The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.
12 Westerns: Characters and Sides for Second Mississippi Casting Call – Part I
We are excited to share with you the first 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...
12 Westerns: Announcing Our Second Mississippi Casting Call
We are excited to announce the second Mississippi casting call for our 12 Westerns in 12 Months, to be held September 21st during our Western Film Festival in Vicksburg, Mississippi. On September 21st in Vicksburg, during our Men of the West: Western...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week Fourteen – The Magnificent Seven & Showdown at Williams Creek
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 Fourteen: The Magnificent Seven...
12 Westerns: Sylvia Gayden Joins the Cast of TEXAS RED
We are excited to announce that Sylvia Gayden has joined the cast of our Western TEXAS RED. She will play the "Grandmother", a woman who helps Texas Red as he struggles to survive. This will be Gayden's first time working with Running Wild Films. She participated in...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week Thirteen – The Duel & Goin’ South
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 Thirteen: The Duel & Goin' South...
12 Westerns: Johnny McPhail Joins the Cast of TEXAS RED
We are excited to announce that Johnny McPhail has joined the cast of our Western TEXAS RED. He will play the Adams County Sheriff, a lawman with little tolerance who represents the worst of the South. McPhail has appeared in many motion pictures including The...
12 Westerns: Filmmaker Diary – June 2019
These are diary entries, tracking my progress and process making the 12 Westerns in 12 Months project. Every now and then I will be publishing these daily notes that were taken on my phone. They have not been edited at all. To learn more about my 12...
12 Westerns: Short Film RANCH HANDS Completes Production and Submitted to Wild Bunch Film Festival
We are excited to announce that production and post-production has been completed on our new short film, Ranch Hands. I wrote this Western short back in 2011 and dusted it off in late June, mounted a production in early July, and completed post in time to submit to...
MOVIE MONDAY: Western Movie Reviews – Week Twelve – The Deadly Companions & Support Your Local Gunfighter
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 Twelve: The Deadly Companions & Support...
12 Westerns: Larry Latham Joins the Cast of TEXAS RED
We are excited to announce that Larry Latham has joined the cast of our Western TEXAS RED. He will play Sheriff Sam Bagnell of Claiborne County, one of the lawmen on the hunt for the outlaw Texas Red. Larry Latham is a well-respected lawyer based in Mississippi. He is...
