One Will Inspire a Short Film Starring
Hutcherson
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, along
with Ron Howard (two-time Academy Award® Winner) and Josh
Hutcherson (star of “The Hunger Games” franchise), have announced
the names of 15 finalists in the Project Imagination: The Trailer
contest. The contest, which drew a flood of submissions, encouraged
people of all skill levels to turn their photos and video footage
into movie trailers with titles, Hollywood style voice-overs and
epic soundtracks.
The public is now able to vote through June 10 on the 15
finalists at imagination.usa.canon.com and then Ron Howard and Josh
Hutcherson will select one winning trailer based on its overall
impression, inspiration and imagination. The film is set to go into
production this summer and will be written and directed by Kat
Candler (“Hellion”).
“As a veteran filmmaker, I appreciate the value of edge-of-your
seat creativity in filmmaking, and that’s what Project Imagination:
The Trailer is all about,” said Howard. “Josh and Kat are the
perfect complements to what’s sure to be an exhilarating
exploration into the inspirational value of trailers.”
“What’s most exciting about this process is that I don’t know
what to expect,” said Hutcherson.
“We were thrilled by the number of truly creative trailers that
were submitted,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon
U.S.A., Inc. “And, we know that Ron, Josh and Kat will honor the
power of everyday moments to inspire something really
fascinating.”
The 15 chosen finalists are:
- JR Poli of North Lauderdale, Fla., with
“Everything is Mean”
- Anna Fuller of Louisville, Ky., with “A
Reader and a Writer”
- Jan Garcia of Union City, Calif., with
“The Life and Times”
- Ben Alagna of Los Angeles, Calif., with
“Siren”
- Ryan McDowell of Campbell, Calif., with
“Borderless”
- Mina Park of Los Angeles, Calif., with
“Calling Card”
- Rachel Bingham of Sandy, Utah, with
“Ninja School”
- Zack Murray of Odessa, Fla., with
“Spin”
- Jonathan Spencer of Charleston, Mass.,
with “The 18-Hour Proposal”
- Matt Sconce of Oakhurst, Calif., with
“The Hunt”
- Ryan Lawson of Chicago, Ill., with
“Bubbles”
- Giordan Moore of Springfield, Mass.,
with “The Clumsy Shoveler”
- Marc Geiger of Lancaster, Calif., with
“Stuck”
- Mark Mukherjee of Tampa, Fla., with
“Tainted Water”
- Nic Thorson of Sherman Oaks, Calif.,
with “Project Six”
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 2015. 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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recognition for the design, construction, operations and
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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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and Trademark Office.
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