reported by Kevin Maloney, CyberScreenwriter.com

With his fourth mystery, Stuff to Die For, slated for release by Oceanview Publishing in September, award-winning author Don Bruns decided to take an unusual approach to generating advance buzz for the book. While the typical chain of events is book first, movie second, Bruns is doing just the opposite with the release of the Stuff to Die For movie this month, a professionally-produced short film based on the forthcoming book.

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reported by Brandon Murphy, CyberScreenwriter.com

Danny De Vito and Katey Sagal have signed on to star in the new indie comedy "No Place Like Home" written and directed by Sam Harper and produced by Wayne Rice of "Dude Where's My Car" fame. While the film goes into production this month for the next 12 weeks, it will get an immediate marketing push via its other producer Jordan Hudgens of the new video sharing syndicate Vidshadow.com. While the film is shooting, Hudgens will have a film crew on the set getting daily b-roll that will be edited into a weekly trailer for the film that can be viewed via his popular web portal Vidshadow.com. These clips will be available for immediate public viewing to generate hype and will be used as a marketing component to help secure a studio to widely distribute the film for theatrical release.

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