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Monday, March 25, 2024

HHSE Updates - Per Shareholder Requests

Greetings HHSE Friends - the past two weeks have been challenging in terms of workload vs. available hours in a day. But we're getting everything done. The purpose of this short blog today is to provide some updates, without stepping over-the-line of revealing details under quarantine due to third-party partners, or to provide information which could be purposely misinterpreted by those with a stock-suppression or short-sale agenda. 

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1).  Audit issues relating to our 12-31-2024 year-end and OTC:QB uplist have been resolved, but require some management consideration of optional issues. For instance, capitalized costs for prior production investments, marketing expenditures and prepaid royalty advances, may prove to be more beneficial to the company if written-down (in full or in part) to create a Net Operating Loss as an offset anticipated taxes from the company's current activities. The upside is that HHSE could retain more of the funds from the current revenue activities... the downside is that future income from such capitalized ventures would be taxed from first dollar, without offsets. A decision on direction must be made soon, as the 12-31-2024 filing is due to the OTC Markets this week.

2).  Regarding WILDFIRE, the film's April 19 theatrical launch is further delayed due to timing issues relating to the film's major studio streaming venture. The theatrical release cannot occur earlier than 60-days prior to the Studio streaming premiere... so we are forced to acquiesce to their schedule. There's a lot of money involved, so following the studio lead is a no-brainer. 

3).  The production of INDIAN TERRITORY was approved by the Screen Actors Guild under their new "post-strike" terms. Principal photography will commence June 3 - and the film's four "major stars" and key supporting players have an impressive worldwide box office cumulative value of more than $10-billion. So, that's an exciting project for this summer, after the uplist scramble is completed. 

4).  MyFlix continues to be stalled, but due solely to lack of marketing-launch funds. A major investor has agreed to support the venture's launch, but only after the QB uplist is completed... so that's a relief to know that matter of required funding has been addressed. 

5).  Cowboys of Cannabis has not been a windfall success. The initial results via TUBI were good enough for them to ask for a sequel... but questionable on our end as to whether or not a sequel makes good sense. So for now, the material shot in December is on hold with the editors, pending a wider placement of the first Cowboys of Cannabis to other platforms. Hannover House will not spend time or money on projects that don't generate positive cash flow... and to date, this one is still unrecouped.

6).  Unholy Song - First edit cut turned out fantastic, and that feature is now moving into Sound and Music post production steps. Superb project - with a planned USA Theatrical launch on Jan. 31, 2025. Exorcism-themed horror films seem to have a solid and predictable audience.  

7).  Native Fables - Episode four of the Native Fables series films in April, with the important theme of "Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women" (MMIW). Hannover House is working with a major tribe and a major non-profit MMIW support group to create legislation for the U.S. Congress to allocate more funds to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Rapid Response Unit ("Shadow Wolves"). So, it's a great film with a greater cause to benefit. Stay tuned...




The computing power and data management potential of Computer Generated Image technology for feature films has grown exponentially in recent years. Now, a simple green-screen cyclorama in a warehouse building can compete with the world's largest and most expensive "sound stages" in terms of image creation. This evolution in image creation has already rendered some film industry jobs obsolete:  set construction, stunt players and non-creative support jobs. The winners in this new entertainment world are the CREATIVES:  writers, directors and producers who make the magic happen through manifestation of concept and images. Over the next few years, expect to see this paradigm shift impact the revenues, value and stock prices for companies with vision and ideas - but which may have previously lacked only the funding resources that "the old way" of making movies required. This is the golden-age of entertainment production creation.

Friday, February 2, 2024

In Advance of OTC:QB Uplist, Hannover House discloses key elements of 3-year Business Plan

UPDATE: Sunday, Feb. 25 - The detailed blog (below - originally posted on Feb. 2), predicted the filing of the OTC Markets uplist (to QB) as likely to occur last week. This did not happen, and for a reason we now know (but did not know then) regarding the turn-around time for verifications of key payables and receivables under PCAOB Section 330 and 331 procedures. Key items requiring verification under PCAOB audit practices cannot be deemed unopposed until specific benchmarks of time and outreach efforts have transpired. Accordingly, we are still in a short waiting period for these issued to be verified (or deemed unopposed as such). That said, we still stand by our predictions of solid growth in the PPS and volume of HHSE shares in the next few days and weeks. 

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(FEB. 2 BLOG):

As recommended by corporate counsel - Hannover House, Inc. is providing information and disclosures below - including charts - describing corporate activities, projects and forecasts. This information is provided due to the scheduled release of information next week to potential stakeholders and lenders, who have expressed interest in supporting specific projects and / or the company's stock at such point in time that the OTC Markets uplist application to QB status has been completed. 

Timing for this initial project (the OTC Markets up-list) is imminent - although the positive impact to the company's stock price and volume are forecasted for mid-to-late February. 

Additional benchmark activities for 2024 include: company's first ever "nationwide" theatrical release of WILDFIRE (April 19), the completion of the historic feature film INDIAN TERRITORY (with Oscar-winning actors), and the launch of the MYFLIX Streaming service (which, for most of the MyFlix suppliers, has always been tied-into the company first stepping up into "fully-reporting status" for accounting transparency as required for the supplier studios).  

These projects and corporate actions by Hannover House are widely expected to attract significant new interest into the company and stock... and could / should dramatically increase the volume and PPS of the HHSE stock. The efforts by a handful of stock-naysayers to suppress the stock has created a huge upside for smart money... as the potential HHSE price of more than $.05 per share creates a ten-to-one-return potential. 

The exclusion of specific projects from the attached charts should not be construed as an abandonment of said projects - merely that the HHSE management has chosen to highlight those items deemed most likely to have a "material" impact to the operations (e.g., more than $500,000 in value). Examples of projects not listed on the charts include:  COWBOYS OF CANNABIS (now on various streaming services after a 90-day TUBI exclusive), THE LEGEND OF BELLE STARR (temporarily delayed due to prioritization of INDIAN TERRITORY as the launch vehicle) and NATIVE FABLES (an anthology of Native American written-and-directed short films, now in production and about 50% completed). 

More to come....











Thursday, January 25, 2024

Expanded Release Opportunities Push WILDFIRE Theatrical Launch to April 19

(Fayetteville, AR)  Favorable response from exhibitors, preview audiences and cross-promotional partners has encouraged indie distributor Hannover House, Inc. (OTC: HHSE) to significantly expand the theatrical release for its first fully-facilitated feature production, “WILDFIRE: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse.” The family-appeal movie was inspired by the # 1 worldwide hit song by Michael Martin Murphey, and features the final big-screen performance for the late Anne Heche.

The film was originally slated for a key market theatrical release on Jan. 26, 2024. However, competitive factors and positive audience response have created the opportunity for a wider theatrical break. The release date of April 19 will provide Hannover House with another three-months of pre-release marketing, as well as place the title in a rare calendar window in which no other family appeal releases are scheduled as competition. There are two other wide release films set for April 19:  the Guy Ritchie World War II action film, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” from Lionsgate and “Abigail” a horror-thriller from Universal. There are no live-action family features in the weeks leading up to and following April 19, with only two animated releases set as potential competition for family viewers:  Disney’s “Luca” on March 22, and Viva’s “Dragonkeeper” on April 5.

In addition to traditional in-theatre promotions, Hannover House will also be working with a large assortment of local, regional and national cross-promotional sponsors, ranging from rodeo and horse-riding groups to a major, national retail clothing chain.

“Murphey’s ‘WILDFIRE’ song is so iconic and beloved,” said Eric Parkinson. “We have seen how cross-generations react to this movie and to the story of a young girl who befriends a mysterious, wild horse.  It’s got a great message and is a wholesome, family-appeal movie that leaves you with a smile. The opportunity to fit the movie’s release into a window in which there are no competitive family titles was a blessing for the movie and for families that love inspirational films,” he continued.

Chevel Shepherd, winner of NBC’s “The Voice” competition portrays Samantha Nichols, a young girl who is struggling to deal with the sudden loss of her parents. Michael Martin Murphey portrays Pastor Micah, and Mo Brings Plenty (“Yellowstone”) plays Udeli, a Cherokee Spiritual Advisor. The parents are played by Adrian Paul (“Highlander”) and Cara Jade Myers (“Killers of the Flower Moon”). Other notable cast members include Olivia Slatton-Fite as Joyce, Thesa Loving as Grandma Bette, Major Dodge Senior as Fred and the late, screen legend Anne Heche as the rodeo trainer.

The film was produced by Snowy Morning, Inc., and shot primarily in eastern Oklahoma, with creative guidance and advisors from the United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians.  Financing was provided through private investors and through facilitation loans made by Hannover House, in consideration for sales representation rights.

In addition to the film’s national theatrical release on April 19, 2024 – Hannover House is working with Cinemark Theatres for a series of “sneak-peek” / word-of-mouth events to occur on February 28 in selected markets.


TITLE LISTING INFORMATION

 

Release Date:             April 19, 2024

 

Title:                           WILDFIRE: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse

 

Genre:                        Family / Horses / Live-Action

 

Writers:                      Written by ERIC PARKINSON and MIKE SNYDER, based on the hit song by MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY

 

Director:                     ERIC PARKINSON

 

Producers:                 CHRIS LARGE, KYLE MARTENS, ERIC PARKINSON

 

Stars:                          CHEVEL SHEPHERD, ANNE HECHE, ADRIAN PAUL,

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY, MO BRINGS PLENTY,

OLIVIA SLATTON-FITE, THESA LOVING, MAJOR DODGE, SNR., CASSIE SELF and CARA JADE MYERS.

 

Director of  Photography:    ANDREW PARKE

 

Editor:                        ANDREW BOWCOCK

 

Running Time:           111 Minutes

 

MPAA Rating  :           Pending (anticipate PG)

 

Format:                      1:185 / Dolby Stereo

 

Trailers & Feature Content Distribution by DELUXE LABS, dlxindies@bydeluxe.com

Posters & Standee Distribution by HANNOVER HOUSE, Eric@HannoverHouse.com

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

 

 SHORT SYNOPSIS:

Inspired by the legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse and the #1 hit song by Michael Martin Murphey -  WILDFIRE tells a story of redemption and forgiveness as a young girl deals with her guilt following the sudden and tragic death of her parents.

LONG SYNOPSIS:

Inspired by the legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse and the #1 hit song by Michael Martin Murphey -  WILDFIRE tells a story of redemption and forgiveness as a young girl deals with her guilt following the sudden and tragic death of her parents (Adrian Paul and Cara Jade Myers). Samantha Nichols (Chevel Shepherd) and her brother, Austin, move to Oklahoma to live on Grandma’s horse farm. Emotionally lost and distraught, Samantha finds peace from the attentions she receives from a mysterious wild horse that befriends her. With training from a champion rider (Anne Heche), Samantha enters the barrel racing competition and begins to accept her new situation and friends. But her guilt remains, as Samantha hides the dark secret that she feels responsible for her parent’s death. She cannot forgive herself. But, with the help of a local Cherokee Spiritual Advisor (Mo Brings Plenty) and her pastor (Michael Martin Murphey), Samantha comes to realize a greater truth and a solace to her life.







Saturday, January 20, 2024

Terrific Action on WILDFIRE and other Hannover House Ventures

Dear HHSE Friends & Followers - We cannot wipe the smiles off the faces of our WILDFIRE post-production team!  Our major studio distribution partner provided some sage notes (mostly regarding sound effects and the film's Music edit) - which have proven to be incredibly insightful and helpful in enhancing the dramatic contrasts between scenes and holding the audience in suspense.  Although the preview audience in Fort Worth responded enthusiastically to our event of Nov. 2nd (Lone Star Film Festival - opening night GALA feature film), the "new-and-improved" cut and mix of WILDFIRE is quite a positive leap forward.


Also - after our well-received PREMIERE, we were approached by four major Cross-Promotional Sponsors and six of the top USA Exhibition Chains with exciting opportunities to elevate the film to that next level: a wide USA theatre count opening!


Back in October, Hannover House and our distribution partners for WILDFIRE had planned on a theatrical release date of Jan. 26, 2024, and with a respectable - but not jaw dropping - level of theatre support.  This plan matched what we thought would be a rather quick path to theatres, and onto Streaming and DVD in short order.  However, as the major studios have proven with their cross-promotional sponsors on event level films, having such brand-name sponsors behind the film - as well as nationally known organizations for cross-promotional support - requires greater coordination and time for implementation. Accordingly, we are looking at April 19 as the film's USA theatrical date... and at a much wider screen count than we have ever achieved or thought possible. It's an incredible home run and major achievement for the first movie fully produced through the support and facilitation of Hannover House or any independent production studio.  


Over the next few weeks, there will be a handful of "sneak peek" engagements prior to the wide USA release in April.  The first "sneaks" are planned for late February.  Additionally, the company's international distributor for the movie is scheduling a screening of the final version at the Berlinale' / European Film Market in mid-February.  


But otherwise... POSTERS / LOBBY BANNERS / TRAILERS and ads will start being visible (and with increasing momentum) by early March... with a jaw-dropping wide- opening of the film in late April (which most likely will be April 19).


Some HHSE longs have often said that Hannover House is "ONE" big release away from being a major force (and a major entertainment stock). When you combine this enhanced release of WILDFIRE with the company's OTC markets UPLIST (now in motion!) and our MYFLIX launch activities, the momentum will be unstoppable. 


More information will be posted here - as well as on the S.E.C. Edgar site - as these long sought-after goals are coming to fruition.


GO HHSE!!












  




Thursday, January 4, 2024

At long last - HHSE Access to S.E.C. Edgar is fully restored!

Greetings & Happy New Year to our HHSE Friends & Followers - Perhaps it's a brilliant strategy to stop hackers and unauthorized access? But the hoops that the S.E.C. Edgar Department requires of issuers / filers to regain access to an account is more complicated than a Dan Brown book plot. The procedures were navigated in November / early December... only to have to be re-created from scratch once again in mid-December (until TODAY) in order to have access authorized for a third party XBRL & Filing services provider. But it got done... and the November Form 8 was finally accepted by the Edgar publication desk.  We also updated the company address and some additional listings information today - both of which items will go "live" tonight (according to the automated message from the Edgar help desk).


Now that we've cleared the S.E.C. Edgar hurdle, we can resume filing the documents that support the company's UPLIST application to OTC: QB - which many feel will be the beginning of VERY BIG things for Hannover House shareholders.


In other news, the Wyoming annual corporate taxes and filings were also completed.  Every year for the past twelve years, our status shows as "delinquent" during the first week of January... yet, prepayment and filing early is not an option prior to mid-December (and even then, a filing made Dec. 15 will STILL show as delinquent UNTIL such time that the super-busy Wyoming Secretary of State team processes the documents). So, it's all good... even though it may still show as delinquent for a few more days. 


The factors that have kept the HHSE stock depressed these past few months are all fading away as we move into our OTC:QB uplist and a terrific 2024!








Monday, December 11, 2023

Chasing a Winner! TUBI says "Bring it On" for More COWBOYS OF CANNABIS!

Greetings HHSE Friends & Followers - they say that the secret to success is to figure out what's WORKING and do more of that. Accordingly, we are pleased to announce that the initial launch of "COWBOYS OF CANNABIS" onto TUBI has been deemed a big success... and they said "Bring it On" when asked if they are wanting a sequel or additional episodes!

Production commenced this past week on "COWBOY CUP - The Return of the Cowboys of Cannabis" - with nearly 10 hours of solid footage now shot. The completion of this sequel is set for mid-January, with a target broadcast (TUBI) launch date of April 18, 2024.

HHSE will begin receiving cash flow from the first "COWBOYS OF CANNABIS" that launched in November, in February... due to the time-lag of reporting and payments. But this first episode will also be launched later this month (DECEMBER) onto Roku, Plex, Amazon, and other high-profile streaming services, now that the 30-day TUBI exclusive has expired. 

Creating and owning product is a solid business model for HHSE to build regular cash flows, and long-term asset value. The "old" business model of representing the distribution rights to third-party produced titles was problematic:  no long-term asset value and nothing but grief from delusional producers who all thought that their films should be massive hits. 

HHSE produced titles are developed with a clear understanding of the MARKET VALUE for certain genre' categories and stars. There's no delusion when you know exactly WHAT to produce, WHO to sell it to and HOW MUCH they are paying for such programming. SO - it's a TERRIFIC business model, as proven already with the success of COWBOYS OF CANNABIS. Special thanks to director and show-runner CHRIS LARGE and D.O.P. David Huff for a hugely successful shoot!

Go HHSE!














Wednesday, November 22, 2023

HHSE - Form 8 Disclosures / and Edgar (SEC) Access

Greetings HHSE friends - At long last, HHSE was issued new access codes, pass-phrase, CCC, CIK and PMAC so that we can resume public filings via the S.E.C. Edgar Database. 


There are several issues that the company's security counsel felt needed to be disclosed prior to our more substantive filings... and these are listed in the Form 8 below. 

Although we now have direct access to publish disclosures and reports to the S.E.C. Edgar Department, we have lost several days of productivity attempting to properly format this Form 8 so that it could be uploaded. In the recent past, all "text" documents could be easily uploaded, with only the financial charts needing the metatags and formatting from an XBRL service. However, documents posted onto Edgar now must be in either raw text form (no formatting), or in "web page" HTML friendly form. 

Our Form 8 below started with 402 HTML errors a week ago. We have whittled this down to 22 errors by laboriously making line-by-line corrections to the ASCII codes of the HTML formatting (which is not visible on the published files). However, we have hit an impasse on these final 22 HTML / ASCII errors, and have made the decision (and investment) to engage a 3rd party formatting company to complete the process on this Form 8 statement. We apologize for the delay... based on prior HHSE submissions to Edgar, we did not anticipate any format changes that would impede our filings. 

Now we know... So, onward to the more important tasks at hand...

UPDATE: Thursday, Dec. 7 - 8-k has now been properly formatted. We were informed this morning by the S.E.C. Edgar Filer Support team that HHSE must send a notarized authorization form to allow for third party access to make our Edgar filings. This notarization and authoriztion has been completed and uploaded to Edgar... so at any moment now, the company will commence making S.E.C. filings (via our third party services provider), so that we can complete the various corporate goals and projects.