The Running Wild Blog
Articles on the craft of filmmaking and the films we create.If Blood Country was a 1950s Western…
I had some fun recently on a long drive fantasizing about what our upcoming release Blood Country would look like if it was a 1950s Western film instead of a modern day movie. Of course, I love the classics of this genre, especially the ones directed by John Ford,...
BLOOD COUNTRY: Wagon Cam
We continue to release behind the scenes fun from the filming of our Western, Blood Country, which will be released this Fall. Here is a raw take from the Arri Alexa footage we shot, showing what it's like to film from the back of an old Western wagon drawn by mules....
PRESS: Our New Film Makes the News on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
On July 26th, we held a casting call for our upcoming movie, The Cornbread Cosa Nostra. News station WLOX covered our auditions for the Sunday night show. Reporter Jonathan Brannan interviewed director Travis Mills about the film: "I think when you make a movie in...
Slices of Cornbread: All the Names Have Been Changed
What You Should Know About Our New Film - Part One So we have announced our next feature film, The Cornbread Cosa Nostra, a 1980s set crime thriller about the Dixie Mafia. Eventually, I will publish some of my diary tracking the process of this project but for now I...
HORROR STORIES: Crossing the Creek
HORROR STORIES: On the Set of Bride of Violence This series is a record of the wild events which took place during the filming of Bride of Violence in early 2017. Story 3: Crossing the Creek Among the many challenges we met on location forBride of Violence, including...
Unproduced Features: The Unmade Running Wild Screenplays
Deep in the Running Wild Films vault (or sitting on a dusty shelf) you will find a collection of screenplays, complete but for one reason or another unproduced. I take this as something to be proud of actually: what major film company doesn't have a gallery of...
BRIDE OF VIOLENCE: Official Trailer Release
We are proud to release the official trailer for BRIDE OF VIOLENCE, our horror/thriller based on the short story by Lawrence Block. BRIDE OF VIOLENCE tells the story of Dennis and Kate, a young Christian couple, who go camping one weekend only to be...
Gus & Travis Talk Film: Mel Gibson
Gus Edwards and Travis Mills are back with another video blog discussing film. This episode they discuss actor/director Mel Gibson's filmography, highlighting such films as Tim, Gallipoli, Lethal Weapon, Braveheart, Maverick, Ransom, Passion of the Christ, Blood...
BLOOD COUNTRY: Official Teaser Trailer and First Ten Release Dates Announced
We are proud to release our official teaser trailer for Blood Country and announce our first ten theatrical dates for this Western made in Mississippi. Blood Country is based on true events from the story written by Robert E. Jones, "The Outlaw, The Sheriff and The...
Filmmakers Getting Fired: Thoughts from a Director
In the "film world", the big news this week was the firing and/or resignation of Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the Han Solo movie. I don't care a whole lot about the machinations of big studios but as of late there has been a good deal of this happening....
