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Woody Allen, riding high with his fantastic film "Midnight in Paris" (currently at No. 9, a feat for a season cluttered with blockbuster films), has announced full cast for his latest film "The Bop Decameron."

Our friends at Collider posted this first image of the cast of "X-Men: First Class." Are you interested in this Matthew Vaughn-directed film? I enjoyed "Kick-Ass" so I have faith that Vaughn will take this franchise higher!

Part 2 of the Filmmakers Notebook Q&A with the talented and insightful filmmaker, Angelo Bell. As I mentioned before, it is not only Angelo's creativity and abilities that made me want to find out more about him and his work, but his willingness to share his knowledge with others, so here he is once again offering valuable information I think you'll enjoy reading.

The first time I heard of Angelo Bell was on Twitter. I read a couple of his tweets about writing screenplays and wanted to know more. Here was a filmmaker with wit and wisdom who was willing to share both with friends and strangers alike via social media. Very quickly, I realized how much this man understands the delicate balance between business and artistry when it comes to making movies. So, it is with great pleasure that I bring you Part 1 of this Filmmakers Q&A with Angelo.

Part 3 and the final installment of the Filmmakers Notebook Q&A with Canadian Filmmaker Heath Tait, who has produced the award winning documentary "Vancouver Vagabond".

As I mentioned earlier, last June I had the pleasure of meeting Canadian Filmmaker Heath Tait at the Las Vegas Film Festival, when he came to accept an award for his autobiographical documentary "Vancouver Vagabond". He impressed me then as a passionate, opinionated individual, who like many had struggled a great deal while trying to become recognized as an indendent artist while producing this project and an earlier one called "Pictorial Forest" that took years to finish. Hope you enjoyed the first part of this Filmmakers Notebook Q&A with Heath and now on to Part 2.

Last June I had the pleasure of meeting Canadian Filmmaker Heath Tait at the Las Vegas Film Festival when he came to accept an award for his autobiographical documentary "Vancouver Vagabond". He impressed me then as a passionate, opinionated individual, who like many had struggled a great deal while trying to become recognized as an indendent artist while producing this project and an earlier one called "Pictorial Forest" that took years to finish. Because of this I thought he'd be an interesting person to interview I believe you will find that to be the case when you read Part 1 of his Filmmakers Notebook Q&A.

When your film is finished and you've taken a few minutes to catch your breath and enjoy watching it on screen, usually one of the next steps is deciding whether or not you're going to enter it into film festivals. While it's common to daydream about taking your movie to Sundance or fantasize about winning an award in Toronto, in many instances these are probably not the most ideal places to submit to, especially if you're starting out. It's an achievement to write, produce or direct any project whether it's a short or a feature, but afterwards sometimes it's difficult to be objective in assessing where your film has the best chance of being successful.

Hollywood based independent film producer, Jason Brubaker is perhaps best known to many for his successful website Filmmaking Stuff, which was named last January as one of the Top 50 Blogs for MovieMakers by MovieMaker Magazine. An expert on Video On Demand Distribution, Jason has been offering a number resources to independent filmmakers from his site and is also available for speaking engagements. In the second part of this Q&A interview you can find out more about Brubaker's journey and his fascination with filmmaking stuff!

Hollywood based independent film producer, Jason Brubaker is perhaps best known to many for his successful website Filmmaking Stuff, which was named last January as one of the Top 50 Blogs for MovieMakers by MovieMaker Magazine. An expert on Video On Demand Distribution, Jason has been offering a number resources to independent filmmakers from his site and is also available for speaking engagements. In this two part Q&A interview you can find out more about how Brubaker's journey and his fascination with filmmaking stuff!