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January 2010 - I Do is now officially in rewrites for a major Hollywood producer and Old Fashioned is currently aiming for a fall 2010 production start. We hope to be able to share additional details and some other major announcements by mid 2010. Stay tuned...
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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. |
