Dear Blog,

I am writing to tell you about our upcoming feature film movie titled The Mourning Portrait. The movie will shoot later in 2010.

The Mourning Portrait is a supernatural thriller/horror film by filmmaker Paul Schattel, and it is being produced by Belladonna Productions (Transamerica, LIE, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, Funny Games). The film stars Wentworth Miller (Prison Break and the lead in upcoming Resident Evil: Afterlife) and Dermot Mulroney (Zodiac, Burn After Reading) and feature Oscar nominees Melissa Leo (Frozen River) and Diane Ladd (Wild at Heart, Inland Empire).

The story takes place in the woods of North Carolina circa 1920, a grieving bootlegger named Miller hires an itinerant photographer to immortalize his recently deceased wife along with his two young daughters. Miller grows suspicious of the Photographer's macabre demeanor and the locals suspect he possesses an otherworldly life force. Their fears of his twisted motives are exacerbated when, hours later, Miller's daughter disappears.

NYC based Belladonna Productions is currently raising the finance for the film’s budget, and is seeking equity investors and sponsors, we can also accept tax-deductible donations. Belladonna is also inviting people to sponsor minutes, seconds and frames of the movie in return for various rewards such as a free download of the movie for 1- 5 frames (at $9 per frame), to an on-screen credit for those sponsoring more than 4 seconds and 23 frames ($432), to a private screening for 100 friends for those sponsoring more than 20 seconds ($4320). Please check out the rest of the rewards on offer at our website :

The website includes a personal message and a letter from the filmmaker and well as loads more info on the team surrounding the project. Please tell people about the movie and post the above link on your site!

Sincerely,

Max Molishever
Belladonna