On Kickstarter, Bowser and crew were able to raise $610,467 from 7,493 backers who wanted to see the quirky character on the big screen. And Onyx because of his success on the internet was really the only way I could do that and partially by crowdfunding.” “And it just got to a point where as a storyteller and a director, I wanted to go to the next level as far as the scope and size of a project. “As that was happening, I was also growing, as a director, directing a lot of sketches and music video parodies for Nerdist, which is kind of a geeky nerd news outlet,” he said. The videos went viral and Bowser kept creating more content of the “weird guy” who eventually became Onyx, who has accumulated over 3 million online views and over 1 million TikTok followers. People thought Onyx was really there, that he was a real person.” I filmed myself here in Burbank, Calif., and spliced it into the newscast and put it on the internet. “T here was a newscast from the Satanic Temple statue dedication in Detroit.
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He started in a series of viral videos where I would film myself in character and splice that footage into real newscasts,” Bowser said. “Onyx is a character I’ve done on the internet for about 10 years. Locally, you have a chance to catch the film when it screens at the Berkshire International Film Festival on June 2 and 3.īut where did this “weird” character come from? In an April 26 article, it was reported Cinedigm had acquired the North American rights to the horror-comedy film, with a planned theatrical release set for the fall. The film, shot at Ventfort Hall in April 2022, premiered at Sundance Film Festival as part of its Midnight Program. And it ended up being a perfect partnership.” ‘ONYX THE FORTUITOUS’ We just had a lot of details to work out and specifics to discuss, but I could tell right away having done this long enough that it was at least an open door to have this conversation. “They were one of the first places I called, and they were immediately amenable to the idea of filming. But it really was the mansion that was in my head, even down to the architecture and the spires, the whole Gilded Age look. It’s not often, especially with indie films that you get what’s in your head on screen.
“We made a list early on of all sorts of mansions everywhere, but I told one of my co-producers to focus on the East Coast and Ventfort Hall was, out of a list of probably 30, it was my absolute favorite. He’d soon find that location in the Berkshires - at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum. June 3 at Tanglewood Linde Center, 3A W Hawthorne Road, Lenox June 2 at Triplex Cinema, 70 Railroad St., Great Barrington
Suspecting Bartok’s nefarious intentions, Onyx is suddenly immersed in a world of monsters, mystery and mayhem. What: Onyx joins a group of fellow occultists to attend a dark ritual at the mansion of their idol, Bartok. If You Go 'Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls' But, I think the vibe they were going for was often a very New England spooky mansion vibe,” said Bowser, director and star of “On yx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls,” during a phone interview with The Eagle. I know a lot of the movies that inspired me were just shot out here in Pasadena on the lot at Universal.
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“It always just felt like this movie subgenre is an East Coast movie. Trillbury, aka “weird guy,” he knew he wanted to make a “throwback adventure horror comedy” in the vein of “Gremlins” and “Fright Night.” He also knew he wanted to set it in New England. When Andrew Bowser decided to develop a feature film around his viral YouTube/TikTok character Onyx the Fortuitous, aka Marcus J.
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