Countdown to the Premiere

Unofficial movie poster created by Crazy Rachel

The Hookman: Redemption premiere is only 18 days away! The world is anxiously awaiting what has been touted as "definitely a feature-length movie" and "a sequel to some other movie, I think." With all the buzz about the movie itself, many have lost sight of an important part of the Hookman experience.  True fans know that often some of the biggest laughs come after the credits in the form of outtakes.

Past adventures in Hookman filmmaking have indeed included many quotable lines and gags outside of the main film, the most notable of which has got to be the Alfonso "alpaca" line.  The best part is even though he finally gets the line right, it was cut from the final film.  So here you have a joke that was arguably as funny as anything in the movie, is still referenced today (and Robbie still gets ridiculed for), yet it wasn't even in the finished film! (if you haven't seen it, check out the video below)

Hookman: Redemption is breaking new ground in a lot of areas for the world of Hookman films, not the least of which in the outtakes department. To give you an idea of the scope of these outtakes, let me give you some numbers.  We are going through all of the raw footage in sequential order, starting with the footage for scene one, finding the funny outtakes, then going on to scene two and doing the same thing, etc.  After going through the first 15 scenes like this, we have 20 minutes of outtakes.  That works out to a little more than a minute of outtakes per scene.  And with 52 scenes in the film, that means there should be over an hour of outtakes!

It is entirely possible that the outtakes reel will be longer than the film itself, which has a running time of 88 minutes. This poses a small problem for showing them at the premiere.  The Charles Theatre has allotted us two hours to present Hookman: Redemption (7pm on December 27th, by the way).  Therefore after the credits at the premiere, there will have to be an abbreviated outtakes reel - but don't worry, that will still be half and hour long of only the best and funniest slip-ups, gags, jokes, and lines that we could never get quite right.  The full-length outtakes reel will be available to watch (along with other bonus features like director's commentary and behind-the-scenes goodies) when the DVD and Blu-Ray are released.  

So be sure to stick around at the premiere through the credits to see what may be some of the funniest parts of Hookman! 

Hookman: Redemption premieres Thursday, December 27th at 7pm at The Charles Theatre in Baltimore.  It is open to the public, and tickets are $10 at the door.

The remaining post-production schedule, of sorts.   The outtakes are due to be edited by 12/19.