Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff's Blog, page 31
June 20, 2011
My Super 8 Red Carpet Premiere Interviews
I got hired to cover the SUPER 8 red carpet premiere event here in L.A. Watch as I totally geek out about film music with Acacemy Award Winning film composer Michael Giacchino and got some great interviews with the stars of the JJ Abrams/Steven Speilberg movie SUPER 8. We even get a few brief moments with JJ Abrams, Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise. Steven and Brad, watching the live feed back at the studio add some hilarious comments as well. Don't miss this. Check it out!
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
Directed by J.J. Abrams from his original script, the Bad Robot / Amblin Entertainment Production is produced by Steven Spielberg, Abrams and Bryan Burk.
The film stars Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee and Zach Mills.
June 14, 2011
SEAL TEAM X: Wanna Be Immortalized as the Navy SEAL Hero Who Kills Bin Laden?
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BID ON THE EBAY AUCTION TODAY!
Auction Details
Miami, FL. June 9, 2011. The White House may never reveal the identity of the Navy Seal who killed Osama Bin Laden, but a comic publishing company promises to immortalize one lucky auction winner as the man who pulls the trigger on the fatal shot.
"SEAL TEAM X", a new digital comics series created by Hype Comics founder and CEO, Scott Ownbey, along with bestselling author, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, will offer an action-packed, blockbuster storyline that begins with that fateful raid on the Al Qaeda leader's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. An Ebay auction has been set up by Hype Comics to pick one winner, whose name an likeness will be used as the super soldier who shoots and kills the world's most-hated terrorist leader
"This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be known as a real American hero," says Ownbey, a five-year U.S. Navy Reserve veteran. "The auction winner will also receive a panel of original hand-drawn artwork with their character in action, proudly autographed by the original artist."
"The pulse-pounding action of the Abbottabad mission is just the tip of the iceberg," claims Nemcoff, whose book, "The Killing of Osama Bin Laden" became a fixture on Amazon's top 100 non-fiction bestseller's list. "When you learn the nature of what SEAL TEAM X does to protect the world from total Armageddon, it will blow your mind."
The auction begins June 5th, 2011 and runs for 10 days through June 15th. Hype has set the minimum starting bid at $99. "Anybody is welcome to bid," states Ownbey. "The only requirement, due to pre-existing story considerations, is that the winning bidder be male."
"SEAL TEAM X: The Blood of Bin Laden – Part 1" will be released in August as a digital comic book offered exclusively for the Kindle, Nook and iPad. Users of devices capable of running the free apps that read eBooks in those formats will also be able to download and read the entire SEAL TEAM X series, promises Ownbey.
In addition, Hype Comics has vowed to donate a portion of the sales proceeds from SEAL TEAM X to www.dav.org, a charity for disabled American Veterans. "Superheroes exist in comic books," says Ownbey, "But let's never lose sight that the men and women in uniform who serve this country are the real action heroes of this world."
"Being immortalized as the one who killed Bin Laden is a dream come true for some guys," notes Ownbey. "One proud comic book fan is going to get that chance."
Story Description
Rocketing through forbidden Pakistani airspace in the dead of night, SEAL Team Six closes in on the compound of the world's most hated terrorist, Osama Bin Laden. Spy satellite images and C.I.A. intel gathered on the ground have pinpointed the location of the Al Qaeda leader. A decade-long manhunt is destined to come to its ultimate conclusion. However, one important secret has been kept from SEAL Team Six:
What awaits them in Abbottabad is not entirely of this world.
To Team Six's surprise, they are joined at the last minute by a stealth helicopter full of elite American soldiers clad in high-tech battle gear. Their existence, until this point, only a myth ever spoken in hushed voices. Tonight, the most covert American military unit ever created has come out to fight alien forces bent on destroying the Earth.
Tonight, Osama Bin Laden and his army of otherworldly minions will be taken down by SEAL TEAM X.
But what they discover will forever change the course of human history and plunge the people of Earth into a race against the clock to save the planet from complete annihilation.
SEAL TEAM X. Sworn to protect the country. Trained to save the world.
Requirements
Winning bidder must be male as the body for character has already been drawn. Winning bidder must also supply us with predetermined photos in specific expressions to fit with our storyline. This information will be emailed to you after the winning bid has been announced. Winning bidder must also sign a model release that allows us to use their likeness in the publication.
10% of the final sale price will support Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust ( Small deduction may apply. Learn more about eBay Giving Works )
About this nonprofit:
Your gift provides food, shelter and medical aid to homeless veterans, transportation to medical facilities, and counseling/rehabilitation for amputee and other severely disabled veterans.
This is an eBay Giving Works charitable listing (Administered by MissionFish)
June 13, 2011
SEAL TEAM X: Check Out This Teaser Video
This just rocks! The super-talented team at Hype Comics put together this behind-the-scenes teaser for "SEAL TEAM X: The Blood of Bin Laden" the new comic book I wrote and co-created with Hype's CEO Scott Ownbey.
What really makes this really cool is SEAL TEAM X: The Blood of Bin Laden will not only be released digitally as a standard comic but will also be made available as an app that allows you mash up the comic and post your resulting mash ups to you favorite social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!
I'm so proud to be part of something so groundbreaking and awesome. I think you're gonna love this when it comes out!
June 12, 2011
Two Separate #1 Books
This is pretty cool. The Killing of Osama Bin Laden is back as the #1 bestseller in the category of Middle East History at the same exact time that Where's My F*cking Latte? (and Other Stories About Being an Assistant in Hollywood) is the #1 bestseller in books about Moves.
June 11, 2011
Physical Media is Doomed. Blame Oil.
Here is a portion of an interview I did with Colin Barnes, a very talented up-and-coming writer from the U.K. The first question has to do with whether or not the exploding popularity of eBooks is temporary. As you'll see, I don't think so, but not just because they've ignited an indie publishing boom. I wanted to highlight a portion of the interview here that gives you an idea why I feel physical media such as printed books, DVD's, CD's and such are totally doomed.
Being a proponent of indie-publishing, do you think we are in a bubble (of ebook popularity) or the beginnings of a long-term publishing paradigm?
This is no bubble. Thanks the staggering proliferation of devices that can access eBooks including smartphones, tablets and of course devices such as the Kindle or Nook, we are in a golden era of change in the publishing industry. Sure, it may not seem that way to major publishers struggling to understand how to survive in a world where their bloated and antiquated methods of business feel as archaic today as Edison's hand-crank Gramophone, but the winds of change, they are a blowing.
eBooks offer a tremendous amount of opportunities for enterprising writers, mostly because by cutting out the cost of the middlemen (publisher, distributor, retailer), you can lower your price points in order to be competitive which helps level the playing field. Other than maybe specific genre writing, I don't think there's any kind of "brand loyalty" that book consumers have to a publisher. People just want to read good stuff and don't want to pay too much for the privilege.
Obviously you can point to how mp3s changed the music industry, and how they quickly eroded the market for physical media as a parallel. I won't argue with you that reading a printed page is in many ways a superior way to enjoy a book, but just because something offers a superior media experience doesn't mean it will survive over a content delivery method that offers better access and massive proliferation. (see "Betamax, CDs, DVDs").
Look at vinyl, I love the warm sound of music on vinyl, but since there's no mass market for them anymore. It's a collector/enthusiast/music fetishist/ thing now, mostly created by indie companies and sold at a premium. The same thing will happen to physical books within two generations. By the time my grandkids are ready to read, they'll view the dead-tree book as quaint as we view a black and white TV set or a 78 RPM record. eBooks are here to stay.
Ultimately though, if you want a culprit to blame for the future demise of dead tree books, blame oil. The undeniable fact that petroleum supplies will continue to dwindle means the paper book is doomed. Every step of the process of book manufacture and transport relies on this non-renewable resource. As fuel costs continue to rise dramatically, which then drives up the cost of bringing physical media to market, thus lowering profit margins, shareholders of these publicly traded companies will demand the abandonment of physical media to meet the bottom line.
Check out the rest of the interview on Colin Barnes' Blog.
Covering the Super 8 Red Carpet and R.I.P. Andrew Gold
Covering the Super 8 Red Carpet and R.I.P. Andrew Gold – CLICK TO LISTEN
The coolest thing happened. I got a phone call to cover the red carpet premiere of the new JJ Abrams/Steven Speilberg movie "Super 8″. Man, was that fun. Also, a sad goodbye to hit singer/songwriter Andrew Gold, the first person I ever interviewed on PCH back in 2005. So yes, I found part of that and tacked it onto the end of the show.
Pick up a copy of my noir thriller, "THE ART OF SURFACING" now available for Kindle and Nook .
Greetings from Planet Love by "Andrew Gold" available on iTunes
My Self-Published Book Hits #51 on the Bestseller List
It's been really, really busy lately and I thought I lost this screenshot I took a couple of weekends ago when The Killing of Osama Bin Laden hit #51 on the Amazon non-fiction bestseller list, but I came across it today and thought I'd post it here for documentation. I have some other cool screenshots I'll get up here on Wordsushi soon!
#51 on the Bestseller List
It's been really, really busy lately and I thought I lost this screenshot I took a couple of weekends ago when The Killing of Osama Bin Laden hit #51 on the Amazon non-fiction bestseller list, but I came across it today and thought I'd post it here for documentation. I have some other cool screenshots I'll get up here on Wordsushi soon!
June 9, 2011
Steven Spielberg & Ryan Lee at the Super 8 Premiere
It was a frenzy when Steven Spielberg stopped on the red carpet a few feet from us to talk about SUPER 8 and kid around with actor Ryan Lee who stars in the film.
Just a quick snap I took with my iPhone but I promise I'll have links to, or will embed video from the SUPER 8 premiere red carpet once they're edited.
June 3, 2011
Going Too Far?
Can an artist go too far? I saw a random discussion on Facebook where one talented writer was wondering if he was going too far with his work in terms of the "grit." It made me realize there's a real importance to the self-realization of whether or not you are going too far because it signals an awareness that you are now venturing into uncharted territory as an artist… and I discuss what I think are the important aspects about approaching that fear.
LISTEN TO "GOING TOO FAR" – CLICK HERE
Lots more info as to what's going on, stuff about the upcoming comic book series, updates on how high The Killing of Osama Bin Laden hit on the Amazon top 100 non-fiction bestsellers list, what's going on with my TV projects, etc…
Also, there's an UPDATED version of Where's My F*cking Latte that includes 3 new stories!
WHERE'S MY F*CKING LATTE? (And other stories about being an assistant in Hollywood) - Amazon link: http://amzn.to/i81NfQ
THE KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN (How the Mission to Hunt Down a Terrorist Mastermind was Accomplished) – Amazon link: http://amzn.to/jzGxmr
GO FORTH AND KICK SOME ASS (Be the hero of your own life story) - Amazon link: http://amzn.to/dQpdF4
GO FORTH AND KICK SOME ASS (be the hero of your own life story) - AUDIOBOOK: http://bit.ly/frdCkP
DIARY OF A MADMAN – Amazon link: http://amzn.to/fiFHtl
NUMBER ONE WITH A BULLET – Amazon link: http://amzn.to/eX1OGD
THE DOOMSDAY CLUB – Amazon link: http://amzn.to/fDJvbM
BADLANDS – Amazon link: http://amzn.to/eZMInR
