Blanc-Biehn Productions Announces Multi-Picture Deal

Los Angeles, CA., June 25, 2013 … Blanc-Biehn Productions recently announced its multi-picture deal with executive producer Lony Ruhmann.

The following are the slate of directors and upcoming projects under Blanc-Biehn Productions:

Jennifer Blanc-Biehn www.jenniferblancbiehn.com(Wrong Cops, Dark Angel, The Victiim, Among Friends)will direct her husband Michael Biehn along with Evie Louise Tompson(The Call, Hidden In The Woods) in The Girl.

Brianne Davis http://briannedavis.com(Among Friends, Jarhead, Prom Night) will direct Night Visitor 2: Heather’s Story. “We are so excited since she understands the vision having starred as the lead in The Night Visitor”, exclaimed Blanc-Biehn. STORY BASED ON LONY RUHMANNS' CHARACTERS IN THE NIGHT VISITOR NOW IN POST AND SCREENPLAY BY BRADLEY MARCUS AND KEVIN MARCUS WHO ALSO PENNED THE SCREENPLAY OF THE FIRST IN THE SERIES OF FILMS.THE NIGHT VISITOR 2: HEATHER’S STORYThe sci-fi horror that plagued the Stevens family and their son Ricky in the Night Visitor was only the beginning. The family across the street discovers that their daughter Heather is having close encounters of her own kind, which leads to even more frightening revelations.

Richard Gunn http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0348226/(Dark Angel, Granite Flats) will make his directorial debut with Night Maire.NIGHT MAIRE –A female director’s romance with her troubled leading man gets put to the test when they’re stranded in the middle of nowhere and stumble upon a seemingly innocent girl’s bed-and-breakfast and must deal with a supernatural secret beyond their wildest nightmares

Barbara Stepanskyhttp://barbarastepansky.com (Final Recourse, Fugue, Hurt) will direct Calls From Dead People and Night Visitor 3. Stepansky’s work has been short listed for the Academy Awards, garnered the DGA Diversity Award, the Student Emmy, and won the USA Film Festival award. CALLS FROM THE DEAD - After the mysterious death of her husband, a woman receives a strange phone message from him from the beyond. She dives into solving his murder thereby discovering a secret life he led outside of their marriage and putting herself in mortal danger.

The NightVisitor 3 - The "Phoenix Lights", a sighting in the night sky over Phoenix, AZ, transforms the life of a teenage girl, who starts to receive messages from extraterrestrial beings which give her hope to escape her abusive home environment. But will she find a new existence or is it just a hoax by a potential killer?

Patrick Rea http://www.senoreality.com (Lionsgates'Nailbiter) will direct Get Back Joe. “Rea’s work comes across not so much as indie work, but has the look of a full blown studio effort, the films are really that impressive!” - Geek Tyrant.- GET BACK JOE-In the not-so distant future, a new technology allows its users to travel back in time using astral projection. Joe McCormick must attempt to travel to specific dates that have been blocked by the government in order to save his family.

Mark Gantt www.markgantt.com (Bannon Way, Oceans 11, The Night Visitor) will direct Skipping Time.SKIPPING TIME-A man wakes up one day to discover he's three years in the future, with no memory of the past events, only to find out that his wife and son have just been killed. The next morning, he awakes one day earlier, with only 12 hours to save their lives.

THE NIGHT VISITOR 4 WAS JUST ANNOUNCED AND SHOULD FILM IN SPRING OF 2015. THERE IS MORE NEWS COMING SO GET READY !

“Lony was moved by the collaboration with us on his story ‘The Night Visitor’,” says Blanc-Biehn. “Lony came up with more unique stories and is funding the deal into 2015. We couldn’t be more pleased by this awesome partnership. Michael Biehn loved what the team was doing with ‘The Night Visitor’ and added the film to the Blanc/Biehn roster for future collaborations.”

The business model of Blanc Biehn Productions and Ruhmann focuses on science fiction and horror genres blended together with the creative empowerment of directors, writers, cast and crew. “Making supernatural films that have a backbone in reality is our intent," says Ruhmann.

Blanc Biehn Productions along with Ruhmann provides an opportunity for various filmmakers and creative talent, and people who have a strong vision and stand strong.

ABOUT BLANC/BIEHN PRODUCTIONS:

BLANC/BIEHN PRODUCTIONS:
Blanc Biehn Productions, www.blancbiehnproductions.com, is the partnership of famed actors Michael Biehn and Jennifer Blanc-Biehn. The pair decided to put their passion for acting and filmmaking into creating their own production company. Most recently, the duo produced the grindhouse film, The Victim which co-stars Danielle Harris. The Victim will be released this month in Germany . The company is in the sales phase on their film Treachery with Tifanny Boyle at Ramo PC and Marty Poole of Fairway films. The Night Visitor is in post production and will currently be ready for sales and distro during the summer. The Films above are all in various stages of development and prep.@blancbiehnfilm @jenniferblancb @michaelbiehn @thenightvisitormovie www.blancbiehnproductions.com @treacherythemovie www.jenniferblancbiehn.com @canyoncar

The Victim 2011 - REVIEW by Scott Shoyer with Anything Horror

THE VICTIM is the solo directorial debut from genre actor, Michael Biehn (in 2010 he co-directed THE BLOOD BOND with Antony Szeto). I’ve posted a few articles about the progress of this film over the last year, and then suddenly it went silent. So I was pretty happy that THE VICTIM was being screened at this year’s Texas Frightmare Weekend and made a point to check it out. I’m glad I did for two reasons. First; it’s a fun film, and second; Michael Biehn, Jennifer Blanc, and Danielle Harris were all in attendance to watch the film with us and hold a Q & A after the screening (only Biehn and Blanc were there for the Q & A). It’s always nice to get the “inside scoop” from the director and leading actor/actress in a film. So let’s get to it.

THE VICTIM stars Michael Biehn as Kyle (a nod to his role in THE TERMINATOR), a self-imposed recluse who holes up in his uncle’s unused cabin in a very remote area in the woods. He’s there to get his life together and get over some trauma from his past (what this is is only hinted at in the early parts of the film). One night while he’s trying to get some work done, a frazzled and panicked girl, Annie (Jennifer Blanc), starts pounding on his door to let him in. He reluctantly does and she tells him she’s being chased by two guys who wanna kill her. Oh yeah; the two guys are cops. Oh yeah; and one of the cops is going to be the next sheriff of the county!! Don’t worry, I didn’t spoil anything. These facts come out very early in the film. Annie tells him that she and her roommate Mary (Danielle Harris) were partying with the two cops out in the woods when things got a little outta control. From this point the film twists and turns as it makes us question who is ‘good,’ who is ‘bad,’ and who is really the victim. You’ll find yourself putting every character in the film under a microscope as you try and figure out where everything is headed.

Biehn, who also wrote the screenplay, does a really nice job keeping the tension high and the plot moving along at a nice pace. During the Q & A we find out that THE VICTIM was shot on a micro-budget and there were a lot of things Biehn wanted to do in the film, but he was limited by the budget. The first thing you’ll notice is that for the content, there’s a surprising lack of blood and gore. Again, this is attributed to the budget (Robert Hall’s Almost Human f/x company handles the effects). But the film doesn’t suffer from the lack of gore. Sure it would’ve been nice to have a gorier film, especially since this is Biehn’s homage to grindhouse flicks, but he manages to fill the story with a lot of exploitation elements that all work together. We get sex, drugs, corrupt cops, a serial killer, torture, and violence towards women. As Biehn told us after the screening, he tried to fit as many exploitive elements into the film as he could that wouldn’t cost a lot of money (i.e, no zombies or excessive gore). He seemed genuinely happy with the film and he should be. It’s a fast-paced throwback film with a solid plot and overall good acting.

Starring as the corrupt cops are Ryan Honey as Harrison (the future sheriff) and Denny Kirkwood as Cooger (a narcotics cop). Both did solid jobs but Honey was the one actor who seemed to get a little over-the-top at times. In his defense, though, his character was the most complex one in the film. Harrison is essentially a wolf in sheep’s clothing; a sociopath who somehow got on the right career path. There are times, though, when his acting seems to get away from him and he over does it. He also has a really distracting, cheesy, 1970’s mustache that was a nice touch. It made him seem all the more crazy and it also situated THE VICTIM nicely in the grindhouse-era.

Biehn and cinematographer Eric Curtis do a nice job capturing some really nice scenes. Biehn told us that he utilized a “Day for Night” technique where all the night shots were filmed during the day time. This is a method he picked up from Xavier Gens, who used this technique in his film FRONTIERE(S). Biehn picked Gens’ brain about this technique when he starred in Gens’ film, THE DIVIDE. It was a nice choice because Biehn captured some very cool scenes and shots with creepy looking shadows and managed to make the ‘dark’ seem like a menacing character itself. At the screening the film played a little darker than Biehn would’ve liked (not a problem with the film itself but with the equipment and screen it was shown on) and let us know that on the right screen THE VICTIM plays a little “lighter.”

THE VICTIM is overall a solid film that will grab you from the opening shot. Biehn nicely builds up the tension throughout the film and delivers an explosive conclusion. There are times when watching where you’ll say to yourself, “This scene would’ve been even better with more gore,” but this lack of over-the-top gore doesn’t hurt the overall experience of the film as it is. At the end of the day, THE VICTIM is a fun and intense exploitation film that’s an homage to the grindhouse films of yesteryear. This is a solid directorial debut and I’m looking forward to seeing what Biehn comes up with next.

My Summary:
Director: Michael Biehn (& screenwriter)
Plot: 3 out of 5 stars
Gore: 2 out of 10 skulls
Zombie Mayhem: 0 out of 5 brains
Reviewed by Scott Shoyer (Anything Horror) at the Texas Frightmare Weekend 2012

A New Dynamic Duo??

Blanc/Biehn Productions has released the first teaser art for The Farm, one of three new grindhouse style films on their way. No word on the plot details of The Farm but from what I see Michael Eklund will star along side horror icons Danielle Harris and Jennifer Blanc Biehn.

The production company, from Jennifer Blanc Biehn and Michael Biehn, have announced a trio of films headed our way, other titles include The Predicator and Up and Down. Biehn will star in each of the three films which will be shot in a 45-day period with varying directors to be announced at a later date.

You can keep up with this dynamic duo's progress at blancbiehnproductions.com. You can also see trailer and read reviews and interviews of their most recent project, The Victim.