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DATE: Austin, Texas, March 17th, Last Day of the SXSW
AUSTIN, TEXAS - With Every Ending, Comes a New Beginning. On the last day of SXSW, one of the world's largest film festivals, we are proud to share an announcement about Decay, one of the world's most amazing Zombie Sagas. Decay, the first first film in the BEauty of Decay Saga, a romantic-action zombie producttion, is thrilled to announce the addition of
three incredible actors. Cannes Film Festival Award Winner Julianna
Piechoczek, (best known as Ellen from Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) and 2012 Olympia Qualifier Angele Cooper, are excited to join the cast
and look forward to filming this extremely different kind of zombie film
in mid-2013.
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| Julianna and Justin Bieber |
Julianna
Piechoczek is an award-winning actress having won the Best Actress
Award at Cannes for her starring role as 'Jane' in 2011’s Jane. In 2012, she was in two films at Cannes including a supporting role in the film chosen as Best Narrative Short, Choices.
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| Angele, seen at far left, with other amazing members of the cast and crew. |
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| Angele Cooper of the University of Texas celebrates her win in the Women
University/College 400 Meter Hurdles at the Texas Relays at Mike A.
Myers Stadium. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin
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| Miles Nelson and Stephanie Hunter. |
Angele Cooper is an actress, a 2012 Olympic Qualifier in the 400m Hurdles, a Six-time USTFCCCA first-team All-America member and a Member
of the 2009 NCAA Outdoor 4x400m national championship team. Angele, in
addition to over half of the cast members, are residents of Texas.
What are People Saying About the Script? After reading the script, Jeryl Prescott, said: "The script is intriguing and action-packed! Jeryl, the ever spectacular actress, is best known as Jacqui in the, "THE WALKING DEAD," the most popular Zombie TV series of all time. She has also appeared in the Skeleton Key, Criminal Minds and more.
Marvin Campbell (IMDB page here) has said: "The interest in the 'Zombie' phenomenon has grown immeasurably over the years and the formula has proved very successful at raising the production bar each time. I would love to be part of a new venture into this area and am flattered you thought of me." Marvin is the Barcelona Olympian, 3x Taurus Stunt Award Winner, an incredible actor known as 'Mailer' from "28 Days Later", one of the most popular Zombie films of all time,
and an award winning stunt man from Children of Men, Quantum of Solace,
Casino Royale, The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows: Part 2 and Skyfall, to name a few.
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| Maggie Werning |
Decay is a feature screenplay by screenwriter, Maggie Werning. Maggie has finished Decay and also the first draft for the sequel which are the first two films in the Beauty of Decay Saga. Maggie, Angele, Stacey, Miles and the entire cast recently received a Diversity Award for their script reading exhibition at the 7th Annual International S.U.R.G.E. Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
Film lovers can also look forward to hearing an amazing soundtrack created from several brand new original love songs for this film from the talented musician Brenna Sahatjian of the Legendary Riot-folk! Brenna plays original folk tunes involving
guitar, cello, and piano. She recently helped form Tansy and Tarweed, an out anarcha-folk doom jazz quartet based in Portland, OR. She has previously been noted for her unique guitar style, the dense poetry of her lyrics, and multi-instrumental recordings on which she's accompanied herself. She’s joined members of the Riot-Folk collective on several US tours, and has recorded and distributed several albums with the help of other DIY artists: Crude but Lucid (2005),To Each Idle Arrow (2006), Dream Warriors (2007) with Tin Tree Factory, A Mingling of Freak Phenomena (2009) with Arey Gonif, and Things You Can't Keep (2009) with Actor Slash Model.
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