Michigan Filmmakers Dean Teaster and DJ Perry Plan Next Feature Film
'TimberWolf' to Include Shooting Locations in Upper Peninsula
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan filmmaker Dean
Teaster has started the pre-production stage of his next feature film titled
"TimberWolf." Teaster's "TimberWolf" is the story of a Cherokee family living
in the Great Smoky Mountains after the Trail of Tears. The film depicts the
hardships they face when a relentless gang of outlaws pursue their mountain
secret. Some of the filming and all other production will take place in
Michigan, due to the recent film incentive program announced by Governor
Jennifer Grandholm.
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"We are excited to see this project begin as Dean Teaster's 'Ghost Town:
The Movie' is released next month throughout North America and Canada through
Lionsgate," said Barry Barnholtz of Barnholtz Entertainment in Hollywood, CA.
Teaster, from Fowlerville, Michigan, along with DJ Perry of Lansing, Michigan,
produced "Ghost Town: The Movie" from their Michigan offices in 2006.
The "TimberWolf" story was written by Teaster and Perry and will be turned
into a screenplay by Perry who is also CEO of Collective Development in
Lansing ( www.cdiproductions.com ). "Distribution of this movie will be again
handled by Barnholtz Entertainment," said Teaster. "I am very pleased with
their professionalism and ability to distribute. Perry wrote a wonderful
screenplay from our original Ghost Town story, and I'm excited to see his
screenplay for 'Timberwolf."
Tentative filming locations for "TimberWolf" include a location near
Mumbai, India; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Ghost Town in the Sky, Maggie Valley, NC;
and some isolated parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula near Manistique. Cast
will include Dan Haggerty of NBC's "Grizzly Adams;" Robert Bradley, Ghost
Town's legendary "Apache Kid" gunfighter; and Tammy Stephens Teaster, Ghost
Town's first and only female gunfighter "The Black Widow." The cast also
includes Perry and Tony Hornus of Owosso, Michigan. Discussions are underway
with large name Hollywood cast members and final choices will be announced
later.
"Originally, I wasn't planning to shoot any part of this movie in
Michigan, but after the recent film incentive program by Gov. Grandholm, I've
changed my mind," said Teaster. "We will shoot part of this film here and run
the production from Lansing through Collective Development."
Teaster's "Ghost Town: The Movie," due out October 28, 2008, is a unique
"Eastern" Western with old-Hollywood style story-telling, produced by Perry
and Hornus. Directed by Jeff Kennedy and Teaster, it was Teaster's directorial
debut. It is an 1800's Western set in the Great Smoky Mountains of North
Carolina and Ghost Town in the Sky family theme park. The compelling story of
love, hate, revenge, and family honor showcases the two mountain men from John
Boorman's "Deliverance" filmed in 1972. Voted number one movie villains of all
time in "Maxim Magazine" in 2005, Herbert "Cowboy" Coward and Bill McKinney
scared audiences with their mountain man delivery that struck fear in millions
of movie-goers. In "Ghost Town: The Movie" they were reunited after 37 years.
"Ghost Town: The Movie" features noted Hollywood and television stars
including Rance Howard, Renee O'Connor, Terence Knox and Tony Becker and
country music stars Sammy Kershaw and Stella Parton. Teaster and Perry plan to
work with similar notable talent on "TimberWolf."
SOURCE Barnholtz Entertainment and Dean Teaster
Dean Teaster of Dean Teaster Productions, +1-810-623-9440, for Barnholtz
Entertainment
