Mission Report – The Gamers: The Hands of Fate

[Brent]

This last weekend Garrison Titan had the incredible opportunity to participate in the filming of the third movie in The Gamers series: The Hands of Fate.

 

We were honored to have Albin Johnson and Dave Anderson fly in to Washington and join us for the filming. Albin has been working with the production company for a while to bring this great opportunity to the 501st.

 

Here is some background from Albin:

“The Gamers came out in 2002, just a fun little projected by some buddies in college. It was a web sensation and was soon followed by a much higher-production value feature Gamers: Dorkness Rising in 2008. The folks at Dead Gentlemen Productions did such an amazing job of capturing just how rpg's run and the personalities involved that it is to my mind an instant classic. ... I can't stress enough how awesome the work is that's been done by Dead Gentlemen Productions and their partners Zombie Orpheus. Journey Quest is underway at the moment and Gamers 3: Hands of Fate just got funded. So hopefully we'll see plenty more of the gamer folks!â€

 

“Gamers 3 follows the misadventures of a group of gamers introduced in Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising in 2008. The group has decided to take their game to a convention where they encounter a whole new level of geekdom. Parts of this film have already been filmed at GenCon earlier this year, so there is a big convention feel to this story. The part where we need Stormtroopers is in shots depicting the 501st as the convention Imperial security. There are bits in the script showcasing the Stormtroopers being the heavies of the film and causing trouble (but in a fun way) for everyone. This is a big opportunity for the 501st to make an indelible impression in pop culture by being in a very popular indie film series.â€

 

Here is a preview of the movie we were filming:

 

The movie is set at a convention. At this convention security is provided by Stormtroopers from the 501st, who are needed to enforce some order. The crew found some other great ways to work the 501st in to the movie, including a scene that displays a 501st con information booth with our logo and banners along with some more of our characters. We are all very excited to see how it will all come together, I’ll try not to give away anything about the movie here since I expect many will want to see it when it comes out and I don’t want to spoil any of the plot or humor.

 

Tony Carnevale and James Holliday explaining Stormtrooper armor behind the scenes

 

501st gathering for lunch. (Go FISD!)

 

Me blaster battling with Christian Doyle

 

Albin and I put Brian Lewis in his place

 

Albin hanging out with Nathan Rice, Brian Lewis, Carol Roscoe, Christian Doyle and Scott Brown; the cast of The Gamers: Dorkness Rising

 

Albin truly is, the most interesting Stormtrooper in the world. With Crystal Bates von Oy.

 

Albin and I escorting Christian Doyle

 

Charlie (JEDISTAR) and I keeping an eye on things.

 

The 501st gets direction from directors Ben Dobyns and Matt Vancil

 

The 501st had a booth at ZOECon, which was both a real con and a set for the filming

 

Crystal Bates von Oy, Jesse Grimes, Brent Allen, Brian Lewis, Albin Johnson and Dave Anderson

 

To top off the experience the production company, Zombie Orpheus, was inducted in to the 501st as an Honorary Friend of the Legion

 

 

Albin with new honorary members Scott Brown and Matt Vancil showing off their awesome 501st badges

Photo credits to Jason Brooks, Mason Williams, Albin Johnson, and Jesse Grimes.

 

 

It was an incredible weekend; both getting to shoot the film, and hanging out with Albin, Dave and Garrison Titan. I don’t think the exact movie release date has been announced yet, but when it is we will post updates with more info.

 

Big thanks to Albin for bringing us this amazing troop!

[LadyInWhite[TK]]

So cool! Thanks so much for posting all this awesomeness! I had been wondering how things went And now we know Tom didn't do a hack-job on Albin's shiny.

[Brent]

Tom did a great job; Albin was looking real good. Due to the running we had to do, I needed to help trim the back of Albin's knees a bit. I'd like to apologize to Tom for doing such a crummy trimming job. It's tough trimming armor that someone else is wearing, while you are also wearing armor

[WhiteNight[TK]]

Wow! Can't wait to see the actual movie! This is terrific!

[Toddo[TK]]

Sorry I missed helping out with this Brent. I had to work each day of filming, and a mere two blocks away! So frustrating.

[Vultren]

James (Gymbeau2000) and I (Tony) finished the last two scenes today! What a great experience- there are some hilarious scenes. They said it will be August when it'll be launched, so I'm very excited to see the final product.

 

It was great meeting Albin and Dave- glad they were able to fly across the country to be a part of the experience... and to all FISD members- I'm sorry for the horrid interview (we were completely caught off guard and the director comes up to us with his iPad and said "talk about what you do with the armor" and we didn't know if he wanted to know about the armor itself, what we were doing on the set, or what the 501st Legion is. I put my shin on the wrong leg ).