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  AMC Renews ‘Hell on Wheels” — Directed and EP’d by David Von Ancken

  January 4, 2012 / Articles, News

  AMC has announced the renewal of Hell on Wheels for a second season. The original series reigns as the second highest rated series on AMC, averaging 3.2 million viewers and 1.5 million Adults 25-54.* Season one’s finale is Sunday, January 15th at 10pm EST. Hell on Wheels is created and written by Joe and Tony Gayton, who also serve as executive producers. John Shiban, Jeremy Gold, Endemol’s SVP of scripted programming and David Von Ancken, who also directed the pilot, [...]

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  Los Angeles Times publishes first e-book: ‘A Nightmare Made Real’

  November 15, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles Times today makes its entry into the e-book marketplace with the release of “A Nightmare Made Real,” an expanded version of staff writer Christopher Goffard‘s gripping account of a man accused of unspeakable acts, facing a lifetime behind bars. The original two-part series was one of The Times most-read stories of the year. “As a content company, we are enthusiastic about harnessing new mediums and business models that expand the reach of our [...]

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  ‘Hell on Wheels’ Premieres Huge for AMC

  November 9, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via The Hollywood Reporter: Westerns have continued to pay off for AMC. Sunday’s premiere of its post-Civil War Western Hell on Wheels, directed by Content Creator, David Von Ancken, opened to a 3.1 household rating and 4.4 million viewers, becoming the network’s second-highest series premiere in history, following The Walking Dead. Among key demographics, the Anson Mount starrer created by brothers Joe and Tony Gayton delivered 2.4 million viewers in adults 18-49, second to the Season 2 premiere of the [...]

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  Children, Chocolate and Honesty

  October 31, 2011 / Articles, State of the Biz

  I slip my five year-old daughter a piece of chocolate and tell her, “Don’t tell Mom I gave this to you – it’s our secret.” She nods enthusiastically as the chocolate melts on her tongue. When my wife enters the room, my daughter––in an attempt to hold up her end of the bargain––announces, “I just ate a secret!” *                         *                 [...]

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  What’s your Superpower?

  October 24, 2011 / Articles, State of the Biz

  Kids. So diminutive, and yet, so powerful. Something all kids have at their disposal, something all parents recognize, is the power of WHINING. It’s a mind-splitting, soul-piercing, stop-you-dead-in-your-tracks, rock-you-to-your-core Superpower that kids exercise with reckless abandon. Like a giant who doesn’t know its own strength, kids often don’t even know they are doing it. It juuuust comes out that waaaaaaay. It’s incredibly effective at eliciting another cookie, making Mom hang up the phone, getting to watch your favorite TV show, [...]

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  Has Social Media Got You Down?

  October 24, 2011 / Articles, Videos, Virals/Shorts/Music Videos

  Are your recent Facebook status updates uncompelling? Are your latest tweets pointless and devoid of humor? Are you feeling blasé about social media? Hilary Graham directed this commercial for prescription-strength eFrienda, the cure for Antisocial Media Disorder.

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  Hollywood for Breakfast

  October 18, 2011 / Articles, State of the Biz

  Hollywood is like a big English muffin: often packed with empty calories, but almost universally palatable. Like an English muffin, though, Hollywood is full of nooks and crannies, and while that adds an interesting texture to your breakfast, if you don’t make it a policy to investigate every single nook and peer into every cranny of the business, you might be the one getting crunched. The business of entertainment — a business of information and communication — demands a tremendous [...]

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  “Reunited” and it feels so Good

  October 17, 2011 / Articles, Videos

  Content Engine Content Creator, Hilary Graham, received the galleys today of her debut YA novel entitled Reunited. Clearly, she’s excited about it, as are we. Hilary understands — as all authors should — the value and the imperative of DIY (do-it yourself) marketing and promotion in order to build her brand. She’s currently putting together a social media campaign for the book using a fresh and innovative transmedia approach to spreading awareness. Reunited will be published in hardcover by Simon [...]

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  Sam Trammell joins ‘Long Time Gone’

  September 27, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: Sam Trammell of “True Blood” has joined the cast of indie drama “Long Time Gone” opposite Virginia Madsen and Anthony LaPaglia. Smokewood Entertainment is producing “Long Time Gone,” with co-founder and producer Sarah Siegel-Magness (“Precious”) making her directorial debut. Production began Sept. 12 in Los Angeles. Trammell began work Monday. “Long Time Gone” also stars Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew and newcomer Graham Rogers. Karen McCullah (“The Ugly Truth”) wrote the screenplay based upon April Stevens’ novel “Angel, Angel.” [...]

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  Virginia Madsen joins “Long Time Gone”

  September 26, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Virginia Madsen’s Blog: New upcoming project for Virginia Madsen has been confirmed! She has joined the cast of of Smokewood Entertainment’s “Long Time Gone”. Virginia will star in Sarah Siegel-Magness’ drama film, joining the already announced cast of Amanda Crew, Aly Michalka, Madeline Zima and Zach Gilford. “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness makes her directorial debut with the pic, which stars Virginia Madsen as Augusta, a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Zach Gilford [...]

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  AMC’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ Leads TV’s Wild For Western Trend

  September 24, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via The Hollywood Reporter: Long considered a dormant TV format, the Western series could be making a big return to the small screen. In addition to AMC’s Hell on Wheels, which bows in November and is set amid the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, the genre has become one of the most in-demand in TV development circles during the current cycle. TNT recently ordered to pilot Gateway, an action-adventure set in 1880s Colorado, from executive producer [...]

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  From the Set of LONG TIME GONE — Week One

  September 24, 2011 / Articles, Videos

  From the First Week of production of Long Time Gone. Taken by Writer/Producer Karen McCullah. This was a beautiful location and a perfect setting for the scene being filmed. Karen and I celebrated the first week of production on a project that has been nine years in the making! Phew.

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