Tales of an ancient empire

TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE screening at Fright Night Film Fest

July 26, 2010

Tales is screening on Sat, July 31 at 9 p.m. The show will be followed by Q&A with director, Albert Pyun, writer, Cynthia Curnan and Director of Photography, Phillip Waters. Please anyone in the nearby area come and join us. We’d love to see you! We will be there on August 1 too.

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TALES Article and Pyun interview on IFC

June 22, 2010

Albert Pyun’s “Tales” Stand Tall By Stephen Saito on 06/22/2010 Albert Pyun, photo courtesy of www.pyun.com In the independent filmmaking world, Albert Pyun is a little more independent than most. Having made his directorial debut with “The Sword and the Sorcerer” in 1982 after serving an apprenticeship under Akira Kurosawa, Pyun carved out a unique [...]

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TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE RED BAND TRAILER – NEW LINKS

May 14, 2010

Here’s the link to the this new version of the trailer: HD version – http://www.vimeo.com/11741527 Smaller version – http://www.vimeo.com/11742906 Same password as earlier. Let me know your thoughts! – albert

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ON STUDIO INTERFERENCE

April 9, 2010

I happen to read a mention on aintitcool.com about CHUD’s Devin Faraci doing a post op at his CHUD site.com on what went wrong creatively with Clash of the Titans. Because I’m immersed in the last stage of finishing Tales, I found it an interesting read. In Devin’s mind the culprit is clearly the studio [...]

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TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE NEW KEY ART POSTER.

April 8, 2010

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Tales Story/Plot Tweak

April 4, 2010

I realized as we started doing the final edit, that we really needed a romantic story thread, especially with the vampire element. So we added a tragic love affair that culminates in becoming the biggest threat to the Princess (Melissa Ordway), her half-brother Aedan (Kevin Sorbo) and half-sister Rajan (Janelle Taylor). Cynthia and I felt [...]

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MARCH MADNESS

March 25, 2010

Between preparing this last shooting for Tales (commences Tuesday, March 30) and trying to get the tech side of the Tales pre-orders going, I haven’t had a chance to create the trailer or final key art (the poster). I dropped the ball on making the pre-order process smoother for everyone and I’m sorry for that. [...]

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REFLECTION ON TALES

March 21, 2010

On this Sunday morning, as I sit here listening to Tony’s latest music cues and as the visual effects are edited in, I marvel at this tiny hard drive because it contains the sum total of my life. It’s clear to me that Tales of an Ancient Empire is by far the best film I have ever [...]

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TALES NEWS

March 19, 2010

Hi Everyone! Sorry we’re a little sparse with updates but we’re in the final process for finishing Tales for it’s April 23rd premiere. One think I’d like to pass along to everyone who has or will support our first release Bulletface during the TALES DVD special collection during the pre-order period, we are going to [...]

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TALES OF AN ANCIENT EMPIRE Pre-Order Date Set!

March 11, 2010

Tales of an Ancient Empire Pre-Order Date Set! News some of you have been wanting for awhile now — the pre-order and release dates for Tales of an Ancient Empire. Pre-orders for the limited Special DVD Collectors Edition can be pre-ordered beginning March 23, 2010. The DVD Collector’s edition will begin shipping April 23 to [...]

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