HHSE moves towards MyFlix launch

(New York, NY) Hannover House, Inc., (OTC:  HHSE), has accelerated actions to launch the MyFlix streaming service, including an aggressive final outreach to major studio and program rights owners to participate in the service. With forty-five suppliers previously committed, the addition of three new major media suppliers provides the final impetus for a consumer launch, said HHSE and MyFlix C.E.O. Eric Parkinson.

 

“The last two years have seen meteoric growth in streaming services, and the momentum is not slowing down,” said Parkinson.  “The MyFlix concept of one-stop consumer access to multiple suppliers and thousands of films has been universally embraced by our supplier studios and rights holders. We are offering a high visibility ‘retail streaming store’ for the merchandising of their programming,” he concluded.

 

The MyFlix service will replace prior business models for Hannover House, which in the past ten years had been built around the distribution of independent films onto DVD, theatres and third-party streaming services. With DVD sales already declining in the pre-COVID years, and with movie theatres shut down for most of 2020 and early 2021, the “in-home streaming” of entertainment programming has taken over as the preferred consumer media delivery methodology. Premium sites such as NETFLIX, HBO Max, Disney+ and Paramount+ have distinctive and profitable market bases. But thousands of independent films are often unavailable for streaming, and market trends show that many consumers prefer ad-supported services or per-transaction options as opposed to the commitment of a large, monthly subscription fee.

 

“We think the advertiser-support version of MyFlix will likely be our most popular option,” said Parkinson. “Consumers have accepted the advertising model pioneered by TUBI.TV as it gives them great access to programming without a monthly bill. We think MyFlix will fit in nicely with the platform options available to consumers.”

 

Consumers will also have the option for a flat-fee monthly subscription on MyFlix, but with access to less than half of the total programming otherwise available on MyFlix.

 

A temporary place-holder web-page for MyFlix.com has been published, with the actual, consumer interactive service being built off-line. Marketing for the launch of MyFlix will include entertainment website link ads, targeted industry publications, social media ads and YouTube promotions to support MyFlix commercials.  "MyFlix" was recently approved by the U.S. Trademark office for an enforceable trademark. Upon launch of the MyFlix site and service, other businesses that have been using a version of the "MyFlix" name will be required to cease infringement on the MyFlix trademark by either stopping their activities or rebranding. 

 

Hannover House is also working on the development of original programming for MyFlix, which Parkinson feels could expand awareness and attract new customers.

 

In other Hannover House news, reconciliation of previously filed year-end reports have been modified to reflect a primary “cash-basis” accounting as reflected in the Form 10-12(g) registration statement prepared for the company’s stock shares. Although the company completed the Q4 financials for the three-months ending 12-31-2022, the OTC Markets requirements for a full year-end report have delayed the release of the Q4 results until the prior quarters for calendar year 2022 have been modified to match the primary cash basis accounting. This process is expected to take between one and two weeks at which time the full 12-31-2022 results will be released and the prior quarterly filings will be amended. This reconciliation and modification of prior reporting periods is considered the “final step” required for completion of the Form 10-12(g) registration statement and the applicable professional opinion letters from counsel and auditors.  

 

Production continues on the historic western, “The Last Days of Belle Starr” – which is on target for final submission on March 11 to the Cannes Film Festival for competition consideration. Post-Production on “Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse” continues, with the original music score (by Michael Martin Murphey) punctuating scenes and adding a timeless panache.  Three new feature productions are planned for 2023, including the feel-good drama “Modern Antiquities” and a major holiday feature that HHSE believes contains evergreen elements to make it a repeat-viewing title for years to come.

 

“We have evolved our business model to create sustainable, profitable and synchronous activities in our production of original feature films and with the MyFlix streaming service,” concluded Parkinson. “We understand the enthusiasm of many shareholders and media observers for the success that MyFlix and Hannover House are positioned to achieve for the immediate future and next few years.”   

 

For More Information Contact:  ERIC PARKINSON, 818-481-5277, EnterLinkMedia@gmail.com  or Eric@HannoverHouse.com

HHSE - New OTC Markets Filings / Q4 / Form 10 and more...

Greetings HHSE Friends, Followers and Shareholders - Happy New Year, and may the coming days and month bring great joy and success to HHSE and to our Shareholders. 

There will be a significant OTC Markets / S.E.C. Form 8 Information posting tomorrow (Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023), including information on our Q4 Year-End report and OTC Market filings. 

The brevity and vagueness of tonight's pre-blog will be better understood tomorrow.

We hope that everyone is healthy, rested and ready to make this new year the best year ever for HHSE.  Meanwhile - the statement that "Art imitates Life" has never been more ironic and on target as to look at where HHSE now, and compare it to our recently shot "Oklahoma Land Rush" sequence for THE LAST DAYS OF BELLE STARR. Back in 1889, two years after the Dawes Act was passed, the decision was made to give-away the unallocated and "underutilized" land within the Indian Territory: 90-million acres of land that Senator Henry Dawes and Congress inaccurately declared as being "of limited value."  Was the land truly of limited value? Hardly - as this massive real estate give-away quickly became the impetus for the creation of mega-empires, including much of the foundational wealth for the Carnegie, Rockefeller and Phillips families.

Stay tuned....

(Selected photos from the LAND RUSH sequence - purposely showing only a hint of the epic scale of the sequence):

Ecstatic with how FANTASIC the "Wildfire" Movie turned out!

As we move into "delivery" mode for the WILDFIRE movie to our major studio distribution partner, it's exciting to see how well the final movie turned out!  As many shareholders know, the film was forced into a shut-down mode for almost two years due to the COVID pandemic and talent scheduling issues... and then the film had to be re-shot in 2021 and 2022 to accommodate "changing looks" for the teenaged and pre-teen performers over the two-year delay!  Quite an ordeal.  But the final product is what matters - and there's no doubt that we earned our "major studio" distribution status with this production!  The distribution advances are significant - and these funds will pay off HHSE debts and settlements.  But, we would be surprised if the film does not generate significant royalty "overages."  It's simply that good!

"WILDFIRE" is one of three, simultaneous major ventures for HHSE... the other two being our imminent Form 10 registration and our MyFlix site launch... the "holy trinity" of major, corporate achievements.  And it's all in motion right now, when so many of us could appreciate a big boost going into the new year.

One of the Major Studio delivery issues is to provide approved images from the film for potential use in poster art, packaging and ads. Below are 100+ images that are part of our publicity images delivery package, provided herein for shareholder review.  Lots in motion, very exciting times...

Happy Holidays / Hanukkah / Merry Christmas & New Year from your friends at HANNOVER HOUSE!

HHSE Updates Dec-1, 2022

Greetings HHSE Friends - What a simple pleasure to be returned to the world of the living - after seven days of COVID hell that hit HHSE C.E.O. Eric Parkinson. Despite having two vaccines and two boosters, the newest variant of this virus hit him like a freight train on Thanksgiving, requiring hospitalization, supplemental oxygen and lots of rest.  The fever broke on Tuesday, and although he is still testing "positive" - Parkinson is back at work again.  The new reality is that we will all have to get used to living with COVID as new variants emerge. So, please be safe out there!  

As requested by some longs, listed below is a short summary of the current status of key issues of interest:

1).  FORM 10 - Write-ups have been updated to reflect the current status of settlements and ventures. There are some legal, tax and audit costs still being juggled, but these do not pose a threat to the timely release of this registration.

2).  WILDFIRE - Picture editing continues on a parallel path with the music edit (from the original soundtrack by Michael Martin Murphey), and sound editing. The film looks fantastic and we believe that this truly sets the bar for HHSE to facilitate future productions.  Despite internet trolls inventing release dates (and posting them to IMDB), there is not a formal release date yet publicly announced. 

3).  LAST DAYS OF BELLE STARR - The film's formal submission for competition at Cannes was made yesterday. The acceptance will be conditioned upon delivery of a rough-cut assembly to the festival team by March 11, 2023. If accepted, the film is expected to premiere at Cannes (fully completed / fully mixed) on May 23, 2023... as one of three "pro-Indigenous-themed" features. 

4).  PRODUCTION FINANCING VENTURE - HHSE is finalizing a venture with an investment group for $5-million as a "production fund" for HHSE-facilitated productions, to bridge those portions of major features otherwise not covered by Incentives or Presales. This off-balance-sheet fund will be a powerful tool for HHSE to help move high-profile features into production - which will feed the MyFlix service as locomotives (and in some cases, "exclusives").  There is no stock-conversion option or stock dilution impact to the manner in which this off-balance-sheet financing is being structured.

5).  MYFLIX - Titles continue to be added to the revamped (unpublished) website; promo ads and videos will be ready by mid-December at which time the company will determine the marketing launch for the site. The timing of the MyFlix launch is likely to support the momentum from the Form 10 filing - as opposed to distract - so, the company is coordinating both of these major items to be in synch.

6).  OFFICER SHARES - During the 90-day period from Feb. 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023, HHSE C.E.O. Eric Parkinson will have an active Form 4 blind sale of stock shares conducted under S.E.C. Rule 10b5-1, and administered solely and exclusively by a registered broker. This registered sale of 7.5-million officer shares will have a minimum sale price of $.035 / share and a maximum daily volume of 10% of the total stock transactions per day.  This advanced notification to shareholders is intended to eliminate any false narratives that investors were not provided sufficient, prior notification, or that the C.E.O. is divesting. Parkinson has not sold any HHSE officer shares since November 2013 - approximately ten years.  If for any reason the share price does not meet the minimum sale floor of $.035 during this offering window of time, then the broker will not be empowered to sell any of the shares. 

7).  STOCK PROMOTION / INVESTOR RELATIONS - As requested by key shareholders and advisors, over the past two years, HHSE has kept a low profile in terms of general publicity outreach. The consensus was that the promotion of activities would fall on deaf-ears until the registration is filed, and/or the launch of MyFlix. Accordingly, the release of news and publicity items supports the company's overall credibility boost from the registration, and each news item can achieve a positive impact. It is the company's goal to create tremendous publicity chatter, awareness and interest in the next few weeks - in part due to the large number of traders with extra time over the holidays - but also in general support of the completion of these key ventures. 

 

The dark before the dawn....

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - Management received quite a few emails over the weekend from shareholders who were concerned about a "big seller" of HHSE stock on Friday (over 8.5-mm shares), and whether this represented something more than bad-timing or tax loss planning for the seller?

The company will not be able to verify the seller for several weeks (requires running a shareholders list report, which usually involves Broadridge review). But we were informed that this was indeed a former "long" with tax issues for 2022.  "The absurdly low price at present for HHSE assisted a tax situation" which does not make great sense in terms of timing (except that there would be no tax loss if the sale were made next month / post Form 10).  Most investors would rather sell post Form-10 and just pay the capital gains tax.

Regardless, we may be in the season of some tax loss sales... which may be a lucrative early holiday present for those in a position to buy at the current, absurdly low price. 

Management has also been asked about "Investor Relations Outreach" - which some feel will generate fresh attention to the value of HHSE. We agree... but we also feel that the timing of such activities is best when timed with our Form 10 filing (and other material news, such as: Delivery of WILDFIRE, Major Cast filming in BELLE STARR and the Launch of MYFLIX). Investor Relations Outreach PRIOR to any of these key achievements would have limited impact to supporting the company's credibility.

The change-over from Daylight Savings Time reminds one of the popular adage that "it's often darkest before the dawn." We're in the final days for the completion of each of these corporate endeavors - and if HHSE were allowed to buy-back our stock off the open market, we would be doing so. As the Price Per Share may still see some wild fluctuations pre-Thanksgiving, all we can advise is that when the price is down, the only losers are the sellers... not those who push for that extra few yards to cross the finish line...

More to follow...

HHSE is fielding licensing offers from International Buyers for "WILDFIRE" - including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, U.K., Poland (and surprisingly, RUSSIA, which market still has great demand for new programming). The ANNE HECHE music video tribute has worked well as a teaser-trailer to show scenes from the movie.

(Link to IMDB Music Video Trailer - WILDFIRE / ANNE HECHE)

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003826/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

HHSE "Belle Starr" epic feature - invitation for competition at Cannes (2023)!

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - there's truth to the adage: "The harder I work, the luckier I get," especially when it comes to feature film production. We are honored to have received an invitation to submit "The Last Days of Belle Starr" for competition in the Festival de Cannes (2023). The film's screenplay was submitted as a project "now in production," and was determined to be suitable for an indigenous theme of films participating in 2023 (including Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon.").  

Our film tells the story of the weeks leading up to the "Oklahoma Land Rush," told - for the first time - from the perspective of the tribes and the Cherokee Nation residents of 1889. While the infamous Ron Howard "Far and Away" scene portrayed the Oklahoma Land Rush... it did not address that this historic event was created as a result of a total disregard and breach of the treaties which created the Indian Territory.

As part of the diligence in preserving the news value of this film, our cast and our production activities, we continue to operate under a closed set with a full and complete press and social media moratorium. Accordingly, the photos we are sharing today are of locations without actors, and film equipment... but nothing that will betray the moratorium that has been implemented to protect the message track of the film.

We realize that our refusal to over-share cast and production information has been annoying to some shareholders... and even more so to the "critics" (including one who was captured and clearly identified on security video last week, trying to break-into the film's production office in Tahlequah, OK!!).  But suffice it to say that we are ecstatic with our cast, and with our production progress.  

For clarity, "The Last Days of Belle Starr" has not yet been selected for competition into Cannes 2023. In order to go from "invitation" to "competition," we must submit a rough cut of the full feature by March 11, 2023. We see no issues in meeting this deadline.  Regardless, it's hard to envision competing with - and then beating - the $267-million dollar Scorsese feature, which addresses issues in 1924 affecting the Osage tribe. But if the HHSE film is selected for competition, that is a tremendous honor, a huge publicity boost for the release, and a great credibility boost for our company.

Forward progress continues with the Company's other critical endeavors - including the Form 10 filing, the launch of MyFlix and the upcoming deadline for Q3 reporting to the OTC Markets.  Stay tuned....

Delivering "The Holy Trinity" of major achievements - for maximum results at HHSE

April 22, 1889 – Not as famous of a DATE as November 11, 1918 (Armistice Day) – but in the history of the colonization of the continental United States, it was a profoundly impactful day.  At High Noon, at strategic points along the border to the INDIAN TERRITORY, cannons fired to announce the beginning of the “land rush” for persons to make claims on 160-acre plots of land. This action was an addendum to the Dawes Act of 1887, which in many respects was built upon the previously passed Homestead Act of 1862.

But there was a big difference in 1889. The land being given away had already been deeded to the “Five Civilized Tribes” in a series of treaties and actions (such as the “Indian Removal Act” that created the deadly and forced “Trail of Tears” march).  The land being “given” away by the United States in 1889 belonged to the tribes – and they were not happy about this major treaty violation.

Our current feature production, “The Last Days of Belle Starr,” is all about this treaty violation and it’s impact to the tribes and to the Cherokee Nation.  In the weeks before Congressional approval of the Dawes Act addendum, Belle Starr came out of a self-imposed exile of three years (following the death of her Cherokee husband, Sam Starr), to speak against this plan. As a white woman living on Cherokee Land (and then living with Jim July Starr), Belle was the ideal spokesperson to garner support from the residents of Fort Smith and other border communities to oppose the take-away of tribal lands. But just one week after her most persuasive, public speech, she was shot dead in a murder that the authorities in Arkansas chose to not investigate.  Alas, despite her valiant efforts and martyrdom for the tribes, the “land rush” proceeded… and it is therefore an important element in our film.

The “Oklahoma Land Rush” was featured in the 1992 Ron Howard film, “Far and Away” – starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. But the worldview of that movie was to show what a GREAT idea it was to give land to immigrants and would-be farmers. There is scant mention that the land was being stolen back from the tribes – it was presented as just a big, happy, Hollywood ending.

Not so happy for everyone.  What about the 100,000+ tribal members that lost their land and became homeless? What about the Communal Hunting Grounds that provided habitat for the wildlife that sustained the tribes? What about the concept of tribal sovereignty that was ignored and expelled as Senator Dawes moved on to become the “Chairman of the Commission of the Five Civilized Tribes?”  April 22, 1889 was not a happy Hollywood ending for the tribes who lost over  90-million acres of land and nearly all of their sustenance hunting grounds.

Reality does not always deliver a happy ending, but reality often makes for a more powerful and successful movie. That’s what we believe and why “The Last Days of Belle Starr” has the potential of becoming an important and commercially successful feature film.  It’s also what has allowed us to attract multiple “A” stars to the project – critically praised movie stars with a cumulative worldwide box office of more than $10-Billion dollars.

So, here we are, right in the middle of production on this exciting, major movie. For security reasons (and for “message track control”) we are filming with a closed set and without promoting the involvement of our principal stars until the filming is completed.  But it’s been an exciting, exhausting and exhilarating adventure… including our OWN recreation of the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. 

Granted, we do not have the $100-million budget that Ron Howard had thirty-years ago for his Land Rush scenes. But we’re giving him quite a challenge with our impressive coverage:  six cameras plus a drone coverage of twelve horse drawn wagons, forty-two horses with riders, and the official government stand with soldiers and cannons.  It’s amazing how “big” a scene with that many horses appears on screen – enhanced to a degree with long-focal length lenses that compress the space between the wagons and riders and create a visual explosion of motion, dust and excitement. Big stuff… shots that will definitely “make the trailer,” as they say.

Making a movie – ANY movie – requires tremendous work, clarity of mind, dedication and commitment. It’s likely one of the hardest creative endeavors of all… involving telling a story, engaging quality performers to act it out, quality crew and gear to record the performances, and all of the insane logistics of feeding cast, crew and hundreds of background extras, having location generators and porta-potty service, fenced-in areas to house the horses (and water and feed for the horses), and the complex logistics of flying and driving in dozens of people from different locations – trying to get everyone in the same place at the same time to collectively make magic.

That’s why it’s so amusing when persons who have never produced a film try to comment on those who are actual creators.  Truly, if it were easy, everyone would produce movies.  Only people who have actually PRODUCED or DIRECTED a major feature film understand the complexities… so the rest of the wanna-bees (or “never will bees”) would be best advised to just quietly sit back, watch and learn. The commentary in this paragraph is NOT directed at our legitimate HHSE shareholders... but is addressing the four or five chatroom naysayers who do nothing more than sling mud and fabricate consistently wrong prognostications and criticisms of HHSE and its management. HHSE will not apologize for succeeding and ruining a naked short-sell position. The bashers / short-sellers want nothing more than to scare longs into selling to them now, well below book value, so that THEY become the beneficiaries of the stock's meteoric rise. 

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Based on our star casting, there is a reasonable expectation that “The Last Days of Belle Starr” will be licensed to nearly all of the major territories and media, worldwide.

Accordingly, and based on the deal structure of fees and profit participation for Hannover House, Inc. (HHSE), it’s obtainable that the net income for the company could reach $10-mm… which is approx. $.01 per share in earnings. Current Price-Earnings ratios for entertainment companies suggests that this production alone could support a PPS of over $.25 / share. 

But “The Last Days of Belle Starr” is just one element of three that has the likelihood of a combining for an immensely powerful impact to HHSE this year. The others, as our shareholders know well, are the basic registration filing (which will allow many traders and funds to finally support the HHSE stock), and the launch of our own multi-studio streaming service, MYFLIX.  It’s the “Holy Trinity” of major events that collectively could propel HHSE into a legendary league. 

 

So much more that we’d love to share now… but our discretion is for the benefit of our shareholders.    

A small army of Animal Wranglers are working on "The Last Days of Belle Starr" - to assure safety for the cast, crew and animals in the film. The production also has a major studio Stunt Team - as well as weapons experts and pyro-technicians (for "faked" bullet hits and blood-bag effects). For insurance and safety reasons, the weapons utilized in this film are all NON-FIRING REPLICAS, designed to be visually consistent with the pistols (Peace-Makers), Rifles and Shotguns of the era. 

 "FAR & AWAY" Oklahoma Land Rush sequence (1992) - courtesy of YouTube.