"THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL" Officially Greenlit As Equity
Crowd-Funding Goal Is Met Early With Investors From Around The World On
MicroVentures/Indiegogo Platform
Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos (The Lobster) and Keith &
Jess Calder (Anomalisa) invest alongside
Legion M Entertainmentin dark folklore anthology
Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos (Before Midnight,
The Lobster), Keith and Jess Calder (Anomalisa, Blair Witch, You're
Next) and Legion M, the first ever fan-owned media company have invested
and come onboard as Executive Producers for The Field Guide to Evil.
Theanthology is a global exploration into dark folklore, and will
feature eight terrifying tales from the world's most exciting new voices
in international filmmaking.
The Field
Guide to Evil is currently engaged in a first-of-its-kind equity
crowd-funding campaign for a film on First Democracy VC, a funding
portal brought through a partnership between Indiegogo and
MicroVentures. Investors and film fans across the world have the
opportunity to become equity partners in this unique horror production.
With
these three investments THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL has now reached its
minimum fundraising goal and the project is officially greenlit. The
producers hope to attract additional fans as well as other
industry-seasoned financiers to join the team. The campaign has 47 more
days to reach its stretch goal of $500,000.
"All of
us at Faliro House, are excited to be joining trailblazers Tim and Ant,
and the rest of the amazing film professionals attached to THE FIELD
GUIDE TO EVIL, as well as over a hundred horror fan investors around the
world, in bringing this thrilling project to life," said Executive
Producer Christos V. Konstantakopoulos.
"Jess and
I are long-time supporters of crowdfunding, and couldn't be more
excited to help Tim League and Ant Timpson launch THE FIELD GUIDE TO
EVIL," said Executive Producer Keith Calder.
"As a
company that is built upon a fan-ownership model, this project is
natural fit for our slate" said Paul Scanlan, Cofounder and CEO of
Legion M. "We believe in Tim and Ant, and the exceptional team of
award-winning directorial voices brought together on this project. We
are proud to join the team and continue to pioneer the frontiers of
equity crowdfunding together."
From
producers Ant Timpson (Turbo Kid, The Greasy Strangler) and Alamo
Drafthouse CEO/Founder Tim League (ABCs of Death), The Field Guide to
Evil will showcase eight tales that have caused many sleepless nights in
their country of origin.
The
stories and filmmakers hail from Austria (Veronika Franz & Severin
Fiala, Goodnight Mommy), Hungary (Peter Strickland, The Duke of
Burgundy), Germany (Katrin Gebbe, Nothing Bad Can Happen), Greece
(Yannis Veslemes, Norway), India (Ashim Ahluwalia, Miss Lovely), Poland
(Agnieszka Smoczynska, The Lure), Turkey (Can Evrenol, Baskin), and the
United States (Calvin Reeder, The Rambler).
Producers Tim League and Ant Timpson will be hosting a Reddit AMA at 12:30pm PT / 3:30pm ET
today. If you have questions about the project, the financing model or
literally anything, please join them for the spirited online
discussion.
THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL Indiegogo & MicroVentures:
For developments on THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL follow:
THE FIELD GUIDE TO EVIL Synopsis:
The Field
Guide to Evil is a brand-new anthology from the creators of the
notorious ABCs of Death series, a feature-length film that will unveil
malevolent folktales that have captivated and frightened communities
throughout history. Directed by some of the world's most acclaimed new
directorial voices including Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
(Goodnight Mommy), Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy), Agnieszka
Smoczynska (The Lure), Katrin Gebbe (Nothing Bad Can Happen), Can
Evrenol (Baskin), Calvin Reeder (The Rambler), Yannis Veslemes (Norway),
and Ashim Ahluwalia (Miss Lovely).
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