Here I am, on the set of Run in 2002. (Photo by Melissa Lacey/Journal-World Photo)
Okay, folks. The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here. The question I get more than anything is “when are ya gonna make something new?”. I never have an answer for this…until now.
That’s right. I’ve decided that my next project is going to be….(drum roll)….
wait for it…..
….an untitled feature film that I’m not going to divulge ANY plot details right now. All I will say is it’s my first crack at the horror genre. I’m excited as it’s my first project since Run (2002)— so it should be interesting.
Other than that there isn’t much to say– I’ve got a completed script and I’ve already cast a few of the main characters. I plan on shooting this fall (October-November) on location around Kansas City. I will be looking for more cast and crew over the next couple of months. Check back for more info.
After helping steal a disk that may contain information about an alien invasion, Jaxon Reeves (Timothy English) soon learns there is a price to pay for betrayal. When his wife, Julie (Sarah Walker) is abducted, Jax goes into hiding only to be tracked down by members from the same secret government agency, Victor Corso (James Kellogg) and the mysterious Blonde Woman (Meghan Dickinson); each who wants to recover the disk for their own personal agenda. As Jax struggles to figure out who he can trust, he quickly realizes the E.T.R.A. group aren’t the only ones hunting him. As the supernatural Men in Black get closer, Jax realizes he only has one choice if he is to survive….RUN!
Timothy English in a photo from the LJWorld while filming his first movie, Run. Here, English describes a scene that he filmed in a downtown Lawrence alley. (Photo by Melissa Lacey/Journal-World Photo
Ed McLinn as Agent Nine
Rick Seifert as Agent Zero
Ryan Singer as Detective Carter
Nick Casarona as Detective Spano
Sarah Walker as Julie Reeves
Timothy English as Jaxon Reeves
The Premiere:
Run was screened before a full house at the Rio Theatre in Overland Park, KS. on June 29, 2002. Admission was free.
Merchandising:
Want a BK Films hat or a Run! t-shirt? Head over to the Bad Karma Store, courtesy of Cafe Press. (see premiere t-shirt at right)
Run! was shot in Topeka, Ks., Lawrence, Ks. and Eudora, Ks. in 2001 with additional shooting in Chicago in spring 2002.
The Chicago footage was used only at the beginning of the opening titles.
The abduction sequence was shot over two days on two locations in Topeka and Eudora in the fall of 2001 and required 15 crew members.
Three different actors were cast to play Jax Reeves before Timothy English took over the role.
Most of the film was shot with a two man crew.
Ed McLinn, who plays MiB Agent 9, is also the voice of Daniel Logan heard on the answering machine.
In this photo THE CAST AND CREW OF RUN! (clockwise from top right): Nick Casarona, Ed McLinn, Ryan Singer, Rick Seifert, Timothy English, Sarah Walker, James Kellogg, Doug Rottering and Meghan Dickinson.
Composer D.H. Rottering also worked with Timothy English on Stuck on Star Wars and Grassfire.
James Kellogg and Timothy English also appeared together in Stuck on Star Wars.
Run was inspired by the 1966 George Lucas short film Freiheit.
The name Dr. Scully is a nod to Dr. Dana Scully on The X-Files. In Run!, Dr. Scully is a man and is never shown on screen.
The Blonde Woman is never referred to by name in Run!.
The character Victor Corso was named after Philip J. Corso a former U.S. Army Lieutenant who wrote the book, ‘The Day After Roswell’.
Filming was interrupted while shooting the climactic scene by the Lawrence Police Department. Neighbors in the rural neighborhood where it was filmed called the police claiming someone was being executed and dragged from a vehicle.
Five of the cast members attended Topeka West High School.
“Run!” was originally meant as a short film prequel to a proposed alien invasion trilogy. The first film of ‘The Invasion Chronicles’ was supposed to be called Oracle. It was put on hold because of the birth of English’s daughter in 2003.
Currently there are plans to reboot “Run” under the working title of “EndRun”.
