“High School”, starring Adrien Brody, Michael Chiklis, Matt Bush, Sean Marquette, Colin Hanks and Mykelti Williamson premiered on Sundance on January 24, 2010. The official website for the movie is finally online and can be found here: www.deptofmoralhealth.org/. According to the official website, the screenings of the movie on Sundance are already sold out.

Become a fan of HIGH school on Facebook. In addition, there’s a Twitter page listed and a MySpace page is available, too.

Another “Lucky” related article has been published. The Text is about a family whose house is for sale and the producers of “Lucky” found the listing for it on the internet and decided to transfer the house into a movie set.

Production for a movie being filmed in Council Bluffs last week has moved across the river. The film crew has moved into a house in the Regency neighborhood.

Read more on wowt.com.

When the “Lucky” production filmed inside the 1892 German Bier Haus, a pub on West Broadway in Council Bluffs a writer from the World Herald Staff was among the people on set of Colin’s current project about a wannabe serial killer who wins the lottery.

On that location they shoot the party Hanks’ co-workers at an accounting office throw for him after he wins the lottery. Hence the bar location.

The serial killer (Hanks) is sort of a shy loser who lives at home with mom (Ann-Margret). But after he wins the lottery, the girl he’s had a crush on forever (Graynor) hits on him.

Nice. Sort of.

“She’s in a tough spot,” Graynor said of her character. “She loses her job, her boyfriend breaks up with her, and neither she nor Colin’s character really knows how to relate to others very well. But the money looks good to her, and she has this need to feel special. But then she surprises herself by experiencing real feelings for him.”

Gil Cates explains that “Lucky” is a dark comedy and character driven. Furthermore, the tells that there is not a lot of violence. “It’s not bloody. It’s a love story at its heart, fun and kinda edgy.”

In the article, Colin Hanks told the reporter that he was drawn to “Lucky” as “a chance to do something different, to be funny but not necessarily in a broad sense. It seemed like a fun dynamic.”

Filming started Sept. 8 and is expected to wrap by Oct. 14. Producer Caitlin Murney said one final day of shooting will take place in Los Angeles, which will stand in for Hawaii. Post-production will continue through March.

Make sure to read the full article on Omaha.com. There you can find three pictures, too!

One shows the director taking with Colin during a rehersal sccene in “Lucky”. The second image shows the activity on the set as well the third one.

An article about Colin’s project “Lucky” has been published on the Daily Nonpareil website.

For “Lucky,” an independent dark comedy about a wannabe serial killer who wins the lottery and goes on to pursue his high school sweetheart, Wedberg checks the continuity of the film. Hanks portrays the would-be killer. Wedberg checks to make sure that if, for instance, Hanks picks up a phone with his left hand in one shot, he’s holding it in his left hand in the next.

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The movie is expected to be finished and edited by February or March, said Murney. Since the film hasn’t picked up a distributor yet, the producers plan on hitting studios and the film festival circuit. Optimistically and with a sense of humor, Murney said the plan is for the film to create a bidding war before it gets picked up and sent to theaters.

Make sure to read the full text:
‘Lucky’ film being shot in 30 area locations

Thanks Carly!!

Variety reports that Colin Hanks just signed on for the indie comedy “Lucky”, in which he will star alongside Ari Graynor, Ann-Margret and Jeffrey Tambor.

The production will start next week in Iowa with Gil Gates Jr. directing.

“Lucky” centers on a fledgling serial killer who wins the lottery and attempts to pursue his lifelong crush.

You can read the full article on Variety.

What do you think… will Colin play the serial killer?

Thanks a lot Belinda!