The Devil's Gravestone




		Roach City Films NEWS June, 2011 - The Devil's Gravestone ON-DEMAND By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - The Devil’s Gravestone has officially been unleashed on homes all across North America. Gravitas Ventures has struck a deal with major cable and satellite providers to make The Devil’s Gravestone available via their On-Demand services. With heavy hitters such as Verizon FiOs, Charter, AT&T U-Verse, and many more, the film is guaranteed to hit at least 15 million homes. The Devil’s Gravestone stars Joe Nemmers, Niko Red Star, and Elle LaMont as Jaq. After the violent loss of her only child, Jaq wages war against the vampires that plague Roach City. Her single-minded quest for vengeance morphs into a fight for the souls of all humanity. Beginning in June, The Devil’s Gravestone will be available On-Demand throughout the Summer of 2011. December, 2010 - Czech Republic release By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - The Devil's Gravestone sees its DVD premiere in the Czech Republic. Here's a look at the artwork -


		April, 2010 - WONDERPHIL, acquires sales rights By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - Horror News: The Devil’s Gravestone Goes World-Wide Independent horror maker’s Roach City Films has just signed a deal making The Devil’s Gravestone available to distributors across the globe. The film, completed in early 2010, features the beautiful actress Elle LaMont battling an underworld of vampires and demons in a bloody story of revenge, sin, and ultimately redemption. The recent release of the film’s trailer has spurred much anticipation among fans of the genre. Director, Jay Mackenzie Roach, exclaimed “I’ve been getting a lot of response lately to the trailer as well as some of the artwork. It’s been a long road; we really can’t wait to get this movie out to the world.” Posters, teasers, and trailer can be viewed on the website(link). Wonderphil Productions will be overseeing the sale of The Devil’s Gravestone to various World-Wide territories. The Devil’s Gravestone brings together a mix of up-and-coming talents and long-time professionals. Veterans Joe Nemmers (Bad lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans) and Grant James (Tombstone) come together with promising new-comer’s Elle LaMont and Niko Red Star. Early buzz indicates that Elle LaMont, an accomplished model with Wilhelmina Management, will be someone to watch for in the future. Providing 5 songs to the soundtrack, A Cosmic Slut Production lends ample atmosphere to the film. StarVox declared, “a beautifully dark band”, “an almost cult following of Goths and underground scenters”, “a darker sort of Portishead”. Wonderphil Productions will be representing The Devil’s Gravestone at the upcoming Miptv, Mipcom, Cannes Film Festival/Market, DISCOP, Eurasia, as well as the American Film Market. November, 2009 - COMPLETION, The Devil's Gravestone By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - “We’ve got a movie!” Jay Mackenzie Roach exclaimed today. The finished film clocked in at 92 minutes. When asked what was next, Jay said that they were considering all options in the effort to find the film a proper outlet. “I’m proud of this movie, and it deserves a good home, so that’s our number one concern right now. Other than that, I’ll probably be taking a few months to work on some various story ideas, and see if anything finds its way onto the page.” The Devil’s Gravestone began pre-production almost exactly 2 years ago. May, 2009 – IN DEVELOPMENT By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - Jay Mackenzie Roach announced that Roach City Films has begun further development of the film "Gratuitous". He stated, “Gratuitous is a project I’ve been working on for several years now. I’ve recently been looking over the script and making a few adjustments. Very soon, we’ll be actively looking into what it will take to get this film made. Right now, it’s the odds on favorite to be our next project.” Jay mentioned several other ideas that are currently being developed, but otherwise remained tight-lipped on the subject. March, 2009 – PICTURE LOCKED on The Devil’s Gravestone By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - Roach City Films has completed the editing process of The Devil’s Gravestone. Producer, Andy Redmon warned, “That doesn’t mean the movie is done, though. Audio is underway, but several months of sound work remain. Also, the composers finally know exactly what notes to hit, so it’s a big a piece of the puzzle, but by no means the finish line. Right now, we estimate September or possibly October for a complete product." Asked for his thoughts on the state of the film, Andy said, "Looking good so far." October, 2008 – A COSMIC SLUT signs on to provide soundtrack By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - "We're just lucky really" stated Jay M. Roach. "When I started searching for bands to provide a soundrack for the movie, I expected to find some decent music. What I found was so much more than that. These guys are amazing. I can honestly say that The Devil's Gravestone will be a better movie because of their involvement. No question about it. Not only is it great music, but Cosmic Slut's style is perfectly suited to the film we're making." Jay went to on to say that Roach City Films would soon be releasing a teaser for the film that features one of A Cosmic Slut Production's songs. August, 2008 – COMPOSERS sign on to produce an original score By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - The team of Cole Foster and Martin Dempsey signed on today to produce an original score for The Devil's Gravestone. Jay Mackenzie Roach said, "Cole and Martin did some preliminary music for a couple scenes I gave them, and I think they've got a good feel for what we're trying to accomplish. It was great to hear music with the visuals. I'm excited about this collaboration." April, 2008 – PRINCIPLE WRAP on The Devil’s Gravestone By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - Staci Lockhart, Producer and Production Manager of The Devil’s Gravestone, has stated that Principle Photography has finally wrapped. Staci went on to say that editing would be underway before the end of the week. March, 2008 – FILMING BEGINS on the The Devil’s Gravestone By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - Filming of The Devil’s Gravestone began on March 1st, 2008. Barring any delays, the 30 day schedule of principle photography will be completed on the last day of March. February, 2008 – CASTING The Devil’s Gravestone By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - The principle players are in place for Roach City Films production of The Devil’s Gravestone. The film depicts the struggles of a woman coping with the loss of her son at the hands of her own husband. The story unravels a brutal tale of vengeance, vampires, God, and The Devil. The producers recently struck a deal with Joe Nemmers to play across from the female lead, Elle LaMont. Supporting them will be the likes of Grant James, Niko Red Star, Reece Rios, Kristin Sutton, and Shane Hurst. The film, scheduled to begin shooting in March, is to be helmed by Jay Mackenzie Roach. December, 2007 – FX MAKE UP TEAM signs on By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - Andy Redmon, Producer of The Devil’s Gravestone, announced today that the well established FX make-up team of Mitch Rogers, Michael Brower, and Walter Lockinghandl have signed on to the project. Mitch and Walter will be tackling the extensive mold casting work, while he is supported by Michael Brower’s FX make-up. October, 2007 – ANNOUNCING The Devil’s Gravestone By James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - Roach City Films has announced it’s intentions to begin pre-production on the film, The Devil’s Gravestone. The film will be directed by Jay Mackenzie Roach, who also penned the script. Andy Redmon has signed on as Art Director and will oversee the extensive set design and build in the months to come. Roach City Films has tentatively announced shooting to begin in Spring of 2008. April, 2007 - BRAVE NEW WORLD An interview by James Tully - Roach City Chronicle - While having a beer with a friend one evening, our conversation, as it always does, turned to movies. Seemingly out of nowhere, my friend began to talk about a place called Roach City. At first I thought he was telling a joke, but I soon realized that my friend (Jay Mackenzie Roach) was building an entire world in his mind. I was working hard to keep up with his train of thought, when finally I stopped him. I carefully formed questions in my mind while I grabbed my pen, tape recorder, laptop… Tully – Okay, no more unintelligible ramblings. This is being preserved on tape, so do your best to make a little sense. Roach – Strangely, I don’t remember agreeing to an interview. Tully – Yeah, yeah. First question… What is Roach City? Roach – Wow, good question. You should try doing this for a living or something. Uhh, let’s see, I would describe Roach City as being a darkly heightened reflection of the world we live in. It’s more nightmare than fantasy, you might say. But basically, it’s a setting for stories to be told. It’s a city. Tully – Why exactly are you creating your own city? Roach – Several reasons I think. I’ve written several scripts in the past, and without even trying to, the setting is always kind of undefined. It’s never Los Angeles, New York, Oklahoma City. It’s a city, but it’s never really named. People would read my scripts, and say “Where does this take place?”. I never really had an answer for them, because there wasn’t a good answer. I didn’t want it to take place in any of those places, I wanted it to take place in this city that I’m imagining. So at some point I called it Roach City. I wrote my first script incorporating that, and that script kind of started the process of defining Roach City as an actual place. Tully – And that script is… Roach – Gratuitous. It’s the movie that I’m developing currently. Recently I’ve been working on it with a friend named Andy Redmon, who is one hell of a Set Designer, by the way. Very Talented. But we’ve been trying to flesh out Gratuitous a little, but mostly we’ve been fleshing out Roach City. Just trying to get to know our setting and what different areas of the city are like. We even drew a map for God's sake. We're really getting into it. It’s an ongoing process though, I mean, we’re kind of actually building a city. In truth, it doesn’t necessarily effect the script we currently have, because it's already written and it's already incorporated what it needs, but still it’s interesting to know the political climate of the city. What is the racial diversity. Financial diversity. The hierarchy of the criminal underworld. Things like that, you know? We’ve decided there’s a section of town that caters to vices like gaming, strip clubs, bars, etc. There’s also a separate town just outside Roach City called Dolltown that has legalized prostitution. Dogsbody is the industrial district. And then there's... Tully – Dogsbody? Where’d you come up with that? Roach – That’s actually Andy’s word. It’s an old slang term used in the navy directed towards laborers. It’s an industrial district, on the river, shipping yards, manufacturing plant. Heavy labor. So it’s Dogsbody. Tully – What’s the name of the River? Roach – Don’t know. We're still in the early stages of developing this society. It’s gonna be a long process, but eventually the river will have a name, we’ll have street names, specific businesses, characters, political figures, influential people will be defined and such. And so on, and so on. Tully – You’re gonna have characters that intersect through different movies? Roach – Absolutely, the mayor in one movie might still be the mayor in the next. He may be on screen in one film, and only get mentioned in another, but it’s all the same world. A guy who owns a bar may be a central figure in one movie, and his bar may show up again as a location in the next. He may have a cameo or supporting role, if it proves right for the story. A private detective might have his own movie, and in another movie he shows up for just a couple scenes. The point is, once a character is created, he or she is a part of that world. Obviously people age, get voted out of office, get killed, whatever. Roach City will evolve with time just like any other world. Or most worlds at least. In the case of James Bond, the world evolves but Bond is always young, we’re not approaching it that way. The characters of our world will change with time. Tully – Are the movies going to be related? Roach – There may be some cases where a movie directly relates to another. I can’t say there won’t be any sequels or anything like that, we’ll just have to see. But in general, there’s no rule that any certain movie relates to another, other than they both take place in the same city. A city of millions, no reason to think that they’ll all relate directly to one another. But some of them will I'm sure. Tully – You mentioned Gratuitous. Roach – Yeah. Tully – Gratuitous involves vampires. Roach – Yes. Tully – Is that a defining aspect Roach – Not at all. Vampires do not define Roach City. Roach City has vampires, but they are just a small portion of the population. And a portion that likes to stay hidden at that. Their existence isn’t common knowledge to the everyday citizens. We plan on making many movies that take place in this city. For many years to come. It’s a city with all kinds of people and situations that would allow us to tackle any genre we want to. Vampires, serial killers, buddy cops, crime drama, con game, detective story, spy thriller, you name it. It can all happen here. Tully – So where do you go from here? Roach – Well, I think we’re gonna spend a little more time developing Roach City, and then I’m guessing we’ll need to make a movie or something. Tully – Gratuitous? Roach – Maybe? It may be a little pricey for us to tackle right now, so possibly something else. Tully – So what is it? Roach – A little writing is gonna have to take place before I can answer that. Check back with me later.