Written by Eric Jacobus, star, writer, co-director, and editor of the Rope A Dope series. On January 12, 2015, we released Rope A Dope 2 to the world to commemorate 14 years of The Stunt People. Be sure to check it out below. I promise you'll enjoy it. RAD2 comes after almost a year of [...]
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Japanese Artwork for Death Grip is Super-Mega-Insane
onEnglish translation coming soon. "Engrish" translation coming soon after! Buy Death Grip on DVD or Blu-Ray at the Stunt People Store.
GoPro Hero3 Impressions from an Action Filmmaker’s Perspective
onI bought my GoPro Hero3 Black Edition from Best Buy along with chest and head straps for the sole purpose of doing first-person action scenes. The FPS movie ("found footage") genre is one of my favorites, and I think it's criminally underused, especially in the action cross-genre, so my hopes have been to create solid action [...]
The Attraction of Twists – And why not to do them
onIf you've made a pitch in the past ten years, you understand the euphoric sensation when someone says, "I didn't see that coming!" But working that twist into your narrative in a meaningful way only results in pain and misery. The "twist" is good for pitches, but consider ditching it as soon as outlining phase [...]
What’s so difficult about making 1000 Blu-ray discs? Well… everything. Here’s how Death Grip did it
onWe set about the difficult task of authoring a Blu-ray version of our latest film Death Grip, which you can buy on our website. They've been selling much faster than the DVDs because Blu-ray rocks, and I'm happy as hell we did it. I often get questions from filmmakers asking how the process went, so [...]
Death Grip at the American Film Market – Interview with Film Specific
onFilmmakers always want to know what goes down at the American Film Market. As I probably mentioned a few times, Death Grip attended AFM in 2011, and while the price of admission was steep, the learning experience more than paid for it. Stacey Parks of Film Specific recently interviewed us for her latest case study [...]
Death Grip Reviews – Round 2
onFugu Talk saw our preview at Comic-Con 2012: There was one Donny Yuen film, some awful stuff that ranged from fun to unwatchable, and a really impressive indie effort from The Stunt People that reminded me of the old Jackie Chan films, both in terms of action and physical humor. I liked the clips so [...]
First Impressions of an Indie Action Exhibitor at Comic-Con 2012 – Bigger and Better than Ever
onWhen we walked into the exhibit hall today to begin our Comic-Con 2012 adventure, the initial impression was: holy sh*t. Not only is Comic-Con bigger, but it's louder, thicker, longer, and faster. Legendary is two hundred yards from us with a Dolby Surround system and a 130-inch LED TV near the ceiling playing every trailer [...]
Death Grip Distribution Rights Sold to India, Germany Plans to Make Deal
onLast we heard from our sales agent Wonderphil, a company in India has purchased the rights to distribute Death Grip in India. Will it be subtitled? Will it be dubbed? Will we have to shoot a pickup of a dance number for the ending? No telling, but in any case, Death Grip will be released [...]