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April 2012 - Editing continues on Old Fashioned (so far, so good) and I Do nears the next step in its development. For the most current updates on Old Fashioned visit www.oldfashionedmovie.com or link straight to our Facebook page here.
January 2012 - Editing on Old Fashioned officially begins.
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November 2011 - After six weeks of principal photography in and around Tuscarawas County, Ohio, production finally wrapped on Old Fashioned on 11-11-11. Kinda cool. Thanks so much to all who helped make it happen and continue to support our story. We will be in "post-production" now for many months.
May 2011 - It's official: Old Fashioned is going into production this fall in northeast Ohio. The announcement was made at a press conference at the Tuscarawas County Convention & Visitors Bureau on May 19. A copy of the official press release is available here. To learn more about the production and find additional links, visit: www.oldfashionedmovie.com.
January 2011 - Financing has been secured for Old Fashioned and the announcement of an official start date is pending. Good stuff ahead...
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August 2010 - Much afoot. Initial rewrites for I Do (for new producer) have recently been completed and that film is now in active development. The option on the Untitled Ian Hoffbeck Project has been renewed and rewrites continue. Also, following some final rewrites this spring and the addition of some new partners, Old Fashioned continues to gain momentum and we are hoping to announce an official start date (and other details) in the near future. Stay tuned...
January 2010 - I Do is now officially in rewrites for a major Hollywood producer and Old Fashioned is ramping up... look for some exciting news by the end of the year...
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October 2009 - Past few months have been full of negotiations, meetings, and... more meetings. And a couple rewrites. Good things continue to brew...
May 2009 - Notable news at Rik Swartzwelder's personal website: Rik is invited to serve on the Short Film Jury at the 2009 Heartland Film Festival and one of his shorts is the only U.S. film invited to compete in a special competition at the 25th Hamburg International Short Film Festival in Hamburg, Germany, June 2-8, 2009. More info here.
April 2009 - Initial rewrites and polishes for I Do, Untitled Christmas Project, and Old Fashioned completed. Development of Old Fashioned (for production) continues.
April 2009 - Fourth draft of screenplay for Untitled Ian Hoffbeck Project is completed.
March 2009 - Fourth draft of screenplay for Untitled Christmas Project is completed. Development of Old Fashioned (for production) continues.
February 2009 - Writing continues on Untitled Ian Hoffbeck Project.
January 2009 - Third draft of screenplay for Untitled Ian Hoffbeck Project is completed.
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December 2008 - First draft of screenplay for Untitled Christmas Project is completed by Rik Swartzwelder and then workshopped with a group of actors in Cenral Florida.
November 2008 - Writing continues on Untitled Ian Hoffbeck Project.
October 2008 - First and second drafts of screenplay for Untitled Ian Hoffbeck Project are completed.
September 2008 - In the works for several months, Skoche Films now officially announces its option and active development of Rik Swartzwelder's original romantic-comedy Old Fashioned. Swartzwelder is attached to direct as well.
September 2008 - Skoche Films options an original dark romantic-comedy screenplay from Ian Hoffbeck. The currently Untitled Ian Hoffbeck Project is being developed with Hoffbeck doing additional writing and Rik Swartzwelder serving as producer.
August 2008 - The new personal website for Rik Swartzwelder launches. Most of his non-Skoche news items, etc. will now be posted there exclusively rather than on this site (or the site for The Least of These/Old Fashioned Pictures). Check out the latest at: www.rikswartzwelder.com.
August 2008 - Rik Swartzwelder invited to participate in a filmmaker Q & A (on being a writer-director) at TicTock Studios in Holland, Michigan.
July 2008 - Bishmalachooga and Illuminarium screen at the Flickerings Film Festival in Bushnell, Illinois.
June 2008 - Rik Swartzwelder invited to be on the Short Film Jury for the 2008 Heartland Film Festival (October). More info here.
May 2008 - Just announced that Bishmalachooga and Illuminarium will both be screening as part of the short films showcase at the Flickerings Film Festival in Bushnell, Illinois, July 3-5, 2008. Both films were directed by Rik Swartzwelder and produced by Aaron B. Smith. Bishmalachooga was written, edited, sound designed, and features a performance by Evan Koons. Illuminarium (co-written by Smith and Swartzwelder) was edited and sound desgined by Doug Nagel, and features the music of Isaiah Kallman. More info on Flickerings here.
April 2008 - Rik Swartzwelder invited to be a judge at the 24-Hour Film Festival (sponsored by the Compass Film Academy Alumni Board) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 25, 2008.
April 2008 - Rik Swartzwelder moderates a filmmaker's panel discussion in Simi Valley, California. Panel participants include Korey Scott Pollard and James Arnold Taylor.
April 2008 - Illuminarium screens at the Imago Film Festival in Elgin, Illinois. The experimental short film was co-written/directed by Rik Swartzwelder and co-written/produced by Aaron B. Smith.
March 2008 - For the fourth consecutive year, Rik Swartzwelder invited to lead two-day collegiate directing workshop near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
March 2008 - Rik Swartzwelder invited to lead the inaugural one-day program for the newly launched Heartland Truly Moving Pictures Institute in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 7, 2008. More info here.
February 2008 - The Least of These (Rik Swartzwelder's award-winning 35mm short film) screens as part of the Ignition Youth Summit in Dallas, Texas. More info about The Least of These here.
January 2008 - Screenplay for I Do is workshopped with another group of actors in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
January 2008 - Rik Swartzwelder returns to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to teach his annual intensive three-week filmmaking workshop as part of Calvin's interim semester program.
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December 2007 - First draft of screenplay for I Do is completed in Los Angeles (by Rik Swartzwelder) and then workshopped with a group of actors in Central Florida. November 2007 - Website launches. |
