“THE RUSTED” is a Psychological Thriller
Inspired by a College Student’s Trailer Submission for the Project
Imagination Contest
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions,
debuts a new Hollywood short film, “The Rusted,” as part of Canon’s
Project Imagination: The Trailer, a consumer contest helmed by Ron
Howard who has championed Canon’s Project Imagination creative
experiment since 2011. Ron Howard and Josh Hutcherson (“The Hunger
Games”) chose one winning trailer created by Mark Mukherjee, a
college student in Florida, as the inspirational foundation for
“The Rusted,” a psychological thriller written and directed by Kat
Candler (“Hellion”) starring Josh Hutcherson and Jena Malone (“The
Hunger Games”).
“The Rusted” is a film about a brother and sister’s attempt to
renovate their childhood home into a recording studio, but strange
happenings force them to deal with memories from their past. The
global premiere of the film took place via a livestream with AOL
BUILD, giving consumers everywhere a chance to experience the film,
and will now be available at imagination.usa.canon.com.
“I’m honored to continue this journey with Canon, seeking
inspiration from those around us and urging everyone to tap into
their creative souls and bring stories to life,” said Ron Howard.
“It’s truly been a delight to collaborate with Josh Hutcherson who
challenged himself to star in a role that was unlike any he has
done to date.”
“Working with Canon, Ron and Kat have given me a great creative
outlet to flex my filmmaking muscles,” said Josh Hutcherson. “I
feel so fortunate to bring the vision of Mark’s trailer to life and
work alongside Jena to create this beautiful film. I’m excited for
everyone to see it.”
Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy of Freestyle Picture
Company as well as Josh Hutcherson and Michelle Hutcherson
produced the film.
Project Imagination: The Trailer contest launched in February
2015 and was 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, Canon invited all consumers – even those who
have never picked up a camera before – to turn everyday photos and
video footage into a creative movie trailer with titles, Hollywood
style voice-overs and epic soundtracks. Consumers of all skill
levels were encouraged to create and submit trailers of their
everyday moments using Canon’s Trailer Editor tool. One winning
trailer was then selected by Ron Howard and Josh Hutcherson.
The Evolution of Project Imagination
In 2011, Ron Howard and Canon U.S.A., Inc. launched Project
Imagin8ion, the first photo contest in history to inspire a
Hollywood short film, which resulted in the film, “When You Find
Me,” directed by actress Bryce Dallas Howard, inspired by eight
winning photographs.
In 2012, Howard and Canon U.S.A. teamed up again for Project
Imaginat10n, the first photo contest in history to inspire a film
festival. With 91 winning photographs, Project Imaginat10n resulted
in the production of 10 films, five of which were consumer directed
and five of which were directed by influential celebrities from
five diverse backgrounds, Jamie Foxx (entertainer), Eva Longoria
(actress), Georgina Chapman (co-founder of Marchesa; fashion),
James Murphy (formerly of LCD SOUNDSYSTEM; music) and Biz Stone
(co-founder of Twitter; technology).
Project Imagination: The Trailer is the third iteration of
Project Imagination, Canon’s ongoing initiative to empower
creativity in everyone. The program aligns with Ron Howard’s
conviction that people’s everyday lives are visually and
cinematically worth recording, bringing high quality and ease to
photo and video capture with Canon cameras and lenses. Canon’s
Trailer Editor is still available for consumer’s use at
imagination.usa.canon.com.
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), ranks third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World's Most Admired Companies in 2015. 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 Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold
certification, a recognition for the design, construction,
operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To
keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the
Company's RSS news feed by
visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on
Twitter @CanonUSA. For media inquiries, please
contact pr@cusa.canon.com.
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 “Escobar: 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 JENA MALONE
As an actress distinguished by her versatility and
multidimensional roles, Jena Malone continues to evolve with each
new project. Malone can next be seen in The Hunger Games: Mockinjay
Part 2, reprising her role as Johanna Mason, scheduled for release
on November 20. Most recently, Malone starred in Paul Thomas
Anderson's Inherent Vice alongside Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson,
Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Brolin. Additionally, Malone can be seen
in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, reprising her role as
Johanna Mason. Malone previously starred in The Hunger Games:
Catching Fire. Other upcoming projects include Oren Moverman's Time
Out of Mind, which she stars alongside Richard Gere, and Mitchell
Lichtenstein's Angelica, based on the novel of the same name by
bestselling author Arthur Phillips. She was recently cast as the
lead role in Dori Oskowitz's Claire, the American remake of Eric
Rohmer's 1982 French pic Le Beau Mariage. Malone starred opposite
Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton in the History Channel's mini-series
Hatfields & McCoys, which broke cable records and became the
new most-watched entertainment telecast of all time on cable. The
mini-series earned an Emmy Nomination for “Outstanding Mini-Series”
and a Golden Globe nomination for “Best Mini-Series”. Previously,
Malone starred in Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch, Oren Moverman's The
Messenger, Sean Penn's Into the Wild, Anthony Minghella's Cold
Mountain, Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice, Brian Savelson’s In Our
Nature, and Richard Kelly’s cult classic Donnie Darko.
ABOUT KAT CANDLER
Kat Candler’s award winning films have screened at
Sundance®, SXSW®, Los Angeles Film Festival, San
Francisco International Film Festival, Houston Museum of Modern
Art, The National Institutes of Health and on PBS. Her
feature, “Hellion” starring Aaron Paul and Juliette
Lewis, played in competition at the 2014 Sundance® Film
Festival and was released through IFC
Films. “Hellion” was a Sundance® Creative
Producing Lab participant and San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth
Rainin Foundation Grant recipient. Candler was recently a
Sundance® Institute Women’s Initiative Fellow and second
time San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant
recipient for her upcoming “Untitled Metal Project.” She
recently completed the short film “The Rusted” for Ron
Howard and Canon’s Project Imagination starring Josh Hutcherson and
Jena Malone. Kat graduated from Florida State University with a
degree in creative writing.
ABOUT AOL BUILD
AOL's BUILD is a live interview series like no other. Hosted at
the AOL HQ in New York City and live streamed on AOL.com/BUILD,
it's a chance for fans to sit inches away from some of today’s
biggest names in entertainment, tech, fashion and business as they
share the stories behind their projects and passions. Consumers can
watch the premiere event and Q&A with Ron Howard, Josh
Hutcherson and Kat Candler at AOL.com/BUILD.
All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of
their respective owners.
† Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151023005498/en/
Editorial:Canon U.S.A.,
Inc.Robert Luckett, 631-330-5205rluckett@cusa.canon.comorGrey
PRCourtney Engel, 212-546-2372courtney.engel@grey.comorCanon
U.S.A. website:http://www.usa.canon.comorFor sales
information/customer
support:1-800-OK-CANONccenter@cits.canon.com
Canon (NYSE:CAJ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Canon (NYSE:CAJ)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024