1). TIMING OF Q3 FILING - We anticipate being a day late on this filing, with the OTC Markets posting expected on Thursday, Nov. 16.
2). VODWIZ UPDATE - As anticipated, we have closed a major studio venture that will provide tonnage of product to VODWIZ, including a large quantity of recent, theatrical hits. The totality of programming that will be available to consumers through VODWIZ appears to be on track to being second only to Amazon at this point. We see VODWIZ as a major portal for home entertainment digital streaming access, and potentially "the tail that wags the dog" so to speak. Additionally, we are about a week away from the anticipated finalization of a private funding structure to finance the costs associated with building the VODWIZ website (to Amazon Digital infrastructure standards), and all other pre-launch and initial consumer launch costs for this venture.
3). IRS ACKNOWLEDGES LEVY ERROR - HHSE management is pleased to report that a levy issued by the IRS for "estimated payroll taxes" has been corrected and relieved after providing required documentation for the payroll reporting periods previously in question. We have been told that the IRS levy will be lifted (and customers notified) within the next 21 days, and the future reporting of payroll taxes (through our third-party payroll service) will correctly identify the Employer I.D. Numbers that sparked the arbitrary / estimated assessment in the first place.
4). WEEK THREE OF "THE RIOT ACT" FEATURE PRODUCTION - the ambitious, period western (based on a true story and set in 1903) continues to shoot in and around Fort Smith, Arkansas and Van Buren, Arkansas. We are scheduled to wrap principal photography next Wednesday (just before Thanksgiving). Although we are limited in our ability to publicly release cast photos and other production details, we can share a few "approved" stills below that were previously released through social media.
For THE RIOT ACT feature - the historic city of Van Buren, Arkansas, has been converted into a 1903 Western Town with the addition of 70-truckloads of topsoil onto the main street (and the voluntary closure of auto access and most businesses for five days).
Producer Lauren Sweetser ("Winter's Bone") also portrays the female lead in THE RIOT ACT
The Arkansas-Missouri Railroad has been restored to 1903 period look and utilized in several key scenes for THE RIOT ACT.
Street Scenes and Opera House sequences for THE RIOT ACT have utilized up to 300 fully costumed extras, plus horse, wagons, cattle and other elements of production value.
5). DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES - HHSE is currently gearing up to manufacture and fulfill the large video manufacturing required to fulfill the record-breaking DVD orders received for BATTLECREEK and BLOODFEAST.
The company is pursuing release activity for the long-awaited (and delayed) theatrical launch of BLOODFEAST, as well as the upcoming DEATH HOUSE, GETTING GRACE and additional markets for the WWII drama CHOSEN.
Other distribution activities include the video releases now in motion for both BONOBOS and ALGERIAN (now renamed as "SLEEPER CELL"), as well as the romantic comedy SPICES OF LIBERTY, the Red Bull motorsports actioner RIDE UNITED, and the also long-awaited DINOSAURS OF THE JURASSIC. Other home video titles include the thrillers IDENTITY CRISIS, MUSE and INSOMNIUM. Many of these releases were intentionally delayed during the protracted "merger" activities between Hannover House and Crimson Forest, which have thankfully been removed as a distraction from our ongoing productivity.
On the publishing front, the re-release of the novel "QUIETUS" (in "trade cover" format) is on schedule for the Barnes & Noble promotion in February, which will be supported with ads in the New York Times Book Review, Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal, as well as email campaigns, social media and a high-profile publicity outreach promotion from FSB Associates.
Lots of good stuff on our plates and in motion...