Next Stop: The American Film Market
October 20, 2011 — From November 5th through the 8th, HLP Principals Trish Sgro and Tom Loveman will be in Santa Monica, California at The American Film Market meeting and greeting development and production executives from around the world. HLP's first time attending the AFM, our goal is to network with companies who develop, produce and distribute feature films and TV films. Our growing portfolio of high-concept film projects, which span many genres, should be of interest to large and small companies both domestic and international. Why so confident? HLP's unofficial mission statement is "Find a need. Fill a need." See you at the AFM. Follow Tom Loveman on Twitter @tom_loveman.
HLP participates in Cleveland 48 Hour Film Festival
August 11, 2011 — Hot Lather principals Trish Sgro and Tom Loveman teamed with Peter Balint's B-Media for the Cleveland 48 Hour Film Festival contest in July as director and production manager respectively. Julio alumni actors Mike Goulis (superintendent), Melanie Hauer (Mrs. Pop) and Patty Valestin (Desdemona Taylor) were featured while Julio DP Richard Walsh and Creative Director Joe Sgro brought their technical and visual expertise to the team.
The B-Media drew "Superhero" as their genre with which the writing team (Tom Tennant, Phil Rein, Peter Balint) created a mash-up of X-men and The Breakfast Club in a thoughtful, yet funny, and action-packed script titled "Super to the Heroes." The story follows three young superheros, Jewel (Samantha Berencsi), The Aviator (Lloyd Weema) and Speed Freak (Daniel Schumacher), attending CAGE, The Cleveland Academy for the Genetically Enhanced, and their indifference to a lowly "normal" superintendent at the school. Things turn deadly when The Tormentor (Kenny Santiago Marrero) attacks the school and the young so-called heroes run for their lives. Who will save them!
Notre Dame College in South Euclid, OH became the campus of CAGE, providing the perfect locations for the script. A cast and crew of 25 worked on the project. The ambitious project fell victim to time as the rendering of the complex editing and visual effects pushed the film beyond the 48 hour deadline to compete for judged categories. The film, although, was completed in time to be included in the festival screenings held at Cleveland Cinemas' Cedar Lee Theater August 3rd & 4th. This allowed "Super to the Heros"to received an Audience Choice Award nomination for its screening group.
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Check out and "Like" the new HLP Facebook page
August 28, 2011 — HLP has launched a company page on Facebook to communicate with our fans, colleagues and the industry, all the projects in which we are engaged. From screenwriting to producing, we'll keep you up-to-date on everything we're up to. Check it out and "Like" us!
HLP retains The Law Offices of Elsa Ramo as legal counsel
March 29, 2011 — Hot Lather Productions LLC has retained The Law Offices of Elsa Ramo, a Beverly Hills-based entertainment law firm, for legal counsel, coverage and submissions. HLP is currently readying their TV pilot "Critical State" for submissions through Tiffany Boyle, the firm's packing and sales director.
Hot Lather Productions LLC Premieres “Julio” Pilot Online
January 31, 2010 — Cleveland-based Hot Lather Productions LLC launches "Julio" online with the pilot episode.
View the pilot episode at www.juliositcom.com
