Nemesis The Hunter's Mark Issue One: The Fallen.

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- Written by Andre Farquharson

Director's Cut: Hardest to Survive part 7.

Hello again, to my seventh Director's Cut for Hardest to Survive. My last news on this was on my update video in March. Time has certainly flew, and we're now near the end of April. This year, the short film will continue where it left off with the test shoots. I can't say too much, but I can say that I'm gathering a lot of new team players in the fold. I am looking for a new fresh start and to learn from the past and so far it is looking promising. Sometime in May, I am scheduled to have a meeting with a media studio called Nuttylenz. In partnership with Nuttylenz, LD Studios and Frontier plan a host of ideas involving the look of the film and how we plan to play out in the long run. I am close to finalising the budget and after test shoots, we should hopefully start production in July 2012.

Until then I will let you know what's going on,



Take Care,



- Written by Andre Farquharson

Killer Heels latest News.

What's up, fans? Just here to let you know about the shenanigans with Killer Heels. I am told the short film will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Again, I'm being tight lipped about that, but I'm saying that I'm proud of how it is looking up. I can't wait to see the finished product and I am confident from the way it is written that it should be brilliant. Although, what is on the blueprint, does not mean its going to be up to scratch in the actual big screen. There are many factors even the average moviegoer can point out. At some point, I will post up some tutorials about how to create your own comic book and graphic novel? This will likely be after I post up the Documentary: Independent Artists sometime in May.

Later on,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

New Web Pilot.

Back with another update, this is the new online series produced by Ezee Media, about a spy-drama on MI5 agents suddenly going missing and it being tied with the Chinese government. Writer/Director/Producer, Matthew Easy, decided to do a Pilot rather than a full 5 episode run, there are no details on the actual title of the series as of yet but development is still ongoing. He said he's focusing on show running the pilot before continuing the entire series. I will help the Director with the Pilot after I have finished some next projects I got lined up for this year. Apparently, he wants to get it right first hand before he does the series, Writer's Block over the Frontier Entertainment network is nearing production and I will be helping out over there also. Killer Heels, the short film, at Seventh Wonder Films is now in post-production. Next week, I will be revealing a new treat for you, also.

Until next time,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Writer's Block.

What's happenin' fans? I'm just informing that the new short film directed by Jstaarz is coming soon on Youtube. I am doing some of the camera work and there is cast for it too. At some point, I may put up still photography on this blog and show it all to you at a later date, but Principal Photography should take place sometime next week. More on the Flyplann interview this weekend.


Later everyone,



- Written by Andre Farquharson

Director's Cut: Hardest to Survive part 6.

This is now my sixth entry of my Director's Cut post for Hardest to Survive, I would like to say that all hope is not lost. Admittedly, this project has been through a lot, so it is safe by saying I will most likely be raising some of the money funding myself but I will not be alone. I have in fact pitched this short film to Live Ultd and I am discussing this situation with them, serious re-casting will have to be made but not a lot. Most of my actors are now busy including myself so I'm taking a backwards step as I'm mostly caught up with both my recording for music for my Mix-tape "Breakin' Da Rules" and EP "Rule's Broken" plus my comic book project and education is on my top priority list. Including being an Script Editor and Executive Producer for Matt's upcoming spy-drama online series. Not to worry though, I can multitask, which is not a problem as evident with finishing the storyboards for the Killer Heels film I am involved in which should be ready to film pretty soon.

It's just at this moment in time, it is a bit stuck but will not stay on the pedestal for long, battling with investors to bring about good films is tough. I feel highly underminded due to my young age but I'm going to give the "grown ups" a run for their money. The problem is, which I had with Artefacts Edutainment and most of these organizations is they don't want to see many young people like myself do commercial films that do not help the community and they are "stingy" with their money because they don't believe it's going to show much of an impact to others. They want us to do films that show more of a social endeavour for people and because mine is more "in-between", an entertaining short film with a message behind it this is regarded as not eligible. Truth is they are not willing to take risks, period. I refuse to make films with any enterprise that only fits their perspective of what my film is about then remove the essence out of it, which makes it "shocking", end of.

I will keep you in the loop,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

A New Year.

It's a new year and a new dawn for some upcoming projects, I spoke to Matthew Ezee and he said that there will be 5 episodes of his spy drama each 10 minutes long, not 6 episodes. So there will be heart-dropping action and techno-savvy language in the vein of "Spooks". I won't spoil too much of the plot but I'll give you a brief summary, I read the first Pilot and it "absolutely blows you away". Set in London, it throws us in the world of espionage and sticky detail with the Chinese government as elaborate British MI5 Agents are mysteriously eliminated one by one by an unknown enemy. Primarily, I will be serving as Script Editor and Executive Producer of the project. I will be co-writing at least 3 episodes and doing a polish every now and then, but it is looking to be done well.

What I can't wait for is to jump back on pre-production for the Nemesis anime trailer, I am nearly finished doing my part in the new short film I told you about. As soon as that is clear, I will be finishing off what is left of the storyboards, which is 1/2 finished now. I am employing more artists to be tied in with this project, some have even worked for Marvel and DC Comics. In the meantime, for the comic, I have pitched to an independent publisher Time Bomb Comics and contacted a couple more such as Dark Horse and Image Comics. My website will be re-launched later this year, most likely during the summer. I have an announcement to make this coming week about the project and there will be more update videos around March. I should be done with Killer Heels a week from now.

Breakin' da Rules is alright, I finished recording a track called "My Sweetness" and when I have traveled to Atlanta, GA and Greenville, Virginia it had inspired me to write two songs for my EP, Rules Broken; one about Atlanta girls and another about fitting in with other people, both of which I am working on and I'm going to record a track I'd like to call "Bridges". I'm not sure about "We'll Be At the Top", a track I did with 4 Real and Bola, but there is one track I did with a few artists, Neeko, Assassin and Breezy called "My Life" and can't wait to collaborate with them on "All Night". I will be hitting more time at the studio, plus I will be doing freestyles every 2 months with the next one coming this February and hope to work with Blaze Barnation very soon. He dropped his mixtape Barnation World last year and he'll be spittin' on my mixtape. Also, check out American rapper Fly Plann as well.


Later on,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Hardest to Survive Entered in Film Festival.

I would like to inform all of you that Hardest to Survive, my Short Film, was entered in a Film Festival for DocScreen event at the Art Against Knives Boxpark in Shoreditch on the 22nd December 2011, and was fit in there by a show holder. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend my own screening but I am confident that it all went well. The clip that was shown was an extended clip, this is an extra scene that is separate from the actual film, which would of provided viewers a bit of knowledge on what actually happens during a vital point in the 30 minute short somewhere during the middle of the plot. I directed this scene with myself in a cameo role, I shot this with other filmmakers from Ezee Media and Frontier Entertainment. The scene was posted on Youtube earlier this year and on Facebook. You can view it on my account, found on my contacts page. I am aiming for production sometime in February-March 2012.

Take Care fans,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

The New Kid Pilot.

Finally, The New Kid Pilot is here. You can watch the show here on my page and on Youtube, the clip maybe on Spiff TV as well. I Andre Farquharson star as the new kid, replacing Sean Marquis, the person initially intended to star as the lead role. Jerry Zemi stars as Killerman/Kellerman and Ryan Driscoll stars as one of the bullies, Alex. Written, directed and produced by Jstaarz, the show is about a new kid who is new to the block, executive produced by myself. So what are you waiting for? Check out the clip and let's read what you think.

Its over for now but for how long?

Updates coming soon,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

New Kid Pilot finished.

I am going to let you in on a brief rundown on The New Kid Pilot written and directed by Jstaarz. The 5 minute short has been shot yesterday and is almost wrapped up, there is a few details I will give out which are quite major spoilers. I no longer play Killerman/Kellerman character in the show but I play someone else. There has been a change in the casting but the story and concept is still quite sound. Sean Marquis, the actor who is initially supposed to play our title character is not in the episode but is still involved in Hardest to Survive. There is one more shot needed to be shot that includes the main character's introduction, but the majority of the show has been finished and is about to go through editing process. I'm not sure how long it will take but expect the Pilot to be on Spiff TV, Youtube and Facebook by this November.

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Director's Cut: Hardest to Survive part 5.

Everyone, welcome back to my blog. I am here to discuss what is going on with the short film, Hardest to Survive. Well, I'm afraid the long awaiting film will have to take a back seat for a while longer as plans shall move forward to be released sometime next year in 2012. The reason is due to unforeseen technical difficulties which have delayed production this Autumn and pre-production not yet accomplished. Test shoots were supposed to be completed a while ago from this Summer but it was not possible, my plans are to complete them by the end of this year and start production from February to March 2012 for a Spring release. I have discussed my overall plans with the rest of the team from Ezee Media and they are in agreement to go ahead with this decision. I hosted a meeting last week with all the actors about this to sort out the problem and I am looking to share all of their comments around to tackle this situation.

Although, this is unfortunate, do not worry I am getting more assistance from other studios and investors willing to donate and finance this project. I seek to change people's minds about problems we face in the climate now such as distress, peer pressure and more stuff affecting young people today. The good news is Jstaarz's project The New Kid is ready to start filming this week so at least you have some kind of treat for many to look out for. Also, I got news from a friend of Rommel's who is lettering my comic book series and he has had trouble of his own which has slightly impacted my progress on Nemesis the Hunter's Mark. He experienced some technical glitches as well, I am getting in contact with him as soon as possible in order to get things in motion. However, the animated trailer based on this is going smoothly. I will come back with a small brief on who is playing Henry's mother.

I'll be right back,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

New Kid on the Block.

Shooting of the first episode Pilot is about to begin on The New Kid, directed with a story by Jstaarz for Frontier Entertainment and executive produced by me. I am excited to be a part of this project and wish him luck in creating a pamphlet of a down to earth teenage and young adult drama. It's something I wanted to do ever since I left Pulp Theatre. I play a supporting character called Kellerman/Killerman, I went on to revise some of the scenes, but the director said it was not really necessary and kept it simple. The scene I am doing that I re-written in draft 2, is where you see me for the first time and of course our protagonist of the Pilot. I wanted to give more tension between my character plus the main character in their interactions, so it provided leeway for this guy that I play to be perhaps untrustworthy but it was dropped and can only do what the director says and can't really intrude on someone else's work. Sometimes your own flip side on things doesn't work, even though you believe your ideas are sound. Of course, I know what I would do but its not the vision a director may relieve so you have to lay low.

Well, that's it for today, I will reveal the actor who is playing The New Kid some other time and by then I should have stills of the Pilot and maybe an interview with the man himself. Stay tuned for more details about the show. By the end of this week, I have another post coming soon that I am talking about the process of upcoming comic book miniseries Nemesis the Hunter's Mark and maybe post up a teaser poster, synopsis for issue 2, a press release of interview, a little more thorough details of the small transition from Nemesis Dawn of a Legend and this new series and many more information. At the moment, I am pretty occupied with my other project with my own short film and got a meeting arranged to discuss the production of Hardest to Survive. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of Easter and the hot weather. Kbon Reviews has been on lock down for awhile but he will review the latest films and music very soon.

Take Care,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Actor to leave Survive short

Got a update for Hardest to Survive, had a meeting that day and the film is definitely going on track. The comic book miniseries is soaring into print as fast as you could fly a plane. However, unlike the publishing of the comic, the filmmaking process is a challenge. While minor or major things can go wrong during the idea, concept, writing, penciling and even the inking phases of a comic book/graphic novel which can easily be corrected (not including the inks) before it reaches onto the final stages that lead to printing and distribution on the shelves; anything can go wrong during production of a film from continuity to budgeting.

Well, unfortunately, actor Richard O'keefe, who was going to portray the character of Nate, decided to exit the short film of my crime thriller due to conflictions with his schedule. Both of us are truly sad that he had to leave and he wanted to continue being a part of this process, but obviously he's not able to be a part of it. I wish him good luck in whatever path he takes and goes far in the future. He was a good addition to the film crew and cast. Nate is one of the main characters in the film. Not to worry though, I've got a replacement to fill in the character of Nate.

I will reveal the actor who is playing Nate shortly after The New Kid is done, he will be in that Pilot episode of that project directed by Jstaarz. See if you could spot the person who is playing Nate. The script is being tailored for a shooting this weekend and one actor from my short film will be appearing in that episode. Watch out for The New Kid on Frontier, Youtube, Twitter and talks are being made for this to go on SBTV. Test shoots of Hardest to Survive hopefully should wrap up by the end of April or in the middle of May 2011 with a full week of shooting happening thereafter. My next post will be about The New Kid released this Easter.

Director's Cut: Hardest to Survive part 3

Everyone, I'm glad you all came back to present to you more news about Hardest to Survive, but first I got some bad news and good news. I will first give you the bad one. Okay, the bad news is that two clips I was supposed to shoot on the 12th and 13th March this year was cancelled due to complications with the actors, time constraints and sechedule. One of the actors in the shoot had an emergency and had to leave quietly off set to sort the problem out, which is at the hospital. I just hope the person there is okay, the other problem is due to lost footage of one clip that is long overdue which is Artefacts Edutainment's fault who lost it during edits, which is the reason I totally cut ties with them. This means I had to support footage, which they have lost by doing at least two days of shooting back to back in two scenes at various locations. If things can't get any worse, the actor who is playing Nate (Richard O'keffe) has got a busy schedule due to exams but I am in talks with him this weekend so that I can make a final decisison on his stay.

The good news, I'm having a meeting with a business advisor this Friday 1st April and I will sign papers for applications for First Light Young Filmmakers among other documents to secure budgeting of the film. I am already in negotiatians with a Director friend Enrico Tessarin about providing me with a Producer. If this goes right, I should be able to start Principal Photography in April/May. I need to sort out a Production Schedule and what the budget is going towards and I have slowly grasped different extras who should be around for this film. I got a casting director searching for a potential actor who can play one of Malachi's henchmen who plays a key part in the film and he is searching for people that can play basketball players seen at the very start of the movie. So, the film is still moving steadily, I did not get to shoot at the specific time I wanted to shoot but I am sure I can get it sorted either way. Make sure you support Hardest to Survive on the Facebook pages with this link it is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hardest-to-Survive-Short-Film, and the clips that I have done so far, the first one and the extended clip are both still available on my account http://http//www.youtube.com/user/89kbon.

Follow me on my blog, over this page for those of you who have come to this site for the first time, for twitter its http://www.twitter.com/lildre_cains and I have more news in store for you about the comic later on this week. The website will be released in the afternoon on Thursday 31st March 2011 so make sure you have a look at that. Otherwise check out the story of Nemesis the Hunter's Mark and the pages that have been pencilled by Julio Falkenhagen and inked by myself. The 5 preview pages lettered by Rommel Fabian and coloured by Kieron Boothe, although busy as he is, will be coming soon. You can view all of these pages on this link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nemesis-the-Hunters-Mark-Comic.

Take care for now,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Hardest to Survive extended clip

They say good things come to those who wait, its all I have to say for this column I have now. I just released the extended clip for Hardest to Survive on Youtube here on the 24th February and its looking good so far, I'm pleased with myself. Unfortunately, the shoot for the 3rd clip cannot be done because one of the actors had a fever and the other was not available so hopefully shooting can take place after 8th March for that. I expect to start the actual film very soon, I got a studio out there I need to see and prepare for Principal Photography coming soon and other things, which needs to be sorted like a schedule but it should be fine. My blog has been updated a little bit with one more picture added to the bios section and more links to my contacts page where you will be able to contact me. On it, is Hardest to Survive page and the Nemesis the Hunter's Mark page on Facebook, those are places where you can get extra piece of information from both projects. Not only that, but you can see videos, pictures or apps there as well. Also, there is a link to follow me on Twitter. Anyway, enough rambling let's see the video.






Thank you for watching,



- Written by Andre Farquharson

Director's Cut: Hardest to Survive part 2.

Fans, this is what I have to say about the progress of Hardest to Survive, it is slowly but surely coming into fruition. Mathu Ezee has edited the clip 2 and we are about to start shooting clip 3 sooner than you think, I will post it on this blog but you can see it on the group page on Facebook if you are a user. Its going on Youtube as well, so there it is. I hope to start Principal Photography, hoprfully, in about a few weeks time. I have some extras for the film arranged, another thing I would want to announce is I want to thank everyone who visited this site and followed up till now. Everyone, I promise you that the film will be finished and ready for all to see.

Thank you,



- Written by Andre Farquharson

Nemesis on Twitter and Facebook!!!

Everyone, I hope you enjoy February as I will. On the 14th is a special day for Valentines, now on my blog I have 5 paged previews from inside of Nemesis the Hunter's Mark issue 1 called "The Fallen", pencilled by Julio Falkenhagen. He just sent me some of his images, at the moment I am laying some inks on practise papers before I get to the sheets. I already sent them down to my colourist, Kieron Boothe and letterer, Rommel Fabian who will be doing the lettering and they are going start on those pages soon.

My interview with Ota Otakiju has finished and is going to be published on a monthly magazine, the name of it will be revealed and a copy of it will be seen on this blog. Another thing is Nemesis meets Tweet and Facebook. The link to both of them is below this section so follow me on Twitter, I'm a regular at tweet and be a fan on Facebook. Coming sometime in the coming weeks are teaser pages of the upcoming book, stay tuned for more information which should come in due time.

Nemesis the Hunter's Mark#1


Part one of seven: The Fallen.


"COVER ART by DEAN RICHARDS, SCRIPT, LAYOUTS & INKS by ANDRE FARQUHARSON, PENCILS by JULIO FALKENHAGEN, COLOURS by JUANMAR STUDIOS AND LETTERS by ROMMEL FABIAN. NEMESIS THE HUNTER'S MARK © written and created by ANDRE FARQUHARSON. Henry Jackson is haunted by nightmares and strange imaginings which pinpoint his deceased parents' situation the night they were killed in a fire in episodic flashbacks. Seven years earlier, he moved to Queens, New York with Uncle Phil and dated Maria Francisco whilst at Fordham University where he befriended Raphael Hagen and Ryan Mitchell, a rivalry developed between Jackson and Mitchell as Ryan fell in love with Maria, so much that he ends up doing one action that eventually causes a feud. Henry maybe forced to abandon his girlfriend and his life will never be the same again".


There you have it, five pages of quality art from Julio, he is very talented and I got to admit he is the best at what he does. Follow the process on my blog and on twitter, here the link is down below. My animation trailer I plan to do is postponed until further notice as I have projects that I am focusing on right now. I am fully vested into my comic and film project I got down the line. Plus my time is really full right now as I have got a separate media project that I am doing also, which is going to take most of my time. However, the animation trailer is still in development and is listed on my schedule.

http://www.blogger.com/www.twitter.com/lildre_cains

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/pages/Nemesis-the-Hunters-Mark-Comic/136060709787889


Well, that's all for today. Follow me on my blog, twitter, or become a fan on FB.




- Written by Andre Farquharson

Director's Cut: Hardest to Survive.

I had a meeting with a veteran film director, Enrico Tessarin, on Tuesday and he gave me some good advice on production for the upcoming crime thriller, Hardest to Survive. Mathu Ezee is going to send me clips by the end of this week. I was not able to shoot last Saturday as the DP was shooting a music video last week and is doing one of a feature film this week. I should be able to do one next week, but at the moment, I am focusing on editing the last clip I did before I do anything else and obviously I have to make sure that the actors will be available on that day of filming. I will upload pictures from the shoot on Facebook group page and Hardest to Survive is now on Twitter. Follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/lildre_cains. I will let you know when the next shooting takes place.


More news coming next week,





- Written by Andre Farquharson

Nemesis Dawn of a Legend e-book

Welcome back, it's been a busy start of the new year in January and I am here to keep you posted on what is going on with both projects within the next few weeks. Rommel Fabian (letterer) for the upcoming seven issue comic book series, Nemesis the Hunter's Mark, just confirmed he will be a guest artist for the prequel Nemesis Dawn of a Legend alongside myself and Shawn Milazzo who replaces Fabian in lettering duties. The colourist for this book has not been confirmed yet, but I will be quite busy sending Fabian designs for that after I finish with this series. I aim to have a Summer-Autumn 2011 release of the e-book later on this year. I will be handed the pencils from Julio Falkenhagen soon for this real soon. I hope to get back to you with the covers by next week. Also, I had an interview with Ota Otakiju about it, the article will be posted here.

In other news, I just finished shooting an extended clip of The Hardest to Survive today, photographs of behind the scenes will be on my Facebook group page. I plan to re-shoot clip 2 and possibly film clip 3 on 29th January 2011. I apologise for the lateness but that was due to Artefacts Edutainment shutting us out the way they did. I sorting out a meeting with Director Enrico Tessarin from New Treatment to lend a hand with the distribution and handling production of the actual footage. Hopefully I can sort this out in time so that Principal Photography should begin sometime in February. I have yet to receive any more updates on what is happening with the Artefacts organization, but we are definitely moving our studio, Ezee Media and Lil Dre studios, away from Artefacts over to another studio elsewhere.


Take care everyone,



- Written by Andre Farquharson

Episode Fourteen: End of the Line.

Everyone, this is the last issue of Nemesis Dawn of a Legend. Previously in Nemesis, Henry Jackson has found himself in a tight situation with Tucker, known as the gangster "T.K", tied him in a chair and was left helpless with Henry unable to access his powers. Tucker revealed to his prisoner two years ago in Boston, Massachusetts in a secret training facility and headquarters of The Commission when Henry was on the hunt for the assassins who attempted to kill his uncle, Phillip Jackson; Tucker's gang Cashmere had been outnumbered by entire Secret Service agents and killed off. Henry confronted the mastermind, Mr. Braddock, as the Shadow Man but was knocked unconscious by gas. Tucker felt betrayed as Cashmere was alone to deal with the attack, thus he stole information on Project Atlas via flash drive (a secret formula on synthetic skin) and used data about Henry against him. In an effort to stop Tucker, Henry transformed into his Shadow Man persona and used the smallest fraction of his power to cause an gas explosion: their current status is unknown.


The final issue of Nemesis Dawn of a Legend in the last part of The Dual Line saga ends this series here, the link to the script for issue 14 is down below.

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B602QQJcnSFcYTM3OGZhNzEtMWRhMS00MTVhLTkyMDItYjYzN2M3NjMwYjhi&hl=en


New cover art will be added onto this blog soon... anyway, enjoy the finale. I will be back later to discuss what you thought about it what you can expect in volume 1.

For those who maybe thinking "how could the next installment be number 1, when we just read this?" I will explain. Nemesis Dawn of a Legend is a prequel to the main story called Nemesis the Hunter's Mark. What you have read in the past 8 months is just an experience, which means you just read volume 0. This web series is still canon but set years before the events of next series, I am hoping all of these pages will be collected into a graphic novel later on in the year. You have read the scripts, but would it be nice to see what goes on inside the actual pages before your hands. Well, that's what I'm sorting out. A creative team for this is being called, Shawn Milazzo is going to letter the series with me obviously written the story, doing tight pencils and inks but I will reveal who is doing the complete pencilling and colours in a few months.


See yah,



- Written by Andre Farquharson