3rd September, 2010
Yikes! Over a month since my last update. Ugh. Well--here's what's been goin' down:
Still working on my website. I'm doing it myself, so it's taking a very long time...trying to squeeze it in between 3 survival jobs, doing the MILE HIGH LACI website, and producing/acting/scheduling/pulling my hair out for MHL. ;) Hopefully just another couple of weeks, though. It's going to be very MOI! ;)
MHL is going full speed ahead! We're about halfway through filming our first episodes. We're thinking we'll be able to release them at the end of October--after we've edited, added credit sequences, music, etc. I can't wait to see the finished product.
Here's some BIG news!!! I leave in just a couple of hours for San Jose, CA...where I'll be attending the premier of CHHEVAN DARIYA (THE SIXTH RIVER)! It's my very first premier...it's not a huge one, but since it's my first, I collaborated with Francis D. Roces of Kimono Dragons to make a new dress. It's very pretty--can't wait to share pics! Not only that, but the wonderful folks at Advanced Eye Care in Englewood, CO gave me a swanky new pair of Oliver Peoples sunglasses! The kind Jay-z wore on the cover of Rolling Stone.
I feel like a Supa-Stah...I don't wanna go back to my normal life on Monday!!!
24th July, 2010
Wow--two months and still no website! Many, many apologies! I'm just as anxious as you are to see the new one...but it's going to be a while longer. (Maybe I should learn how to do it myself--I'd have a Survival Job AND be able to do my own, all at the same time! Ha!)
In other news, MILE HIGH LACI begins filming in another month--finally! (Can you sense I have NO patience?!) CHHEVAN DARIYA (THE SIXTH RIVER) is rumoured to be released in India this September, but I have no more information than that at the moment. And now I leave you with this thought:
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions.
So what? Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen
25th May, 2010
Where to start? I'm currently re-designing my website and can't wait to launch it! I've been super-busy working behind the scenes on my webseries, now officially titled MILE HIGH LACI. We've nailed down locations, actors, crew, and have also become a SAG production! We can't wait to start filming! The past two months I've mostly been focused on the show, but have also been able to audition quite a bit, as well as juggle my Survival Job and home construction. (Oh, the joy of it all!) I finished up filming my part (Lady Catherine Stiles) in THE HIGHWAYMAN...and on THE SIXTH RIVER front, we're hoping to hear good news pretty soon. Tomorrow I audition for my first television series--IN PLAIN SIGHT. I'm so excited! And look! I learned to talk in first person narrative! Yay, me. :)
29 March, 2010
Major changes coming for www.christacannon.com Can't wait to reveal the new look! Maybe she'll stop writing about herself in third person. George Costanza teaches her bad habits. Anyway! i <3 lac;) (I Heart Laci in text-ese) is now officially a SAG production! You'll note the name change: you can find out more through Christa's blog, Cannon Fodder. We're busy filming webisodes and scheduling photo shoots in preparation for our Launch Party in May! She is no longer attached to the film EYE OF NOOR due to time constraints, but will continue filming THE HIGHWAYMAN in April. Cheers!
8 February, 2010
Lots of changes! Christa is now represented by Radical Artists out of Denver. "i <3 luc;)" is going full speed ahead, but won't be available online for a few weeks yet. And the latest is her new role, Danu, in EYE OF NOOR. She plays an 8,000 year-old Paladin with serious vampire-butt-kicking skills! Swordfight and martial arts training has already begun!
1st January, 2010
Happy New Year! And new decade. :) This will be Christa's best yet--it's already starting off "not too shabby." She's begun filming her new webseries "i <3 luc;)" and hopes to have several webisodes online by the end of the month. Stay tuned for the shenanigans!
12 December, 2009
Christa had an interview with Tongue & Axe on SD Network today--the podcast will air on Tuesday, the 15th! She's also creating a new web series based on a modern-day Ricky and Lucy and hopes to pick up the pen to write WILD GEESE, her short Irish film.
7 December, 2009
Christa now has a SAG-affiliated agency representing her in New Mexico and California: A&M Agency!
25 November, 2009
Christa is back Stateside after finishing the shoot for CHHEVAN DARIYA (THE SIXTH RIVER) in India. This was a dream come true for her, and she plans to continue seeking out gigs in Bombay, as well as the USA.
10th October, 2009
Press for THE SIXTH RIVER. Ludhiana News!
7th October, 2009
Christa is currently filming THE SIXTH RIVER (Chhevan Dariya) in Ludhiana, India (Punjab). She'll be back Stateside in late November. Until then, keep track of all her Indian adventures on her blog, Cannon Fodder!
30 August, 2009
Christa's had one heckuva week! Not only was she filming with Tangra Productions, but she was able to fly to San Jose to meet the writer/director extroardinaire, Ish Amitoj Kaur! Ish wanted to make her final decision for the lead in a Punjabi cross-over film shooting in India, THE SIXTH RIVER. Christa won the part of Carrie and flies to India in a month to begin principle shooting with Lakhwinder Wadali and Gulshan Grover!
30 August, 2009
The Highwayman Movie to Start Principal Photography at Colorado Governor’s Residence in Denver September 4th! For Immediate Release
30 August, 2009
Christa wrapped THE HERE BETWEEN today! Check out her blog to learn more about this powerful short film directed by Ilian Iliev.
15 August, 2009
Christa has accepted the role of Genie in THE HERE BETWEEN (Tangra Productions), a short film based on Ambrose Bierce's story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Filming begins the end of this month.
22 July, 2009
It looks like filming for The Highwayman will begin early September, 2009. Christa is very excited to lace her corsets in order to become Lady Catherine!
Something else is getting her excited these days: she will be writing/producing/acting in 2-3 short films over the course of the next couple of months. One will be set in Ireland with parts spoken in Irish gaelic; another will be a modern office dramedy. Keep checking back for updates!
27 June, 2009
After taking off a couple of months for personal reasons, Christa is back!!! Stay tuned--more audio and video reels will be added. She will begin updating Cannon Fodder again, to keep everyone abreast of auditions, gigs, etc. Something to look forward to: The Highwayman will begin filming late summer 2009, and in the autumn Christa will be featured in a dark comedy with Warren Piece Productions.
15 January, 2009
The Highwayman
The long-promised promo trailer has arrived! Check it out on the Reels section of Christa's site!
18 July, 2008
Inferno Film Press Room
Inferno Film Productions is pleased to announce the casting of Macleish Day and Marianne Page in the lead roles of its upcoming motion picture production, The Highwayman. The Highwayman screenplay is based on the classic poem by Alfred Noyes and tracks the poem very closely. Macleish will play Will Stiles, the son of a farmer who discovers that he is the grandson of a baronet who was betrayed and executed causing his family to lose all their lands and titles. Seeking revenge on those responsible for his family's downfall, Will begins a secret double life as a highwayman. Marianne will play the love of Will's life, Bess, the innkeeper's daughter. The movie will also feature Trygve Lode as Lt. Cardwell, Christa Cannon as Lady Catherine, and Tom Place as Young Henry, with stunts and effects provided by Asgard Entertainment.
"Our Highwayman is a bit of a romance, a bit of an action movie and a bit of an old fashion ghost story," said producer Darlene Cypser. "Toss Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Star Wars and a bit of the kind of ghost stories told around camp fires into a blender, set it on 18th century England and mix well!"
Christa Cannon of Aurora will play the young Catherine Stiles, Will Stiles' grandmother, in flashbacks about the arrest and execution of his grandfather, Malcolm Stiles. In the same scenes Tom Place will play her son, Young Henry, Will's future father.
Christa has an extensive background in modeling in the US and in theater in Europe. She also appeared in the Colorado feature film, Skills Like This. But Christa has an aristocratic look that fits very well with the 18th century.
7 July, 2008
The Highwayman Movie's Official MySpace Page
We have found our Catherine!
Casting is a lot harder than you might think. It is not just a matter of finding people who can act. That's a minimum requirement. You also need someone who looks the part. I have seen some badly miscast roles in low budget films. The one that sticks in my mind is a character who was supposed to be a hardened underworld wheeler-dealer who looked like a 20-year-old whose only experience was playing video games. It just did not work.
And when you are casting for a movie set in the 18th century there are other factors. Some people just have a look that is "too modern." I can't explain what I mean by that beyond the fact that I just know that if we dress them up for the part they will look out of place and time.
I didn't have particular image in my mind of what Catherine looked like though when you are talking about an upperclass English woman in the early 1700s there is a limited range. But Catherine appears only in flashbacks at very intense emotional moments -- when her husband is being arrested, tried and hanged. Because those moments are going to be flashbacks with a voiceover, Catherine had to be able to express most of her reaction with her face. And that is hard.
And yet Christa Cannon excelled at it. We all knew at the end of the auditions that she was the one. We wanted to be fair and review the tapes. But Christa still stood out far above the rest.
Now if only it was that easy to decide on the other roles....
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