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Michael Manasseri was joined by his co-producing partner, Anthony Bommarito, on the red carpet for the 2024 South by Southwest world premiere of “I Love You Forever,” co-written and co-directed by Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani, for Michigan based production company, Hantz Motion Pictures.  Manasseri also served as Line Producer on the Metro-Detroit filmed “anti-rom…

Michigan Film Producer Michael Manasseri joined his “A Love Like This” production partner, Jordan Bogdonavage, at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Bogdonavage’s new docuseries, Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza (Paramount +).  Lollaplooza co-founder, and rock and roll showman, Perry Farrell, attended the premiere and participated in the Q&A following the screening. Manasseri, Bogdonavage…

Michigan Film Producer, Michael Manasseri, finished 2023 in the holiday spirit with Ford and Chrome Productions by helping Santa get his Holiday Delivery License at Ford’s Michigan Proving Grounds. The real stars of the show were Ford’s electric vehicles – the Ford Lightning F150, the Mach E Mustang and the Ford Super “Santa Van.” Manasseri…

Flux Cap’s international productions continue into 2024 as producer Michael Manasseri visited LEDunit’s volume and soundstage in Riga, Latvia, and scouted the Riga area as a potential location for the upcoming action thriller, Accelerant. Written by Adam Taylor Barker and co-directed by The Deka Brothers, Accelerant will be a European co-production with French companies, Seven 52…

Flux Capacitor’s Michael Manasseri was joined by his co-director, Marco Ruperto, in Milan, Italy for the final color correction session for Flux Cap’s short science and exploration documentary, Gene Hunters: The Quest for Adaptation. As the planet continues to suffer from extreme conditions caused by climate change, the Gene Hunters team, led by molecular biologist,…

Flux Cap’s Michael Manasseri reconnected with his Weird Science TV series co-star, John Asher, on the new feature film, A Love Like This, starring Emmanuelle Chriqui and Hayes MacCarther. This time around, Michael Manasseri plays producer to John Asher’s director on the romantic drama written by Jeffrey Ruggles. Manasseri brought in his frequent investment and…

Avenue of the Giants/Liberation had its west coast premiere at the 46th Mill Valley Film Festival The Avenue of the Giants/Liberation filmmaking team had a wonderful time at the 46th edition of MVFF. Nestled in the heart of the redwoods, MVFF welcomed AofG’s visiting stars, Slavko Sobin and Stella Stocker. The film’s young lead, Luke…

VMI Worldwide has acquired world rights to the WWII title Liberation, formally known as Avenue of the Giants, starring Stephen Lang (Avatar), Elsie Fisher(Eighth Grade), Robin Weigert (Deadwood) and Luke Blumm (Where The Crawdads Sing). Written and directed by filmmaker Finn Taylor, the film tells the true story of Herbert Heller (Blumm), who kept his experience as a teenage boy surviving…

Michigan based Producer Michael Manasseri joined writer/director, Mike Young, and Director of Photography, Geoff George, in Los Angeles for the color correcting and sound mix sessions for the Detroit based comedy, Stealing Jokes, at Fotokem’s Keep Me Posted and Signature Post studios. Stealing Jokes stars comedians Jeff Dye, HaHa Davis, Dustin Y’Barra and Luke Null.…

Flux Cap’s Michael Manasseri was back on the streets of Detroit co-producing the pickup shots for Hantz Motion Pictures (HMP) subversive romantic comedy, I Love You Forever, co-written and directed by Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani and starring Sofia Black-D’Elia. ILYF will hopefully be the first of many Michigan based HMP productions moving forward.