DAY ONE - Hannover House / MyFlix at the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL and Marche du Film

Greetings HHSE Friends - for the 12,000+ registered attendees of CANNES this year, anyone visiting the registrants only website (CINANDO), won't miss our HHSE / MYFLIX banner ad across the top of the home page.  This banner LINKS to a Hannover House CANNES page (see link below), which in turn links to our four trailers and encourages buyers to attend the SCREENING EVENT on Sunday, May 21 at the Palais.

Here is the BANNER AD - Running for 12-days:

Here is how it looks on the Cannes / Cinando webpage (apologies for the iphone screen image):

And here is what it LINKS to on the HHSE site:

https://hannoverhouse.com/cannes-film-festival-2023

PLEASE NOTE that not all of the trailers are posted as of the timing of this BLOG... but will be posted by tonight or tomorrow morning.

Some additional updates and news:

WILDFIRE - we are honored to have MO BRINGS PLENTY ("Yellowstone") as the Narrator for this trailer. The prior version of the WILDFIRE Trailer had a temporary / place-holder narrator.  We think his voice is recognizable and comforting for viewers.

COWBOYS OF CANNABIS - we will be releasing press news about this item and others. We have elected to release a feature documentary version - which will be sold at Cannes. The prior model of PILOT and EPISODES has proven challenging to place due to the resistance from networks and streaming services to imply that they are endorsing a drug.  However, as a free-standing feature, there is no hesitation to put it out there!

NATIVE FABLES - Pleased to announce that we will be selling this program worldwide - a collection of inspiring tales from Native American filmmakers.

LAST DAYS OF BELLE STARR - We are showing a teaser from some second unit scenes, in anticipation of our principal photography next month.

And of course, we will be promoting the MYFLIX streaming service, solidifying our supplier commitments and signing up additional studios.  Overall - it will be a stellar show for Hannover House, and a turning point in the company's history and reinvention of the revenue models.

Stay Tuned!!

HHSE Shareholders - FIRST LOOK at Cannes Trailer for WILDFIRE Movie!

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - Below is the link to the YouTube video of the "first official" trailer for WILDFIRE - created specifically for next week's Cannes Film Festival and Market.  There will be a different trailer for the USA Market in support the film's theatrical release this summer. But this first-look trailer will help build awareness internationally, as well as some momentum here in North America.

Over the next few days, the release of this trailer release will be promoted through AccessWire, and many other entertainment and media outlets. Some of the principal cast members have offered to promote it to their fan lists and social media followers. So, it's likely that the trailer could rack-up a large amount of views before our meetings in Cannes next week... fingers crossed!

Again, this trailer is tailored for the international buyers market... accordingly, it plays out differently than a trailer cut for USA Theatres.  It's longer in total running time, and slower-paced than most trailers for USA audiences. But it's easy to modify the edit and make the trailer punchier and more dynamic for the tastes of American audiences. Meanwhile, we're happy to have this sales tool.. and look forward to an epic response at CANNES!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCi1pRXBcx0

First "official" Theatrical Trailer for WILDFIRE to be released this week!

At long last, the first official theatrical trailer for WILDFIRE: THE LEGEND OF THE CHEROKEE GHOST HORSE will be released this week - both through the international markets (pre-Cannes registrants) as well as through USA websites and social media.

The long road for the completion of WILDFIRE hit dual obstacles of a COVID delay and "aging" of teen and pre-teen actors (requiring scenes to be re-shot). But the film represents the first full-length feature project fully facilitated for production through Hannover House - and the presale offers represent an enormous spike in HHSE revenues (greater than all revenues generated over the past four years), and the beginning of a new and profitable business model for the company:  original productions and MyFlix streaming as the locomotives for profits.

Hannover House and MyFlix are anticipating a great response at CANNES to both WILDFIRE and to the MYFLIX promotions.  This major international festival and market will present the opportunity for all of the pledged MyFlix supplier studios to meet the new President of MyFlix, Desiree Garnier, and to see the impressive off-line website that has been built for the venture.  As mentioned in prior / recent blogs, there are several key suppliers for MyFlix that are fully ready to enable the venture to launch this summer - and with several thousand titles to start.  While HHSE shareholders will think "well, it's about damned time," the consumer market will see MyFlix as an overnight sensation:  an exciting new streaming service with literally thousands of movies (and hundreds of which are not available on other platforms).

It doesn't take a lot of viewers to make MyFlix cash-flow positive and profitable.  So, we see this month as the launch of the "new" HHSE, complete with stock registration, new productions and an exciting "new" streaming service. 

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In other news of interest to shareholders, the 12-31-2022 Annual Report with the OTC Markets had to be modified and refiled TWICE in order to comply with new formatting requirements. This also required that the prior attorney opinion letter be updated and refiled.  The Version 3 annual report was posted on Friday and the attorney opinion letter should be posted on Monday.  The Q1 report is ready, but won't be filed until the OTC Markets restores the company's CURRENT reporting status.  The Form 10 will not require a Q1 review statement from the auditors, unless voluntarily submitted to Edgar by HHSE during the 60-day filing period. 

(Last year's CANNES ad - while the film was still in production)

 

Countdown to World Premiere Screening of WILDFIRE!

Greetings HHSE Friends - it's been a long journey with the movie "WILDFIRE" - including a two year COVID delay and the need to reshoot prior scenes after teenaged cast members aged (!!). But the completion is finally here, and we are preparing the release promotions and launch for this impressive film.

In addition to the film's notable cast - we have assembled a stunning motion picture soundtrack companion album / CD / Streamer.  The WILDFIRE Soundtrack features music from, or inspired by, the Motion Picture... including 55-minutes of NEW music by multi-platinum artist Michael Martin Murphey, plus three additional original songs. 

With the picture edit finally completed and locked, we were able to conduct the "final scoring sessions" this week to add interstitial and background music. Cherokee musician TRAVIS FITE composed guitar accompaniment and riff tracks to supplement the film's music score, and these synchronized to the film at Crisp Recording Studio in Fayetteville, AR.  The remaining steps for the film are the Dolby surround mix (in Los Angeles) and the final color corrections and titles (in Burbank, CA) - both occurring this month.

WILDFIRE will be prominently featured at the Cannes Film Festival next month, with a market premiere screening set for Sunday, May 21 at the Palais de Festivals. The new INDIANA JONES film is screening at the Palais on May 18, and the new Scorsese film KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is screening on the 20th. WILDFIRE is not in competition (as are those other two), but will be screened on a night without a major competition title to draw away media attention.

The completion of WILDFIRE is an important step of both corporate credibility as well as cash flow. Hannover House earns both an off-the-top distribution fee from sales and licenses... and retains a priority lien for repayment of loans made in support of the production, and ongoing profit participation. The MYFLIX Presentation Logo on the film's credits and poster is an added benefit to help build brand awareness.

We are so excited to have this project completed... and thank the many people, vendors and organizations in Oklahoma, Arkansas and the Cherokee Nation for their help in making our first Hannover House facilitated feature production.  It was a lot of hard work - with obstacles ranging from COVID delays to the "idiots brigade" of naysayers.

But we got it done, the movie looks great, and the market response has been solid.  

THANK YOU TO OUR LOYAL "LONGS" FOR BEING PATIENT AND SUPPORTIVE DURING THE WILDFIRE PRODUCTION - and the other key HHSE tasks in motion.

 

New OTC Formatting Rules - Require Modifications to prior HHSE 12-31-2022 Filing

The sudden appearance of a "Yield" sign on the OTC Markets page for HHSE today prompted us to reach out to find the reason.  Apparently, as of March 1st, the format in which our disclosures are presented have been modified for all OTC Markets filers. This is not to imply any deficiency in the filing, only that it doesn't fit the specific new formatting requirements that were listed on the OTC Markets site in February. It will take a day for HHSE to reformat and submit this same information into the new layout format... so it will likely result in the "Yield" sign for a few more days as the OTC Markets deals with the large back-log of companies that also were unaware of the formatting changes. Hold tight!!

David Grann's newly released book, "THE WAGER" has been selected as the next major feature production for director Martin Scorsese and star Leonardo DiCaprio. Congratulations to this team in joining forces with David Grann again - a perfect follow-up to Grann's "KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON."    

HHSE releases modified / reviewed 12-31-2022 Statement - sets stage for Form 10 Registration

Greetings HHSE Friends - although the 12-31-2022 annual report (published earlier today to the OTC Markets) may not look dissimilar to prior quarterly filings, the difference is in the details as minor applications of royalties to producer balances, payables to reconciled sums, and adjustments to shareholder retained earnings / assets / equity, took a tremendous amount of clerical time to complete. But the good news is that we are now in compliance with suggested adjustments - and this will expedite our Form 10 registration.  

Stay tuned!  

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Hannover House welcomes back Desiree Garnier - to manage MYFLIX Launch

 Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - after nearly three years of working side-by-side with art patron and Walmart heir ALICE WALTON, former HHSE Marketing Director DESIREE GARNIER has made the career step back to HHSE to oversee the final launch and initial operations of the MyFlix streaming service. This is an important step for the company - to hire a person of superior and known competencies and skills - as it will speed up the venture's growth as well as support the management breadth of HHSE as a going-concern and emerging company.

More to follow. Meanwhile, a public press release is reposted below.

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Hannover House Sets Marketing Guru Desiree Garnier as Interim MyFlix President

 

(Fayetteville, AR).  Hannover House, Inc. (OTC: HHSE) has recruited Desiree Garnier to join the MyFlix team in the position as interim President and general manager of the streaming operation.  Garnier had previously worked at Hannover House as Director of Marketing from 2015 through 2018, before joining the management team at Art Bridges, a creative venture and vision from arts patron Alice Walton.

 

“Desiree is a proven commodity for us at Hannover House,” said Eric Parkinson, C.E.O.  “We are excited to bring her back onto the team after nearly three years at Art Bridges. Desiree is a multi-talented executive, capable of a wide-range of task skills, from the highest level of oversight to the ground-floor projects needed for a start-up venture. She knows the program suppliers, the MyFlix vendors, the launch task we now face and was with Hannover House in 2017 and 2018 when the MyFlix service was first publicly announced at the Cannes Film Festival to the industry,” he concluded.

 

Garnier will supervise a staff and team of vendors that handle many aspects of the MyFlix work load, from website design and mastering, to the creation of marketing materials and videos. She will also work alongside Parkinson and the HHSE Board to help find and recruit additional management and team members for the MyFlix launch and operations.

 

An initial sixty-day period for Garnier started on Monday, March 13, and will end with the mutual determination by the HHSE Board and Garnier in May to formalize her status as President and General Manager of MyFlix.

 

The MyFlix service has been structured as a one-stop, multi-studio streaming service similar to TUBI, Netflix, VUDU and other major services that are not studio or category specific. Over forty suppliers collectively controlling over 15,000 programs have agreed to participate by placing their programs onto MyFlix, giving the service one of the largest libraries of titles for consumers to stream.  The MyFlix website has been designed and built off-line, with a temporary “place-holder” website published until the formal consumer launch of the service.

 

Hannover House, Inc. has been operating continuously for almost thirty years, with entertainment and publishing activities spanning books, film, television and theatrical releases. The evolution of the company into a major streaming service with MyFlix is expected to have a significant impact to the company’s revenues and profile – leading many investors and funds to anticipate meteoric growth in the company’s stock price over the coming weeks and months.

 

For More Information Contact:

ERIC PARKINSON, Eric@HannoverHouse.com / 818-481-5277