So we made a trailer for KANE.

And awesomely enough, Cinematical and /Film have picked up on it.

KANE follows Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper man in a digital age. His paper is dying, like all newspapers. But, he discovers that, if he can destroy his enemy, he can save his paper. That is what Kane takes a vow to destroy the internet. He doesn’t know how, but he knows he has guts and guns, and according to Kane, “that’s all you fucking need to get the job done. And climb the Aggro Crag.”

Please, spread the word. We can save Citizen Kane forever by remaking it into a mindless, ridiculous action film. It might stop all remakes forever. Probably not, though.

Also, if you have $150 million, we could use it.

Check out this awesome video made by Film Beat. It features myself, Cole Selix, and Brand Rackley being sexy and humorous. And it even reveals a new Singletree tradition.

Also, deadCENTER is in EIGHT DAYS! We have two films there: Simmons on Vinyl and the world premier of our new short film, The Bedazzler.

Here is the trailer for the film made by the film’s editor Don Swaynos.

And here is the poster, painted by Dan Lacey.

We have a second poster that Mr. Lacey painted for us that we want to use as a festival-exclusive poster. That poster is also amazing, but so very weird.

Simmons on Vinyl – Our second feature film is getting ready to play in Austin, TX again as part of the Austin Film Festival’s film screening events. We really need to fill the theatre, so if you can attend, please do. I might even buy your ticket. This would be a huge deal for us if we can fill the place. Plus, AFF’s Kelly Williams said he would be buy meal.

Here is our promo for this event:

Follicle Frolic – It’s playing this week at the Dallas International Film Festival and the Atlanta Film Festival.

KANE – We made a trailer for a remake of Citizen Kane. It’s everything you don’t want it to be, meaning it’s everything it needs to be. This will hopefully be premiering at the 2010 Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival.

High-Five – A new short written by Nick Tankersley that will be made next month. It’s pretty messed up.

Here is the poster for the short.

You might be asking, “Hey Mark, I know you look like George Clooney, but what is Follicle Frolic?” Thank you and good question.

Follicle Frolic is a short film that was made after Brice, my room mate and art director on our new feature S&M Lawn Care, grew super long and beautiful hair. He told me I should make a short film about his hair so I did. And it is this. And it is the weirdest thing Singletree Productions has ever made.

We’re hoping it gets into hundreds of film festivals.

If not every festival ever made.

Also, there will be about 30 minutes of specially programmed content by us. Some of it will be old, some of it will be new, and some of it will be sexy.

The film is currently in post-production right now, being edited by Don Swaynos. We are hoping to have it done this spring and playing at festivals around the world by the end of the year. That’s right: we’re taking over the world. Bad news: the world only has until 2012. That’s just enough time to get to know some rich Russians!

We received some amazing reviews from critics who saw the film during the festival.

Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle calls the film a “realistically quirky comic gem.”

Don Lewis of gordonandthewhale.com said “SIMMONS ON VINYL is a crowd pleaser, and if it continues to be given the right kind of festival audiences, could become a cult fave.”

Jette Kernion of Slackerwood said “Simmons on Vinyl is consistently funny.” She also gives the film a great shout-out on Cinematical.

David Rodriguez of The Accent said “This is truly a guerilla film, funny and raw. Director/writer Mark Potts and writer/actor Cole Selix have produced a gem with under $400 and platinum ambition.”

Thanks again for everyone who came out to the screenings and most importantly, to those who helped us get this film made. We are truly in debt (financially and metaphorically) to our friends and family and someday, if a movie studio decides to be awesome and give us money, we might be able to pay back the financial part of that debt.

Send an email to singletreeproductions@gmail.com
Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/marksingletree
Find out more about Simmons on Vinyl here.

Hope to see you there!

First, our screenplay A Splice of Life is a semifinalist in the screenwriting competition. Over 4000 screenplays were submitted and ours is in the top 13 comedy screenplays. We were seriously surprised when we found out. We never thought we’d be a semifinalist, let alone get far at all. We’ll find out in the coming weeks if we are finalists, so stay tuned.

Second, our second feature film, Simmons on Vinyl will be premiering at the festival.

And third, our newest short film, Edgar Freezes, will be playing in the Shorts 1 category, which is known for its odd, offbeat and completely ridiculous shorts.

More information to come!

Meanwhile, here is a photo of me at IHOP listening to the new Mika song “We Are Golden.”

I would be happy without this song playing, but with it playing, I am ecstatic. This song is snappy and peppy!

And Hailey is in the background being creepy.