Not only were we selected for the "Best of Minneapolis 2007" show but we won "Best Ensemble Cast" for the second year in a row! Wowzer. How amazingly cool. The final 12 films were of high caliber and while it was a true honor just to be in the finals, it was super cool that our team of talent pulled off a win for "Megastorm." I can't thank the team enough for being so talented and hard-working and just plain fun to hang around. I'm very proud and pleased. And somehow, I want to make another movie right now.

The premiere of "Megastorm" went off well tonight and the crowd seemed rapt with attention. They seemed enthralled. The mix of movies shown was all over the place, but there was a trend of violence and lots of sound that could somehow make people die. Some of the kids in attendance got quite an education on language. But some very funny stuff, some outright weird stuff and some really good looking stuff. Our young first-time actor, Bailley, really seemed to enjoy the whole experience. Now we wait until next week to hear the results of the judges.

The Climaxx team pulled off some amazing feats over this past weekend and created a stunner of a horror film (that was our genre) for the 48 Hour Film Project in Minneapolis. Look for it at the premiere on Thursday night at the Riverview Theater at 7:00pm. Without giving anything away, I will say that the cast and crew were completely mind-blowingly amazing to work with on all levels and I'd be thrilled to work with any of them again. We brought back our three main actors from last year (David, Natalie and Elizabeth) and added several new people to our crew, including a first-time actress all of 10 years old who took direction like a pro and blew us all away. More details about our experience and movie to come. We were ambitious in many areas and still managed to get the film completed and turned in with less than 15 minutes to spare. Look for the prop (portable music player), character (Jill Meyers, veterinarian) and line of dialogue ("they will get them if we let them") in all the movies.

The 2007 48 Hour Film Project is coming to the Twin Cities this weekend. Yowza. Supposedly we already have over 77 teams and are looking for 80-plus! Four whole days of premieres! Mayhem! Sleep deprivation! Are you joining us? UPDATE: 84 teams and the madness starts tonight at 5:30pm at Midtown Global Market. Let the creative juices flow. Go Go Climaxx!