April 6, 2017

MARS ET AVRIL director, Martin Villeneuve, is officially helming the sci-fi, military drama MORALITAS, written by Michael Gozzard, who wrote the Lionsgate feature PRIDE, starring Oscar nominee Terrance Howard and the late Bernie Mac.

Villeneuve’s feature debut, the groundbreaking, sci-fi fantasy MARS ET AVRIL, starring Robert Lepage and Caroline Dhavernas, cost only a stunning $2.3 million to produce.

The achievement earned Villeneuve a prestigious invitation to give a TED Talk on how he made his acclaimed sci-fi feature on such a micro budget. Villeneuve is only the third film director to make a TED Talk presentation – the two others are James Cameron and J.J. Abrams – nice company.

Exact plot is being kept under wraps, but MORALITAS takes place in the near future and centers on a highly decorated Navy SEAL, who is tasked to train a new, military A.I., only to discover his own demons – which the newly sentient A.I. uses against him.

MORALITAS is currently out to producers and talent. Gozzard discovered and Co-Produced the Dimension / Freestyle Releasing horror franchise THE COLLECTOR, and served as Story Editor for Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman’s production company and VP of Development for Fortress Features. Ryan McGlazer put Villeneuve and Gozzard together and is Co-Producing.

Villeneuve is repped by David Flynn at UTA.

March 31, 2017

Pennlyn Productions is proud to announce that the adapted screenplay IN THE SHADOW OF FREEDOM by Elliott Riebman & Michael Gozzard won 3rd place in the WriteMovies 2016 International Screenwriting Competition.

February 3, 2016

Pennlyn Productions is proud to announce that actor Daniel Cudmore will play the iconic and larger than life, American baseball legend, Babe Ruth, in Pennlyn’s BANZAI BABE RUTH.

Based on the book by Robert K. Fitts, BANZAI chronicles The Bambino’s baseball barnstorming tour of pre-war Japan with Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, and Connie Mack.

     

Daniel played “Felix” in four TWILIGHT SAGA franchises (NEW MOON, ECLIPSE, and BREAKING DAWN PART 1 & 2), as well as “Colossus” in three X-MEN films (X-MEN 2, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

and X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST).  Daniel is also starring in Universal’s WARCRAFT, based on the popular video game series.  More news to come…

Daniel is repped by Murray Gibson of Red Management.  ばんざい！！！

            

 

BREAKING:

February 1, 2016

Pennlyn Productions is proud to announce that the city of TOYAMA, JAPAN will the location of the filming of Pennlyn’s LEARNING TO BOW, a coming of age rom-com based on

Michael Gozzard’s true life story of living and teaching English in Japan.  The city of Toyama has everything we need to tell this story and showcase the very best of Japan.

Pre-Production aims to commence this coming Spring, 2016.

 

       

  

       

 

BREAKING:

August 29, 2015

Pennlyn Productions’ Michael Gozzard had the honor of being invited to give a one week screenwriting / producing master workshop to students in Kampala, Uganda.

Hosted by the Uganda Film Festival (UFF), Michael also awarded the Best Documentary Film to HALF DOLLAR, “The voracious passion to tell stories and have their voices be heard by these beautiful Ugandan filmmakers is quite profound, humbling, and inspiring.”

Thank you UFF and the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) for such first class treatment and accommodation in Uganda, The Pearl of Africa.  And a special thank you to Nigerian producer / director, and official judge, Femi Odugbemi, for this life changing experience.