Turtle Power: Randall Lobb’s Doc To Be Released By Paramount

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle indie comic originally created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

To retrace that journey, Paramount is releasing Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a 98-minute documentary directed by our very own Randall Lobb.

The doc is an in-depth look at a franchise that has made an estimated five billion dollars in the thirty years since two young, wannabe comic artists watching TV one-upped each other into creating one of the most popular and beloved entertainment properties in history.

The official release is scheduled four days after the Michael Bay produced reboot of the feature’s tentpole release, August 8, 2014.

You can see it now on Netflix.

Jim Donovan Nominated at the DGC Awards

“Ghost Dance”, an episode of Cracked season 2, that Jim Donovan directed, has been nominated for Best Dramatic Series at the 2014 DGC Awards.

Woolf + Lapin joins Jim in congratulating writer Laurie Finstad, showrunner Bruce M. Smith, creators Tracey Forbes and Calum de Hartog, producers Peter Raymont, Manny Danelon and Victoria Woods, and the entire cast and crew for making such an amazing episode.

In other news, Jim is busy working on the completely new TV series “Le Clan” with Montreal’s Casablanca.

The Radio-Canada television series written by acclaimed writer Joanne Arsenau (19-2) and produced by award-winning producers Joanne Forgues of Casablanca Films, Mark Poulain of Avenue Productions and Cécile Chevrier of Vent d’Est Productions in Moncton.

“This co-production will be one of next season’s flagship dramas on SRC and I am thrilled to be tapped for the entire series, an amazing family crime drama,” Jim says.

André Chocron Directs Paul McCartney’s “Appreciate”

Helmer André Chocron recently released this clip for Paul McCartney’s “Appreciate.”

We particularly like the sci-fi angle… that is the robot called “Newman.”

Speaking about Newman the former Beatle said: “I woke up one morning with an image in my head of me standing with a large robot. I thought it might be something that could be used for the cover of my album NEW, but instead the idea turned out to be for my music video ‘Appreciate’. Together with the people who had done the puppetry for the worldwide hit War Horse, we developed the robot who became Newman.”

André did this through Friend.

Woolf + Lapin and BRTHR Team UP

This is Iggy Azalea’s Bounce (Vision Film) that the directing duo BRTHR helmed about a year ago.

It very much captures the BRTHR savoir-faire not to mention Iggy Azalea’s strong Tupac inspired persona. The Bollywood theme is perfect for the song as well as for Iggy who earlier in May released her album The New Classic, becoming the highest-charting debut.

Needless to say that Woolf + Lapin is quite excited to be working with the young directing duo, who dropped out of film school just a couple of years ago to make videos such as this.

We love their style which, along with the eclectic editing, is always a good mix of honest grit and rich texture.