THE CHALLENGER: the complete SERIES (2012-2015 + 2025)

 

Press release from DECADES APART: NOIR CUT

 (Facebook Page)

The first film series our Co-Writer/ Director, Andrew Di Pardo worked on (Co-Created) with Aramis Pacitto is now on YouTube in one long 5 hour EPIC video! 

The series is called THE CHALLENGER !

The video (posted on both Sharp Shooter Productions + Suit & Stubble Productions YouTube Channels) features all 9 films in order of their release.

Watch it now via the links below!

Suit & Stubble Productions Link:

https://youtu.be/BKPTUbgNgnI?si=cgn1Kj4B-KFsMPYc

Sharp Shooter Productions link:

https://youtu.be/l0u1W8QV2CY?si=FPrRWBnpZay9gegO

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THE CHALLENGER

(Filmography 2012-2015 + 2023-2025)

Comedic Prologue:

1. THE CHALLENGER (2012)

Film Series (Soft Reboot):

2. THE CHALLENGER: Unlimited (2013)

3. THE CHALLENGER: Urban Outlaw (2013)

4. THE CHALLENGER: Urban Legend (2014)

5. THE CHALLENGER: Dark Triad (2014)

6. THE CHALLENGER: Born to Kill (2014)

7. THE CHALLENGER: Broken Hope (2015)

Concept Film:

8. THE CHALLENGER: Year One 

- Version 1  {Unfinished} (2023) 

- Version 2: {Finished Extended Cut} (2025) 

EPILOGUE (Reunion):

9. THE CHALLENGER: Redemption

THE ANGRY COOK: Revisited (2026) | Short Film

 “THE ANGRY COOK: Revisited” 

~ Don’t cross his path or you will face his wrath~

Early in 2026, Di Pardo decided to re-create a film he made a few years ago titled THE ANGRY COOK using modern AI to improve on the original version to bring it closer to the original 2018 concept (which would have included traditional animation).

This has resulted in short film you are seeing today titled “THE ANGRY COOK: Revisited”

FILM Credits:

Written, Directed & Edited by Andrew Di Pardo

Concept by Andrew Di Pardo & Jon Pierce

Artwork by Matthew Quran-Yin & Kyron Miller 

Starring AI as the characters of the film

Producer:  Andrew Di Pardo (Sharp Shooter Productions)

AI animation - Gen 2 Runway ML + SORA

Music by Power Music Factory  

 

THE HISTORY OF “The Angry Cook”: 

- Concept developed by Andrew Di Pardo & Jon Pierce in 2018 based on their restaurant experiences

- Originally meant to debut in 2020 with animation by Matthew Quan Yin and Kyron Miller, COVID delayed the film in March that year and it was later cancelled.

-2022 Andrew Di Pardo left the film industry to pursue a work life balance.

- 2023, throughout Andrew’s spare time he revived some lost projects he worked on including this one!

- October 2023 inspired by Duran Duran’s Halloween album Danse Macabre, Andrew decided to bring “The Angry Cook” back to life. 

- Andrew found an AI software which helped bring this project from a concept to a finished film.  Andrew plugged in the artwork by Matthew and Kyron and with some editing it was ready for release! All done within 3 hours !

- October 30th 2023 “The Angry Cook: Deli Nightmares” was released on Youtube for Halloween 🎃

- January 12th 2026, Di Pardo decided to re-create a film he made a few years ago titled THE ANGRY COOK using modern AI to improve on the original version to bring it closer to the original 2018 concept (which would have included traditional animation)

- January 13th 2026, the film is released on Youtube with the title “The Angry Cook: Revisited”