Holly-Bolly Films… are movies structured to be equally appealing to western audiences as to audiences of cultures in which Hollywood has made little penetration – such as India, China, Russia and Brazil. Veni Vici Entertainment’s initial focus is on India which is enjoying a 8% growth, with an entertainment industry that is currently growing at 18% per annum. We’ve baptized these films with great crossover potential as Holly-Bolly Films. They start with themes and stories that play out in both America and India, are driven by characters from both cultures, employ a cast from both countries, and can be enjoyed from the view point of either culture. Most important, Holly-Bolly films get produced in the off-shore country where important production savings can be realized. The first three projects are listed below.
The Horror of Surpanaka
The 5,000 year old demoness of Indian mythology is resurrected to star in an American genre film that takes place mostly in India. Three American, fun-loving college girls miss their boyfriends who went to India for an archaeological dig. The girls fly to India to surprise the boys but when they arrive they get the surprise of their lives. The boys are missing and badly mangled bodies of young men are cropping up everywhere, the victims of Surpanaka, who kills with a poisonous, lactic spray from her seductive bosom. Ads may run a headline: “Guys who see this film may never again dare touch a titty. One of the girls, a comical, phobia-filled youngster, overcomes her fears and transforms into the heroine who saves the boys and kills the demon. A new, eclectic, show-band, “The Hellions of Hades,” is introduced in this film and produces a number of novel music videos associated with the film for pre-promotion and publicity. Bdgt. $2-3m
Dangerous Days (for Dragon Dancer Vigilantes)
*Dangerous Days, the book co-authored by Actor/ stuntman David Stevenson and multi-award winning playwright Andy Halmay, released by Rain Publishing!
A modified Kung Fu film uses wire work and digital effects in martial arts as well as in ballroom dancing for a new dimension of beauty in an old tradition of violence.. A multiracial couple travel the world as ballroom dance competitors and dance contest judges while under the cloak of night they find and eradicate all links to the murderers of their parents. The story plays out in Japan, India, America and Canada but the bulk of production takes place in India where the film also introduces Kalaripayattu, India’s own and ancient martial arts in an exciting new version, enhanced by wire work and CGI. David Stevenson stars (www.stuntstevenson.com) and Tokyo’s darling, Bob Sapp is featured with either Elliott Gould, Dan Aykroid or Wm. Shatner also featured. Bdgt.: $6-$10m
Beats Viagra
A sexy comedy about a bigger-than-life American hustler and a sedate Indian professor,. They come to the same bank to do their banking and are accidentally locked up in the vault during a bank robbery to form an oddest-couple friendship. The American specializes in product placement in films & TV, thus is in constant contact with major entertainment figures. (Also, because of the fit within the story, this film will be heavily laden with product placement in a comic but effective manner for all concerned) While having street smarts, the American hustler is a naive lowbrow who had never heard of Kama Sutra. When he learns about this ancient art of lovemaking from his new friend, he becomes convinced that there is a fortune to be made in a chain of franchised sex education schools. He persuades the professor to come along in his lunatic efforts to get the enterprise off the ground. The film has fun examining the follies of American and Indian cultures. Two major names will star in this one – (Cuba Gooding or Dustin Hoffman) and a Bollywood counterpart. Bdgt.: $22-$40m
Veni Vici Entertainment * 403-221 Russell Hill Rd * Toronto, ON M4V 2T3 * 416-925-1271 * ddvenivici@bellnet.ca
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