 7th and we have over 60,000 views!! Just a couple days ago Athena Pictures filmed a trailer for our next project 'Believe Not'.We have a very well known director on board and looking to starting filming in the next couple months. The trailer will premiere at the premiere of 'Faith' to show what Athena has coming up next. We worked with some of the same crew as we had on 'Faith' and have partnered up with Hukup Indie Films and Digital Media Productions to complete our future projects. Athena Pictures has been asked to go on the Drew Pearson Show to talk about 'Faith', 'Believe Not', and what Athena Pictures stands for. For those that want to check out our website it's: www.athena-pictures.net FUTURE PROJECTS: What is to come for Athena Pictures in the new year. Our first project 'Believe Not' is scheduled for filming in Feb. Athena has also been asked to start a webseries which I will be able to direct also. Then on to my two part feature films 'Shadows in the Moonlight' which is set to film this summer. Athena is also happy to be part of a t.v. pilot/series going to be made after a book series. Which I am going to be fortunate to be directing also. Athena has also been asked to be part of a web series that is being made by Hukup Indie Films. Which we would love to be a part of. So many amazing projects coming up for Athena Pictures. This is going to be a great year for me personally and for my business Athena Pictures. I want to continue to grow as an actress and also push my production company to the limits. I of course am going to continue to write. I want to extend 'Faith' and turn it into a feature film. With all the talk and support we've gotten so far for 'Faith' turning into a feature is the next thing. But first I have to write it.

Amazing things happening...

It has been a long time but I have been so super busy. First off M.A. Mohammad and I have started a production company named J&M Pictures, you can check out the website at www.j-m-pictures.com. It has the projects that we have coming up 'Hear Me Whisper' and 'Shadows in the Moonlight Part 1 & 2'. As far as 'Hear Me Whisper' goes we are making great progress, we are in talks with the manager of a very well know LA actor to play a very crucial role. We have also added to our cast 'Big Rich Texas's Melissa Poe as Ruth another very crucial role. We at J&M Pictures are very pleased to have her on board with us, she is very funny and an amazing talent. We look to start filming end of April/beginning of May. We are starting with video auditions and I have seen some amazing talent in the last couple weeks. We also are doing a contest to for anyone to win a featured role on 'Hear Me Whisper' all you have to do is go to our IMDb page http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2203805/ We are at 2,422 'likes' which is an amazing number for a film not even started filming yet. So many things going on there for 'Hear Me Whisper' now about 'Shadows.." we have recently come across 3 songs that we are trying to get for the movies. We have also contacted 3 well known LA actors and they are interested, working on contracts for them. 'Shadows..' is going be an amazing thing to film, very large undertaking! More details on 'Shadows..' and 'Hear Me Whisper' as everything is finalized. There is also another project that I am looking forward to doing, it's a short that I wrote that is going to be my first director debut, more coming soon. Acting wise I have been studying my script for 'Hear Me Whisper' and 'Shadows..' because if everything falls into place than we will be shooting back to back all three films!! Which will be an amazing and fun filled time. That is all I can think of right now. I have a meeting with Mo tomorrow and will get the plan for the coming week. Will try to do this more, I know I say that every couple months but I will try. So for now, we shall see what tomorrow brings.