New Autumn Site

Hello everybody.

The revamped Autumn site is now live. www.autumnthemovie.com. Let us know what you think. We will also be adding a fan page to Facebook and myspace in the next week.

Oh, and for those lonely zombies out there, they finally have a dating site for you, ZombieHarmony.
(thanks for the link Sean)

UPDATE

Hello all. We have some new news! Spotlight will be showcasing Autumn at the EFM (European Film Market) in Berlin this Month. The EFM runs from February 5th - February 15th. We will be able to give you more details as we get them.

We are redoing the Autumn website this week and should have it up and running this weekend. It will be a lot more user friendly.

Now, we still don't know when exactly you are going to be able to see Autumn for yourselves, but know that we will tell you the minute we find out. It is still being shopped around and we aren't privy to any release info until all sales are final. We are not trying to be "cock teases" (we were called this by somebody on the IMDB boards...which, was brilliant), we really aren't. We are just an indie film company trying to put out a film that we are incredibly passionate about and unfortunately, there are a lot more hoops to jump through when you don't have a major studio behind you. All in good time though.

All in good time.

(photo by Steve Genier)

More Zombie Perversions - A Poster Poll

Here is the next item on the menu for the fans of Autumn who wish to participate in the shaping of the production.

We have had two promotional posters* presented to us and we want you to tell us which would catch your eye if you saw it on the walls of a theater and/or on a DVD box.

So now I present to you your two choices:

Tree                                               Leaves
           
Click image to Enlarge                              Click image to Enlarge


Thank you for voting.


*Please note that the original limited edition fan poster shown at the right side of this blog will remain as the one sent to those who choose to invest in the movie with the Poster Package or above.

...back from the edge of the world...

I'm back! Where was I, you ask? Struggling through the bodies of the Autumn world? I am very happy to say no to that one. I have been busy helping around the office and on the field getting things ready for some exciting updates. First of all, Renegade is working on a new website for Autumn and also a very early sneak peak video. That is all I can say for now. But it will be mouth watering. I can tell you that I am drooling to see this movie. It can't come fast enough for me.

Anyway, stay tuned, I may have gone missing for a few weeks, but I am back with a vengeance. And there is tons more to follow.

Zombie Video Stars

We are getting closer and closer to production. Once we get into the really, really cool stuff, we will be showing you videos galore. Videos of the make up process and videos of the set are a given. Candid videos of the cast are also on the list. What else do you want to see during the making of Autumn?

Also, we are still waiting for those of you with zombie tattoos to send pictures. We know you are out there.

Stay tuned as we have some cool things coming up that I can't tell you about yet. Oh, but they will be good.

Clickety-click

"Autumn" sometimes feels like what I call a "clickety-click" production. Very rarely... about once every ten years... in my career... a project comes along where everything falls into place.... clickety-click. The kind of production where when you are shooting, it would be nice to have a snowfall in the middle of summer and clickety-click next day there it is starting to snow as you turn over. Things happening on the research, development and scripting of this film is looking that way. If it carries over into the production itself and on into Post-production there'll be even more smiling faces on set than usual on a Renegade production. Fingers crossed.

Steven Rumbelow
Director

Click here here to give us your feedback.

Why we want your feedback...

It has come to our attention that several of you might be wondering why we are taking this route in the making of Autumn. We feel that fan-bases are an enormously positive element of public involvement that can keep important fields of art, music, literature, film and television alive and thriving. Now with a billion people on the internet, this could be the dawn of a new era of fan involvement in the arts.

Our Director, Steven Rumbelow, who is adapting this story for the screen and has adapted some of the world's finest authors for performance, talks about how he thinks fan based work may change the future of film as utilizing the internet for this purpose progresses. He has often observed instances in entertainment where the fans have made a huge impact, for example, how the future of Dr. Who was unknowingly saved by it’s Australian fans in the 1960s.

Steven asked for this survey to be set up in order to get feedback from fans. "It’s a Renegade kinda thing to do things differently and we are looking to get feedback before we make the film. I don't think that this could be achieved with just any fan base but I've looked at the David Moody blog and because of the nature of the Autumn books, I see the fans as being a small but enormously positive force that could become instrumental in the success of the production. Of course, we should add that we've already answered the questions we are asking you, but if this survey changes even one of our answers it was totally worth it."

So this is your chance to have some input in the shape of the film adaptation of one of your favorite post-apocalyptic works.

To give us your feedback, click here.

We want your feedback...

The first draft of the screenplay for Autumn is complete. In our
experiment to involve the opinions and commitment that fans bring to film and TV productions we are gathering information in the survey below to assess what aspects of the book are most important to the Autumn readership.

The only qualification is that you must have read the book, which you can download for free.

The notion of feedback from spectators is not new to film production but it is normally done during preview screenings of a largely completed film. With Autumn we have afforded the reader the respect to take his or her feelings into account at script level.

The survey is confidential. This survey and its answers do not go anywhere outside of Renegade.
Your anonymity is protected.

Please be sure to remember these questions apply ONLY to the first installment of Autumn and no other books in the series. Participants in the survey are asked to imagine they have not read any other books when writing responses.

Renegade wishes to make it very clear that we are not asking for new ideas. It is merely a survey which calls for opinions of the book from the fans. Please stick to the survey and assist us by providing the enlightenment we seek regarding your reactions to the book. If you do insist on sending any new, creative ideas, submitting them in this survey is an agreement that they become the property of Renegade, so please don't send them.

Click here to give us feedback.

Click here to read the book for free.

Thanks, keep on eye on our blog, as we will be giving you a closer look at the making of the film for this incredible book.