Ben films “Sin Bin” in Chicago

Posted by Michal on April 16, 2010 | Filed under Sin Bin, Site Updates, Video Updates | Browse the News Archives

Update from the Sin Bin wordpress site:

Day 9 of Principal Photography: Location, location, location

It was a long day for the cast and crew of Sin Bin. They filmed in three locations in Chicago: the Lincoln Park Zoo, Superdawg, and on and near the 3900 block of Kenmore in the city’s Wrigleyville neighborhood.

I grabbed some video of a scene shot on Kenmore, in which the characters Michael (played by Ben McKenzie) and Benny (played by Brian Petsos) meet outside the home of Lauren (played by Gillian Jacobs).

That’s Sin Bin writer Chris Storer, in the glasses, watching the action on the monitor.

When the crew finished this scene, they packed up and moved about one block west to a park bench. Sin Bin director Billy Federighi explains what’s going on.

New project for Ben: The independent film “Sin Bin”

Posted by Michal on April 13, 2010 | Filed under Sin Bin, Site Updates | Browse the News Archives

Ben will be in Chicago in the coming days working on a new film. The name of the movie is “Sin Bin” and it’s an indie comedy that will be shooting for 20 days. The film’s screenwriter describes it as “a high school take on The Apartment and the constant quest to find our own personal space.” Ben plays a supporting role; he’s the fiance of the character played by Gillian Jacobs (You may know her from NBC’s “Community”). She plays the former girlfriend of Benny, the lead character’s older brother.

To learn more about the movie, you can visit the blog about the making of the movie, Sin Bin on Twitter, Flickr and on Youtube.

“Johnny Got His Gun” DVD is now on sale.

Posted by Michal on January 19, 2010 | Filed under Film News & Reviews, Gallery Updates, Johnny Got His Gun | Browse the News Archives

The johnnygothisgunthemovie.com site has been updated. The DVD of the film is now on sale.

This DVD is an educational/institutional version that was made primarily for use in high schools, colleges and universities, and for community libraries with film collections. a portion of each DVD sold is being donated to THE FALLEN PATRIOT FUND, assisting families of fallen or seriously injured veterans.

The site also has a featurette that you can watch online. The featurette includes interviews with Ben Mckenzie, the director Rowan Joseph, playwright Bradley Rand Smith, and Christopher Trumbo, the son of Dalton Trumbo. It has footage of the rehearsals and scenes from the film.

Click on “featurette” on the upper part of the screen: http://www.johnnygothisgunthemovie.com/

Ben on the ‘Good Morning Texas’ show

Posted by Michal on January 06, 2010 | Filed under Interviews, Junebug, Media Alerts, Public Appearances, Site Updates, Southland, TV News & Reviews, Video Updates | Browse the News Archives

SouthLAnd star Ben McKenzie appeared on local Dallas/Fort Worth television show Good Morning Texas to promote the premiere of the show on TNT next Tuesday, as well as his appearance at tonights screening at The W Hotel in Dallas.

Amy Adams (Ben’s co-star in the movie ‘Junebug’) also did an interview that day and she mentioned Ben. You can watch Amy’s interview here.

The Eight Percent won the Delta’s Fly-In Movies competition

Posted by Michal on April 24, 2009 | Filed under Eight Percent, Film News & Reviews, Media Alerts, News & Gossip | Browse the News Archives

The solid performance of NBC’s “Southland,” starring Benjamin McKenzie, has carried over to Alexander Poe’s new short film, “The Eight Percent” — which last night won the Delta Airlines Fly-in Movie Contest and will now be entered in the Tribeca Film Festival.

McKenzie, who plays Ben Sherman on “Southland,” also stars in “The Eight Percent,” a romantic comedy about two ex-high school sweethearts who meet for an “awkward” date 10 years later (his ex is played by Ashley Williams).

The New York Post

Congrats Ben and Alexander! We’re all very happy for you.

The Eight Percent

Posted by Michal on March 06, 2009 | Filed under Eight Percent, Film News & Reviews, Gallery Updates, Site Updates | Browse the News Archives

Pictures from the set of Ben’s new short movie; “The Eight Percent”, were added to the gallery (all the photos were taken by Joanna Foster Wilson).

More in the gallery – The Eight Percent (2009)

I would like to remind everyone that the movie is at the Tribeca Film Festival’s Delta’s Fly in Movies Competition and would like to encourage everyone to vote for it here.

Voting continues until April 12th so keep visiting the site, you don’t need to log in and you can vote as many times as you like.

If you want to know more about the movie, be sure to check out the movie’s Facebook