Earlier this week a user on Howitshouldhaveended.com posted the question:                                                                                         “What Sequel Should The Asylum Do Next?”
Let’s hear what you think…

http://www.howitshouldhaveended.com/forum/what-sequel-should-asylum-do-next

Whether they love us or hate us, it seems like they can’t get enough of us, check out the recent buzz about The Asylum.

Perez Hilton’s review of Titanic 2: href=”http://perezhilton.com/2010-06-28-titanic-2-is-in-the-works”>

Review of Airline Disaster in Video Views: http://www.videoviews.org/airlinedisaster.html

Video Vault‘s Reviews of Airline Disaster and Cheerleader Camp:

http://kinkycyborg.com/wordpress/friday-night-frights-airline-disaster-dvd-review/dvd-reviews/

http://kinkycyborg.com/wordpress/1-cheerleader-camp/dvd-reviews/

MTV‘s “Great Stand-off’s in Film” Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/06/29/harry-potter-vs-voldemort-and-other-great-stand-offs-in-film/

Mega Shark Mania! Check out these:

Birthday Cakes: http://www.coolest-birthday-cakes.com/coolest-mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-cake-29.html

Comic strips: http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/024/1/b/MajesticShark_vs_RegalOctopus_by_LOL_Paint.jpg

Clay models: http://calvinsmodels.blogspot.com/

T-shirts: http://www.zazzle.com/mega+shark+vs+giant+octopus+gifts

Double Features: https://www.echobridgeentertainment.com/dvd/Mega_Shark_vs_Giant_Octopus_30_000_Leagues_Under_the_Sea_01091

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mega-shark-Vs-mega-octopus-it-could-happen/107914005909956#!/pages/Mega-shark-Vs-mega-octopus-it-could-happen/107914005909956?v=info

My favorite movie theatre in the world; Alamo Draft House, is screening MEGA SHARK VS GIANT OCTOPUS in “Heckle-Vision” tonight.

If you live in the Austin, Texas area come by and show your support (or lack thereof).

Details here:
http://blog.originalalamo.com/2010/08/06/shark-weeks-epic-conclusion-mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-in-hecklevision/http://blog.originalalamo.com/2010/08/06/shark-weeks-epic-conclusion-mega-shark-vs-giant-octopus-in-hecklevision/

Over the last couple of months The Asylum has appeared in a number of television and online news reports.

You may have already seen them, but if not, here are a few of the highlights:

Slate compares PARANORMAL ENTITY with some other film: http://www.slate.com/id/2252373/?from=rss

The Wrap interviews me and Rimawi in Cannes: http://edit.thewrap.com/ind-column/asylum-makes-steady-profit-titanic-ii-17326

CNN says we’re bizarre? http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2010/05/17/anderson.cannes.crazy.film.cnn?iref=allsearch

BBC News helps us avoid lawsuits: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10120425.stm

Latt is still big in Japan: http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0002474

He also loves to point out that he gets more press than either of us: http://moviemavericks.com/?p=2379

Our friends at io9 prove they still have good taste: http://io9.com/5554760/the-asylums-alien-vs-hunter-still-better-than-aliens-vs-predator-requiem

Mega Movies: http://www.101distribution.com/article/Pop-Shots-43

I’m always a little surprised (and humbled) when a big outlet like The Huffington Post “just realizes” we exist: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/06/the-most-ridiculous-holly_n_602146.html 

By the way, we DEMAND a retraction! We had nothing to do with METAL MAN (damn it…).

The Asylum is pleased to announce that our 2007 hit (yes, it was a hit…) AVH: ALIEN VS HUNTER has been selected as the next screening at Horrible Movie Night, a celebration of cinematic disasters.

The screening will take place:

Saturday, June 5th, 2010
8PM (Doors at 7:15)
The Complex – Flight Theater
6476 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Calif 90038
$8.

Here is some more information about the organization that is hosting this event.

AVH is NOT the worst movie we’ve ever made, but I believe that it is one of the most transcendent; that is, it is one of those rare films that is so bad that it’s actually good.

So, if you live in Southern California, please come out and see if you agree with me and show your support for bad cinema.

Principal photography on TITANIC 2 has just wrapped (literally… about two hours ago) and the first set of images from the production are online here.

On the 100th Anniversary of the original voyage a modern luxury liner, “Titanic 2,” follows the same path as its namesake. What could possibly go wrong?

TITANIC 2 stars Bruce Davison, Brooke Burns, Shane Van Dyke, and Marie Westbrook and will be released on DVD on August 24, 2010.

Every few years a company comes along to compete with The Asylum. I’ve actually read their comments on websites that said things like: “We’re going to make movies like The Asylum… only good.”

They’ve all failed because they never really understood what an Asylum movie is.

Asylum movies aren’t derivative, unoriginal,  low budget genre films designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator…

Oh, wait…

But that’s not really what makes an Asylum film.

The real definition of an Asylum movie is a movie that has already been sold before we ever make it.

It’s as simple as that. The Asylum has been around for more than a decade because we have always followed the market. For years we were known as a “horror company,” because, at the time, that’s what buyers wanted. Then we became the “mockbuster” company, because like it or not, movies that are similarly themed to other movies, do really well on DVD. And now we’re in a transition period again. I don’t know whether we’ll become the “Syfy” company, or the sexy comedy company, or the “company that only makes movies that start with numbers,” but I can promise you that the bottom line is that we’re going to make the films that our buyers want us to make.

So our critics and competitors can keep talking about “quality,” and keep assuming that they’re smarter than all the people who actually buy and rent films.

We’re just going to keep making movies.

Thanks to all of you who tuned in to watch MEGA PIRANHA last Saturday.

You may have heard that the movie was the highest rated Syfy Original in 2010 and their highest rated film since MEGAFAULT.

In other words, almost 2.2 million people had nothing better to do on a Saturday night than watch a bunch of giant, exploding fish.

And we really appreciate it!

We hope you enjoy some of the press we’ve been getting:

Hollywood Reporter: Piranha movie devours Caprica

io9: Everything you need to know about Mega Piranhas

Foy likes us! He really likes us!

Monsters and Critics: All Hail Mega Piranha

Yahoo: This one Has Teeth

Geek Chic Daily: Fish and Cheese

Update: They keep coming!

Open Salon: The most fun I’ve had… all year!

The only thing more useless than owning an Asylum movie is owning an Asylum Tshirt (or mug, or poster, or panties).

In anticipation of the release of MEGA PIRANHA, The Asylum Store is offering brand new merchandise for sale.

C’mon, you know you want a MEGA PIRANHA g-string.

Buy it here.

Rimawi and I just returned from the EFM in Berlin where we had the most successful market in Asylum history (the world loves crappy movies about oversized fish).

That’s me in front of the remnants of the Berlin wall freezing my ass off. It pretty much snowed the whole time, but at least I wasn’t in Cannes.

This was my first time in Germany and I was  impressed by the friendly people, the excellent beer, and the cleanliness of the public restrooms, which I visited often (mostly due to the quantity of beer).