thong girl search

With the premiere of Thong Girl 3: Revenge Of The Dark Widow now behind us, I'm moving forward and working toward letting the whole wide world know about Thong Girl. We have three showings booked in the Nashville area in the next two months.
On Thursday, July 12th at 8pm we'll be screening the film in it's entirety at TRIBE, a gay club on Church St. I've long thought that TG would appeal to our gay/lesbian friends because of it's campy, splashy nature... not to mention that TG's sidekick, BoxerBrief Boy played by Tony Domenico is the gay hairdresser to the stars when he's not helping Thong Girl fight crime and making Music City, USA a safer place for hat-wearing country music stars like Kenny Chesney. So with that in mind, I want to start building a TG following among the gay and alt community and TRIBE is a great place to start.
On Monday, August 13th at 7:30pm TG3 will screen at Cafe Coco on Louise Ave. just off Elliston Place. I'd also like to build a following among the college crowd and Cafe Coco attracts a lot of the Vandy students.
And on Saturday, August 25th at 8pm we'll hold the first ever THONG GIRL LOOK-A-LIKE CONTEST AND VIDEO SHOOT at The Ranch Bar and Grill in Gallatin. We're going to shake up the Gallatin Town Square in an attempt to find the NEW THONG GIRL!!! You heard right - we are on a nationwide search to find the next Thong Girl for the new music video and feature film. Leah Adcock will not be returning as Thong Girl for TG4 and I'll be auditioning far and wide to find her replacement.
The contest will be held at 9pm following a short set by Enyaface, the band that wrote and performed the Thong Girl theme song from TG3: Revenge Of The Dark Widow. We'll pick four runners-up and one Grand Prize winner. The four runners-up will win a featured role in the new TG music video and the Grand Prize winner will receive $150 cash and a featured role in the next TG film as well as the music video. We'll also be shooting some of the TG music video that night at The Ranch and we're looking for plenty of extras for the crowd scene.
So please put the word out; any actress that would like to take on the role of Nashville's first crimefighting superhero should contact me through our website or through email at glenhweiss@comcast.net. She must be at least 5ft. 5 inches tall and physically fit. Blondes are preferred but not required - we've got a wig. Oh yeah, she also must be able to shoot lasers from her ass. Just kidding! Actually, we'll do the special effects work for her, but she must have an open mind and a great sense of humor (obviously). We have a lot of work coming up in the next year and I need someone who is dedicated and hard-working. As you know we've gotten a lot of press in the past year and we'll most likely be getting more when we take TG to CHINA!
That's right, I'm also planning a trip to China and Hong Kong next year to promote TG to the Asian markets. We've already had some interest and I just need to do the legwork to get them all the information that they need to promote us overseas. I believe that Thong Girl could be a big hit with the Asian film industry. Can't you just see it now? Thong Girl VS. Godzilla! Okay, maybe I'm getting a little carried away.
Well, that's all for now but any potential Thong Girls, please contact me and we'll see if you've got what it takes to be the next bikini-clad superbabe from Nashville, TN.

TG3 Premiere A Success!

Hey Everybody, Well, we finally made it! We had our premiere of "Thong Girl 3: Revenge Of The Dark Widow" on June 9th and it was a great success. We had a good turn-out and Channel 4 came and covered the event. The movie played from start to finish and there were no glitches - which was a great relief to me because we actually finished burning the dvd three hours before the premiere. I swore I wasn't going to cut it close this time around but, inevitably, problems arise and you have to deal with them. In this case it was a technical glitch that prevented me from taking the movie files from my editing system and putting them into a format that could be played on a commercial dvd player; all technical jargon that I had no idea about until this actually happened. But through the grace of God and my two new best buddies, Alex Lucas and James Houk, we were able to burn a clean copy of the movie just in time.
The movie looks REALLY GOOD, and I'm not just saying that because it's my film. The film composer, Mark Allen, has created a brilliant musical score and has elevated the film to a much higher level then I ever expected. Mark and I have spent the last four months together hashing out the score. Working with a film composer is a lot like being married. You spend a lot of time with another person who, hopefully, has like-minded ideas and goals and you try to create something that is a part of both of you, yet has it's own unique qualities (your child). Along the way there is compromise and fighting and more compromise and joy and pain and, eventually, a finished product. It's very intense!!!
So, the movie's finished and the next hurdle is taking it to the streets of Gallatin, TN where the whole "ThongGate" scandal was born. You may recall that we received national and international attention after we filmed a scene from the movie in Gallatin Mayor Don Wright's office at the time that he was up for re-election. Well, if you mix politics and a hot chick in a red bikini you're gonna get sparks, and these sparks went all the way to China (see earlier blog). So this weekend we'll be showing the film at The Ranch Bar and Grill on Sunday, June 17th at 3pm and 5pm. If you'd like to attend you can find directions and ticket info at www.thonggirlfilms.com. Tickets are $5 and the buzz is pretty good that the shows may sell out. There are also rumors of protests that are being organized for Saturday and Sunday in the Town Square. Mayor Wright has said that he'd like to attend and if this showing goes well we'll repeat it at a later date.
I'll send out another blog after this weekend and let you know how it goes in Gallatin or, better yet, come on out and see for yourself. After this weekend I'm going to start seriously shopping the film. Three distributors have already expressed interest in the movie but you know how that goes. It's always a crap shoot trying to get your movie sold at this level. I'll also be hitting the film festival and comic book Convention trail this Fall with a new comic book scheduled for an October release and possibly a finished screenplay for TG4 by the end of the year.
Thanks to all who've made this an incredible journey for me. I've had the pleasure of meeting and working with some amazing talent in the past year and a half and I look forward to more great experiences in the near future. Let's make 2007 the YEAR OF THE THONG!!! Glen