THE SOCIETY

The Society main cast has been selected!

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Letter from Cap, Producer Director Writer "The Society"

Hello!!!

I just wanted to touch base with you all on a few things. First, I apologize for the lack of communication recently, I have just returned from an 8 day stint of filming in Bogota Colombia, for "The Society"

It went absolutely incredible.

Much better than I had dreamed and I had huge dreams.

The great news is that it is drop dead good,

The bad news is that the bar for acting and performance, with respect to keeping it real, is incredibly high.

Also a correction, our site mistakenly reported that we would begin shooting for the Society in Sylvania Ohio, in March.

This should have said May.

We will be in contact soon regarding a cast "Get Together" in Sylvania, which will be a press conference, "Meet and Greet", our Director of Photography will be in from Austin, and we will get a chance to get to know each other a bit.

We will be scheduling rehearsals in March and April, which will be 2 or 3 actors at a time. Each of you will likely have 1 or 2 rehearsals before we go to shoot. You should know your lines for the rehearsals.

Under normal conditions, I would have provided script to you all already. I apologize for the delay.

Because of major changes to the script from Bogota, which became necessary during the shooting of the Bogota proportion, another revision of the script is necessary to bring it up to date.

Rest assured that as soon as we possibly can, we will be sending out the scenes which include your character.

I also am trying to find time to speak with each of you by telephone, to welcome you to our team, and to discuss the nature of your character. I will be sending out weekly communications from here out.

Thanks again, I truly believe in this movie for M&M, we are incredibly fortunate to have achieved the level we have achieved in Bogota. I walked the streets for 8 days with Colombian Special Forces officers at my side, and we captured Bogota on RED ONE like it has never been captured. We went to the south of the city, to the poorer areas, and we have the real people and the real feel of Bogota, and that, my friends, has simply never ever been done.

This film has a special energy I am proud to have you be a part of it.

Cap Averill II

avrilcap@aol.com

Movie shooting in Sylvania to begin in May

1/26/2012

"It’s been a couple of years in the making and nearly a year since it had a casting call in Sylvania, but in [May] a film called The Society by a Toledo movie production company will be shooting in Sylvania."

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The Society cast and crew celebrate at Chandler Cafe

4/25/2012

Article by Mary Helen Darah

The cast for the movie, "The Society" has been selected. To celebrate, a cast party was held at Chandler Cafe on March 19th. According to Cap Averill II, of Mantis and Moon Moving Pictures and Sound principal, writer, director and producer, shooting for the movie will begin in May.

The Script calls for scenes at the Sylvania Police Station and Sylvania Municipal Court.

Mr. Averill, along with Kyle Wisniewski, will also help edit the film. Steve Cox and Chuy DeLosSantos are full-time members of the Mantis and Moon team.

Local director gets film cast and crew together

3/19/2012

Article by Carl Ryan

Amid the clink of wine glasses Monday evening in Chandler Cafe in downtown Sylvania, the talk was of movies, and especially of one called The Society, which is scheduled to start shooting scenes on Main Street in late May.

Director and screenwriter Cap Averill II held a reception for his cast so they could meet and get to know each other. It also was an opportunity to recruit extras

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Rehearsals to start in March in Sylvania for 'The Society' movie; filming to begin in May

3/19/2012

Mantis and Moon Productions has finished casting and its filming in Bogata, Columbia for The Society, and rehearsals will begin this month in Sylvania.

Filming around Sylvania will start in May. The scenes will be used but the movie will not indicate the northwest Ohio city is part of the film's story. The filming is expected to use 1970s-era vehicles to drive and park on Sylvania streets to support the story’s time period. The movie is part romantic comedy and part legal drama.

The movie, the first to be shot in the city, is being produced Sylvania resident Cap Averill, owner of Mantis and Moon. He also manages Cap Averill II and Associates, Inc., an insurance company in Toledo.

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WTOL Covers The Society

1/24/2012

"The city of Sylvania has been chosen as the shooting location for an independent film. The film The Society will begin rehearsals in Sylvania in early March. Filmmakers have already begun to shoot the movie in Bogota, Columbia, and will be heading to northwest Ohio after that."

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Mantis and Moon heads to Colombia

1/18/2012

Filming begins this week for Mantis and Moon’s newest feature “The Society”. The film is aimed for the festival circuits, and will be submitted to IFC. The first part of the film is being shot in Bogota Colombia. Mantis and Moon has received special permission from the Colombian film Commission to film on Colombian territories.

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