Fessenden among the Executive Producers on director Rick Alverson’s followup to the Glass Eye Pix production THE COMEDY. Newest film, ENTERTAINMENT, will  premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the Next section.

Entertainment (Director: Rick Alverson; screenwriters: Rick Alverson, Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker) — En route to meeting with his estranged daughter, in an attempt to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave Desert. Cast: Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera, Amy Seimetz, Lotte Verbeek.

Check it: First images on Collider.

Ti West’s THE SACRAMENT, produced by GEP pals Jacob Jaffke and Peter Phok, starring AJ Bowen, Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz, Kentucker Audley, and Gene Jones, opens TODAY in New York at Cinema Village and in Toronto at Carlton Cinema, with more cities starting next week. Check out the official site for all the screenings. Also On Demand and on iTunes.

And get a look at the film in this red-band clip from IGN!:

YOU’RE NEXT, Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett’s home invasion horror movie featuring Fessenden alongside tons of Glass Eye pals including AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg, Kate Lyn Sheil, and Ti West, is now on DVD & Blu-ray. The discs include two audio commentaries and a “making of” featurette.

In honor of the film’s Blu-ray/DVD release, iconic horror villain LEGO figures have been unveiled! More on them here and the YOU’RE NEXT trailer below.

From Clark Collis at Insidemovies.EW.com:
“…You’re Next is easily Wingard’s most commercial film to date, and the first to receive a wide theatrical release. However, this tale of a family reunion which is brutally interrupted by mask-wearing psychos is still far from being your (next) average horror movie. The movie’s stars include “real” actors Sharni Vinson (Step Up 3D), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), and Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color, AMC’s The Killing) but also an array of indie directors including Joe Swanberg (Hannah   Continue Reading »

Check out the August 9th issue of Entertainment Weekly for a YOU’RE NEXT piece by EW’s Clark Collis.
The fright-flick from director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett features Fessenden and Glass Eye pals Joe Swanberg, Ti West, AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Kate Lyn Sheil, et al. The film hits theaters August   Continue Reading »