The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.
FRIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT: Diane Ouradnik Cast in Lead Female Role for A GUIDE TO GUNFIGHTERS OF THE WILD WEST
We are excited to announce that Diane Ouradnik will play the lead female role in our Western film A GUIDE TO GUNFIGHTERS OF THE WILD WEST. The character, Katherine, is a strong spirited woman in the West who happens to be the sheriff's daughter and also have...
12 Westerns: National Casting Call for MABEL – Female Lead in SHE WAS THE DEPUTY’S WIFE
We are excited to announce a national casting call for Mabel, the lead female role in our Western SHE WAS THE DEPUTY'S WIFE. This is a paid role and this will be a SAG project. Submissions are accepted from anywhere in the U.S. All video submissions are due September...
The Seven Blood Selected by the Wasteland Film Festival
We are excited to announce that our film The Seven Blood has been selected by the Wasteland Film Festival for their 2019 competition. The film will play at the California festival in September. The Seven Blood is the sequel to our short film The Mad Man of Miami which...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week Seventeen – Junior Bonner & Gone are the Days
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I'm studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Seventeen: Junior Bonner & Gone...
12 Westerns: Jared Kovacs Hired as Cinematographer for BASTARD’S CROSSING and TEXAS RED
We are excited to announce that Jared Kovacs, cinematographer for If These Porches Could Talk and Cornbread Cosa Nostra, will return to Mississippi as our director of photography on two of the 12 Westerns: Bastard's Crossing and Texas Red. Kovacs started working with...
12 Westerns: Characters and Sides for Second Mississippi Casting Call – Part II
We are excited to share with you the second round of roles from our two-part Natchez Trace films for which you can audition for at our second Mississippi casting call, September 21st in Vicksburg. Click here for audition details. Also, below you will find sides to...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week Sixteen – The Wild Bunch & Hour of the Gun
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I'm studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Sixteen: The Wild Bunch & Hour...
FRIDAY ANNOUNCEMENT: Andrew J. Gray Cast in Lead Male Role for A GUIDE TO GUNFIGHTERS OF THE WILD WEST
We are excited to announce that Andrew J. Gray will play the lead male role in our Western film A GUIDE TO GUNFIGHTERS OF THE WILD WEST. The character, Tate Butler, is a man living in the wild west who has accidentally earned a reputation as a gunfighter and is...
12 Westerns: Kim A. Williams Joins the Cast of A GUIDE TO GUNFIGHTERS OF THE WILD WEST
We are excited to announce the next cast member to join our Western film production A GUIDE TO GUNFIGHTERS OF THE WILD WEST. Actress Kim A. Williams will play the supporting role of Slim in our movie, which enters production next April. Williams has appeared in other...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week Fifteen – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid & The Stalking Moon
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I'm studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Fifteen: Butch Cassidy and the...
