INNOCENT GUN - October 2013 to January 2014

         The idea of a film based on our "Life Will be Hell" concept started in April 2013 during the filming of the "Life Is Hell - Short film." The "Life  is Hell" Tv series concept is a series that has two shows in one. The comedy portion which is titled 'life Is Hell" & the action portion titled "Life Will Be Hell." Both "Life is Hell - Short Film" & "Life Is hell 2: The Injured Man" feature prequels to a "Life Will Be Hell" film. When we began writing a script (for which is now titled "Innocent Gun" apposed to "Life Will be hell"), we had a completely different story. Originally it was going to be a film where Spear trains a rookie operative known as Stone for a potential suicide mission where they're going after a USB that a villain named Smith had. Agent Hunter was not in the original draft. Half way through the writing of the draft I had an idea. I thought to myself, why don't we do a film where Spear is a rookie and at some point he's forced to work with Hunter? I liked that idea and i went ahead with it. When I told Aramis Neal Pacitto about it, he thought it was good, as long as we could cast someone to play Hunter.

         So I began writing the script and I kept the USB storyline and modified it in a way where the USB is something that could get majority of corrupt criminals world wide behind bars. Smith was going to use it as leverage. Aramis thought that we should name it something different than "life Will be Hell" since it was too close to "Life Is Hell." I agreed and we came up with "innocent Gun." The film basically became a prequel to the "Life will be Hell's" that were featured in the "Life Is hell films." So its still a "Life Is hell" spin-off, but its more of a loose spin-off. On October 22, filming began in downtown Toronto. We used Toronto but made it double for New york. It was pretty much a day where we filmed all the exterior scenes with Spear talking on the phone with Cutter in New York. For close to a month we didn't film anything until we casted Kendall H as Hunter. Since September we were trying to find someone to play Hunter and we had a little bit of trouble finding someone who fit the role and who wanted to do it. But luckily we found a good actress who was able to pull her off. On November 16, Kendall made her debut as Hunter. We wrapped all her scenes in one day and it turned out better than expected. The film wouldn't have been the same without Hunter thats for sure.

               Our next filming day was November 22 with a new cast member Alex Stacey as a thug named Matthew and Darius Ban (known for Lucas Wolf in "The Challenger Short Film, The Challenger 3 & 'The Challenger 4") as Stone. Darius plays a thug named Stone that eventually will become a operative for the USA government. Our original script had Stone in that position. The scene we filmed that day is my favourite fight scene that we've ever done... Well not my favourite, the one in "The Challenger 4: Urban legend" is. But you'll have to wait until June for that... But that scene that we filmed on the 22nd was our most brutal fight scene with Spear. He shoots two people and then hits a guy over the head with a gun.  A few days later, we filmed a scene where Spear enters an Italian restaurant and we hear him basically beating information out of people. That scene was very "Person Of Interest." On November 29 we filmed a scene where Spear took out two thugs. Dominic Licorish & Marc Samuels played those two guys and pulled it off well.  After that we took a few days off to begin filming "The Challenger 4: Urban Legend" & "The Challenger 5: Dark Triad," we were back filming 'Innocent gun' on December 9. That was the day I made my acting debut as Smith the antagonist in the film.

                Smith is a cross between Elias from "Person Of Interest," Silver from "Skyfall (007)" & Ricci from "The Challenger." It was a fun role to play, very different from Andrew DiNardo (Comedic version of myself in "Life Is Hell") & Ronny Gunnerson ( Detective in "The Challenger"). It was fun to play and not particularly as hard as i thought it would be. A few days later we were supposed to film the opening scene of the film, but the camera fell of the tripod and filming was cancelled. We quickly bought another camera and filming was back on December 12. We filmed the opening scene with Chika Mafiana (known for Walker in "the challenger 2: Unlimited" & "The Challenger 3: Urban outlaw"). Chika played a agent known as Patrice who (SPOILER ALERT), got killed in the first scene. Matthew Quan- Yin acted as 5 thugs that day and filmed the climax between Spear & Smith. Filming was complete, Aramis Pacitto edited it and it was released on January 11. The future of "Innocent Gun" is still in question. A sequel is possible as the script is currently being written by me, but threes no guarantees.

You might also be wondering, whats next for Suit & Stubble. Next is "The Challenger 4" & "The Challenger 5" which will feature new cast members in Kendall H. from "Innocent Gun" as detective Savanna & Liia Kajak joining the crew for the first time as Brookyln. "The Challenger 4" will debut on June 6 2014.


- Andrew Di pardo



Life Is hell films:

"Life is hell - Short Film (Innocent Gun prequel included):" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ87m94biDQ&list=PLRP2JYMLvhzcPAN-tHL0Hr3x8uvQXJ-FY

"Life Is hell 2: The Injured Man (After credit scene ft. a "Innocent gun" prequel):" http://vimeo.com/81253888

Film's 4 & 5 WILL END 'The Challenger" WEB SERIES

          "The Challenger" Film Series will come to an end in 2014. " A hero will fall."  One of the three main characters will die in either film 4 or 5. Will it be Captain Mora (Mike Covello), Ronny Gunnerson (me) or will it be Rick Sledge aka "The Challenger" (Aramis Pacitto)? Thats the big question. But I assure you, it will be unexpected... Film 4 is titled "The Challenger: Urban Legend" and will feature Darius Ban reprising his role as Lucas Wolf. With Ricci in prison and Walker side tracked, Lucas Wolf is the main antagonist in this film, his goal is to get the crate containing melted gold and the black gun that 'The Challenger" uses. The Lawman has a big part in this film as he goes after Wolf and in his battle with him, we discover who he is. Filming for "The Challenger 4" has partially begun. We filmed a scene with a new cast member, Liia Kajak who plays Brooklyn. This scene will show you the softer side of Sledge from the past. We have also casted a new member to play a computer hacker named Quan. This man also acts as "Matthew" in our upcoming film titled "Innocent Gun," his name is Alex Stacey. Mr. V will also make a return in this film. But his role hasn't been casted yet. We are hoping to bring James DinElla back to reprise his role.

        Onto "The Challenger 5: Dark Triad," this film follows the events of "The Challenger 4." I can't say much about this film... All I can say is that Ricci & Walker are back and they have a major role along with Wolf. One more thing that I can say is that the Lawman offers to help "The Challenger." Will they team up? You'll have to wait to find out. Mr.V will have a minor role in this film. "The Challenger 5" since it's the conclusion of the series will have tones more action than any other film we've done. "The Challenger 4" script is complete and we will continue filming that in January. It's too early to set a release date, but possibly in the summer of 2014. "The Challenger 5" script is currently being written. 'A hero will fall.'  The fifth film concludes the series but there may be potential for a spin off.  I'm not guaranteeing anything but we might have a Captain Mora spin off.  But a Mora spin off would be a comedy. Theres potential for a spin off in any character that we don't kill off like maybe Gunnerson, Lawman or Mora. We may also do a film that shows Sledge's early years in the LAPD. But only time will tell.

"The Challenger 4" & 5 will conclude the film series and someone will die.

- Andrew Di Pardo