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JOSEPH J. LAWSON
PAST NEWS & EVENTS
There's rarely a dull moment and always something happening with Joe, The Global Asylum and Lawson Digital. Check back often for the latest happenings and maybe even OUR films together here!​
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On Fire! in Post-Production and Star Trek: TMP.
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Joe and Joseph are working on a Nick Lyon film featuring Peter Facianeli, Fiona Dourif, Asher Angel and Lance Henriksen. They also recently finished fourteen shots on the 4K upgrade of Star Trek: The Motion Picture Director's Special Edition for Paramount+.
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2022
SUPER BOWL 2022!
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Joe and Joseph completed fourteen character clean-up shots for the highly well received 2022 Super Bowl commercial for the NFL, Bring Down the House, featuring a videogame characters running rampant.
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Alone for the Holidays in Post-Production.
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Editor Rob Pallatina and Joe are working on their third collaboration while the VFX Department is creating fantastic talking dogs.
Age of Dinosaurs released into the wild.
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Disk releases, like Joe's previous production, with Director commentary, gag reel and behind the scenes footage.
Post-Production on Age of Dinosaurs.
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Editor Rob Pallatina and Joe have teamed for their third motion picture together. Editing progresses and visual effects planning has begun on Age of Dinosaurs with Treat Williams, Jillian Rose Reed and Ronny Cox. Produced by the Global Asylum, work is expected to finish at the end of February 2013 with a release in May.
Official Trailer for Cambodia Epic Released!
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Enjoy!
On Set Photos Added to Asylum Web Site.
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Official photographs from the set of our epic fantasy have been added to an Asylum Flickr Stream and are available for viewing from the button link. Many memories there of a great cast and crew in Cambodia. Also, the ADR is finished and we're more than halfway through visual effects two weeks from delivery!
Post-Production on Cambodia Epic.
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ADR, editing and sound design are currently in progress and visual effects wrapping up. A global team of artists are bringing together the VFX of the film while the talented post team at The Global Asylum is wrapping up the final edit, sound and color timing. Editor Rob Pallatina and Joe have teamed for their second effort together.
Filming Wraps on Cambodia Epic.
After a challenging 15 Day shoot in southern Cambodia, lensing has finished on Joe's second directorial effort, this time with DP Richard Vialet (Layover) from a script by Eric Forsberg (MegaPiranha). With a cast of over 100 and epic, sweeping vistas, this grand fantasy adventure begins its short post period with a December 11th VOD and DVD release scheduled.
July,
2012
Lensing Begins on Cambodia Epic.
After an intense location scout, local casting and pre-production schedule of less than three weeks, filming begins on director Joe Lawson's second feature, an epic fantasy adventure starring Christopher Judge (Stargate SG-1, The Dark Knight Rises) and international film star Bai Ling. The film shoots in locations near Kampot, Cambodia including the rivers and jungles of Bokor National Forest and the Karst formation cliffs and caves of Kampoch Trac Wat.
April
2012
Nazis at the Center of the Earth reviews.
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There's no middle ground on the reaction to NATCOTE with it being judged as "the Citizen Kane of Asylum films" to "the worst movie ever made". With some making comparisons to filmmakers as wide ranging as the debuts of Martin Scorsese, James Cameron and other groundbreaking storytellers, most reviewers say it is a must-see film even if only to appreciate the outrageous events and imagery the unique science fiction action adventure presents. Available at Redbox, Netflix, VOD, Blu-Ray and DVD (Amazon, Wal-Mart, Blockbuster and more). The film has also screened on SyFy UK.​
4/26
2012
Joe Lawson directorial debut Nazis at the Center of the Earth for Netflix, VOD, DVD and BluRay.
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From noted film studio The Global Asylum, the debut feature of director Joe Lawson is now available worldwide (as Bloodstorm in the UK and Nazi Sky in Germany). Starring Dominique Swain (Lolita, Face-Off) and Jake Busey (Starship Troopers, The Frighteners, Enemy of the State) it's 90 minutes of controversial genre mashing B-movie science fiction/horror/action/adventure/drama sure to be a memorable start to a visionary career.