Kat Candler Signs on to Josh Hutcherson’s Next Film for Ron Howard and Canon’s Project Imagination: The Trailer
April 22 2015 - 9:19AM
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Candler to Write and Direct Hutcherson’s Next
Hollywood Short Film Inspired by a Consumer Story
Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announced today
that Kat Candler, a decorated filmmaker best known for “Hellion”
and “Black Metal”, has signed on to Canon’s Project Imagination:
The Trailer, a consumer contest helmed by Ron Howard. Howard and
actor Josh Hutcherson (“The Hunger Games”) will choose one winning
trailer to inspire a Hollywood short film starring Hutcherson and
written and directed by Candler. Ron Howard and Josh Hutcherson
hand selected Candler for the project who’s film “Hellion” was in
the 2014 U.S. Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival
and went on to receive Honorable Mention for the Gamechanger Award
at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival.
“I’m so excited to work with Kat Candler and after watching
‘Hellion’, it was clear that she is extremely intuitive and can
bring thought-provoking work to the screen,” said Josh Hutcherson.
“The best part about the project is that I have no idea how the
script will unfold with Kat or what type of part I’ll play – it’s
totally up for interpretation!”
“Kat’s films are cinematic and she has a very real approach to
capturing life experiences in a way that viewers can relate to,”
said Ron Howard. “With everyday moments at the crux of this
creative experiment, Kat’s technique and skill will lend themselves
in the most authentic ways possible.”
“It is an honor to work with Canon, Ron Howard and Josh
Hutcherson on this project,” said Kat Candler. “I’m a firm believer
that there are many great stories living within each of us and the
Project Imagination platform is the perfect opportunity to share
and inspire others.”
Project Imagination: The Trailer contest launched in February
2015 and is open for submissions through April 29th. Based on the
concept that anything in life can be a movie, and every movie
starts with a trailer, even those who have never picked up a camera
before can easily turn everyday photo and video footage
into a creative movie trailer, with titles, Hollywood style
voice-overs and epic soundtracks. Consumers of all skill
levels can create and submit trailers of their everyday moments
using Canon’s Trailer Editor tool at imagination.usa.canon.com.
For the third iteration of Project
Imagination, Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy of Freestyle
Picture Company are once again producing the film, this
time with Josh Hutcherson.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to
the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding
Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue,
its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranked third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World’s Most Admired Companies in 2014. In 2014, Canon U.S.A.
received the PCMag.com Readers’ Choice Award for Service and
Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the
11th consecutive year. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest
level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent
U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of
social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon
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ABOUT RON HOWARD
Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American
actor, director and producer. He came to prominence as a child
actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for
eight years, and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the
sitcom “Happy Days” for six years. He made film appearances such as
in “American Graffiti” in 1973 and while starring in “Happy Days”
he also made “The Shootist” in 1976, as well as making his
directorial debut with the 1977 comedy film “Grand Theft Auto.” He
left “Happy Days” in 1980 to focus on directing, and has since gone
on to direct several films, including the Oscar winning “Cocoon,”
“Apollo 13,” “Frost/Nixon,” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
Ron won the Academy Award for “A Beautiful Mind” as the Director
and also producer of the film. In 2003, he was awarded the National
Medal of Arts.
ABOUT JOSH HUTCHERSON
Josh Hutcherson has quickly become one of Hollywood's most
accomplished young actors. He has received many accolades including
the 2012 Cinema Con award for "Breakthrough Actor," MTV Movie Award
for "Best Male Performance," the Teen Choice Award for "Best Actor:
Sci-Fi/Fantasy" and Logo's New Now Next Award for the "Next Mega
Star." Josh is best known for his portrayal of Peeta Mellark in the
highly successful franchise, “The Hunger Games”, alongside Jennifer
Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth. Josh reprises his role in “Mockingjay
Part 2” in November, 2015. In addition, Josh stars opposite Benicio
Del Toro in “Paradise Lost”, a drama about the notorious kingpin,
Pablo Escobar. In 2010, Josh co-starred alongside Annette Bening
and Julianne Moore in Lisa Cholodenko's Academy Award nominated
feature film “The Kids are All Right”. Additional film credits
include the animated film “Epic”, “Red Dawn”, a remake of the 1984
classic, “Journey 2: Mysterious Island”, the independent feature
film “Detention”, in which Hutcherson also served as Executive
Producer, an omnibus film entitled “Seven Days in Havana”, which
features seven shorts directed by seven different directors,
“Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D”, the first ever high
definition 3-D live performance feature, “Bridge To Terabithia”,
“Zathura”, “Kicking and Screaming”, “Howl's Moving Castle” and “The
Polar Express”. Josh won Young Artist Awards for "Leading Young
Actor" for his roles in “Zathura” and “Bridge to Terebithia”. In
addition to acting, Josh is extremely involved with his charity
organization, Straight But Not Narrow (SBNN). SBNN is an ally
organization that prepares and trains young adults on how to become
allies of their LGBTQ peer. In 2012, he was honored with GLAAD's
"Vanguard Award" for his work with the LGBT community.
ABOUT KAT CANDLER
Kat Candler's award winning short
films “Hellion” and “Black Metal” have screened
at Sundance, SXSW, Los Angeles Film Festival, San Francisco
International Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Maryland Film
Festival and more. Her feature
film, “Hellion” starring Aaron Paul and Juliette Lewis,
premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2014 Sundance
Film Festival. “Hellion” was a Sundance Creative
Producing Lab participant and San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth
Rainin Foundation Grant recipient. “Hellion” was released
in theaters through IFC Films. Candler was a recipient of the San
Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant for her
upcoming feature “Untitled Metal Project”. Candler is a
2014 Sundance Institute Women's Initiative Fellow.
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