30/07/08
This summer is one of the busiest in UG history. Leading up to it's November 11th release, Working Class Rock Star will be playing some film festival and special event screenings in various markets across North America. More details on this to follow. The film can now be pre-ordered on it's official site (for a limited time it comes with a free copy of Ending The Eternal on DVD!).

Our crews were in Milwaukee, WI this past weekend shooting the 2008 US edition of the Summer Slaughter Tour. The insane live footage recorded really captures the intensity of these top touring acts - fans are in for a treat with this DVD.

Our booth at this year's Rue Morgue Festival of Fear is shaping up to be a stop difficult to pass up. Loaded with artwork, DVDs & merchandise, sculpture & prosthetic work, it'll surely catch the eye of the discerning horror fan. Our first teaser poster for Deliver Us is now live, and artwork for our entire slate will be on display at the convention. Here is the official poster for the event (if you squint you can see the UG logo in the bottom right corner). We hope you'll come out and meet us.

Make sure to pick up a copy of the newest issue of Rue Morgue Magazine as well (Issue #81), as they have just given a rather favourable review to Ending The Eternal.

Finally, No Assembly Required's video for Pictures of You is online now.

04/07/08
The big news: UG has just signed a North American distribution deal with Cinema Epoch to release Working Class Rock Star in stores all over the continent! The feature-loaded DVD will hit stores everywhere on November 11, 2008. You should be able to pre-order the DVD from your favorite retailer a couple of months before then.

Simultaneously, we are currently writing the script for The Eternal, the feature-length follow-up to Ending The Eternal. Further information and artwork will be on display as part of our booth at this year's Rue Morgue Festival of Fear, so be sure to visit us at this massive show, taking place from August 22-24 at the Toronto Convention Centre.

Last but not least, long-time clients Dog Fashion Disco have commissioned UG to produce their posthumous farewell DVD for fans. The as-of-yet untitled release will be released September 12 through Rotten Records. This will be the third DVD release UG has produced for the band, and will include two live shows: their "Adultery" CD release party & their final concert. Both shows were filmed in Baltimore, Maryland by our crews. The DVD will be first sold at DFD's reunion concert in Baltimore on September 12th.

11/06/08
Business seems to be building and moving faster all the time, and there is once again much to tell. First of all, the Working Class Rock Star Toronto Premiere was last night at the beautiful Bloor Cinema (followed by an after party at the Annex Wreckroom). The premiere event was co-promoted by Inertia Entertainment, and UG would like to extend a huge thank you specifically to Noel Peters, who truly made this event happen. There is a second screening of the film at the Revue Cinema on Wednesday night (June 11, 9:30pm - $10). We would also like to extend our thanks to both Eye & Exclaim magazines for their coverage of the film. The Revue have kindly extended the company a great deal of press coverage lately, due to the exposure gained at their one-of-a-kind Drop Your Shorts events. Both Ending The Eternal and Sleep Tight were screened there, to unanimously positive response. Coverage has show up in their bi-weekly magazines twice, and can be viewed here and here.

No Assembly Required's video for "I Hate" has just started rotation on MuchMusic and MuchLoud. Watch for it to appear.

Finally, the Summer Slaughter Tour 2007 DVD was recently completed, and is eyeying a late summer release through Sumerian Records.

05/05/08
Big things happening recently at Unstable Ground. First of all, the Working Class Rock Star Toronto premiere is fast approaching (June 9th), so make sure to mark that on your calendar. It promises to be a huge event not to be missed! The documentary also recently played as the feature film of the month at Toronto's Wildsound Film Festival, screening at the NFB Centre on April 27th. A Q&A Session was held after the film with director Justin McConnell, and responses were unanimously positive. There is a fair bit of new press & news available on the redesigned documentary homepage, so head on over there to check it all out.

We have launched a website and teaser poster for our feature-length Ending The Eternal follow-up, The Eternal. More details on this project coming soon.

Last, but certainly not least, we have recently shot two music videos for the Toronto metal band No Assembly Required - "I Hate" & "Pictures of You". Both videos were shot on HD with the help of talented D.O.P. Pasha Patriki (who also recently lensed Ending The Eternal for UG). The shoots went off extremely well, and were a nice homecoming for us, as their video for "Shove" in 2003 was one of the first UG produced projects to receive national airplay. Expect to see these high impact videos soon.

29/03/08
The new Unstable Ground (V4) website is now online! Our new design reflects our new focus, as we are becoming heavily involved in feature film and television development in 2008. Please browse the new page at your leisure, there is a great deal of new content online. We are pleased to announce our official production slate of 3 films: The Eternal (follow-up to Ending The Eternal), Deliver Us, & New Generation. UG has a booth at this summer's Rue Morgue Festival of Fear to help promote these projects.

Working Class Rock Star is on it's way to release. We have a huge premiere event planned in Toronto on June 9th. It will also be playing as part of the Wildsound Feedback Festival at the end of April. Distributor discussions are ongoing, so expect to see the film finally hit stores near you later this year. UG will also be making a large mark on the international film festival scene with both WCRS and Ending The Eternal. Watch for either of these films at festivals near you!

Justin McConnell of UG will now be joining the production crew of the Travel Channel series Ship2Shore.tv. He will be in China and Russia during the month of June shooting episodes 2, 3 & 4. UG is also the official post-production house of the HD shot series. Also, we are currently in the middle of post for the Summer Slaughter Tour 2007 DVD, to be released this summer.

26/02/08
Press releases for Working Class Rock Star have been showing up on official wire services such as New York Times, Variety and Yahoo! Movies. Special thanks goes out to Baseline Studiosystems for making this possible. Expect the film to finally see release this year.

31/10/07
Happy Halloween! Ending The Eternal officially releases online today, and is featured as part of ScreamTV's indie horror movie marathon! Check it out, we hope you enjoy!

26/08/07
The rough cut of "Ending The Eternal" has been completed, with sound work starting soon. The official website (currently under construction) & teaser poster have been launched here. A premiere screening is being planned for the middle of October in Toronto (details forthcoming). This year for Halloween UG is bringing everyone a treat, however, as the high resolution online premiere of the short is scheduled for October 31st at 4:00pm E.S.T. Heavy promotion of this event will begin shortly, and special edition DVDs containing both "Ending The Eternal" and "Sleep Tight" will be available to order online around that time. Expect some great special features on the DVD.

UG will be shooting and producing an EPK DVD for the band Synastry in September.

Last but not least, the Sagework Media division is seeing a great increase in business since the opening of the new office environment. These are busy days at UG.

09/08/07
Principle photography on "Ending The Eternal" just wrapped up on the weekend, and we couldn't be happier with how everything went. So much talent was stuffed into such a small space over 3 long shoot days, the results of which you should be seeing soon. This is already by far the most impressive UG work to date, and sincerest thanks goes out to the entire cast and crew for making this what it already is. Now on to post-production! "Ending The Eternal" marks UG's first foray into editing TrueHD footage, and we can't wait to show you what we've created.

03/07/07
The summer months are looking rather busy at UG. Yesterday we completed a massive live concert recording for the Summer Slaughter Tour (featuring Necrophagist, Cephalic Carnage, Cattle Decapitation, Ion Dissonance, etc.) to be featured on a newly developed UG produced tour DVD. The show was shot with 5 DVX100s at the Opera House in Toronto. Professional audio recording was contracted through UG, and the talented Zaragoza Brothers filled the job nicely. Wide release is expected.

In august we are shooting our new short film "Ending The Eternal", and recruiting a number of talented FX professionals to bring the insanity to life.

The big news - UG has expanded their office, purchased new equipment, and is now fully HD capable. Office photos forthcoming.

05/04/07
Lots happening at UG lately, with a number of large projects in various stages of development and our own Working Class Rock Star getting closer to release. We also will be publishing a new section on the site soon with our main crew roster, so that you can get to know a little about the core group that makes UG work.

09/11/06
It has been almost a year since the last news update. A great deal has happened since then, most notably with the now booming business provided through our Sagework Media wing. Working Class Rock Star is completed and seeking active distribution - expect to see this release in early 2007. We are very proud of the final piece.

31/12/05
On this, the last day of 2005, UG would like to look back and thank everyone that contributed to making this year so successful for us. From the release of two worldwide distributed DVDs to the creation of several music videos/short films, this has been one of our biggest years to date.

09/12/05
An extensive interview with UG's Justin McConnell is now online at DomainCleveland. Click here to go directly to it.

14/11/05
UG produced videos for Tub Ring's "Habitat" and "Bite The Wax Tadpole" are currently online at MTV2's homepage. Check under the "videos" section. Also, it appears that large chunks from the UG produced "Optics" DVD have been cut into the MTV2 produced Dew-Circuit Breakout show itself, and will be airing on the evening of November 29th (on MTV2). You can check out a preview of this now by going to MTV Overdrive, launching the player, and clicking on the Tub Ring profile.

01/11/05
UG crews recently shot Yellowcard's (Capitol Records) live set at the Phoenix in Toronto for LA based company Rocket Car Media. Footage will appear on the band's upcoming DVD. "Sleep Tight" is finished, and can be viewed in the media section.

01/10/05
Business has been picking up steadily with both UG and Sagework Media. We are currently working on a large EPK/press package for talented Montreal metallers 3 Mile Scream, as well as video pre-production for Deterrence, iFORANi and Heavily Medicated. Our short "Sleep Tight" was shot last night, and the footage looks great. Look for it to appear online soon.

10/07/05
The Unstable Ground V3 site-design is now live. Take a look around and check out some of the newly offered media and easier to maneuver menus. Some older/unreleased UG short films have been added to the site. These by no means reflect the current quality of UG work, but are a fun watch anyway.

28/06/05
The website for Unstable Ground's corporate video division, Sagework Media, has just gone live. From this point forward Sagework will handle all of UG's corporate and commercial business, leaving the original company to focus more on artistic film and video production. Expect a completely revamped UG homepage by the end of summer, to accompany some of our newest releases.

11/05/05
Tub Ring's upcoming UG-produced CD/DVD set "Optics and Sonics" is now set for a late June release. The masters have been delivered to the band and now it's only a matter of time to wait for replication. This is some of our most detailed and intensive work to date, so make sure to pick up your copy when it is released worldwide in a couple of months. The "Habitat" video will be released on TV and through this website a couple of weeks after the DVD release, to give the die-hard fans a chance to see the video first.

We have begun pre-production on an as-of-yet Untitled short horror film. Ending The Eternal and Foster's Bane are still on our production slate, but have been pushed back while we take care of the looming client-based work. Working Class Rock Star will most likely see a late-summer release, more on this later.

UG has expanded it's operations to accept more webpage based work than in the past. Check out this page we recently designed for Toronto metal band Heavily Medicated. We are also planning our fourth UG Showcase event for sometime in August. Expect an amazing line-up, as well as all of our most recent work projected on a big screen for all to see.

16/02/05
The "Habitat" video shoot was a big success. This video will be unlike anything UG has done in the past, and should be edited and finished in a couple of weeks. Thanks to the crew for contributing their time, and to the great Tub Ring fans that travelled from as far as Indianapolis to help make it.

Now for some big news. Unstable Ground, Inc. is opening a new division of the corporation entitled Sagework Media. This division will handle all of our corporate and commercial work, leaving Unstable Ground to focus primarily on artistic media production, such as music videos and films. This decision has come after the realization that the work of UG exists in two very seperate worlds, and therefore this distinction must be made clearer. A new Sagework Media website will be launched soon.

12/02/05
The video for Tub Ring's "Habitat" will be shot this weekend. Pre-production has gone very well, with some very interesting looking puppets and sets created by the talented team at Second Skin. We'll have the video and a "making-of" documentary online following the release of the upcoming UG-produced Tub Ring DVD.

12/01/05
UG crews were in Baltimore with Dog Fashion Disco recently during the scoring sessions for Paul Schrader's cut of "Exorcist: The Beginning". Hours of great behind-the-scenes footage was recorded, including an extensive interview with the legendary writer/director (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Last Temptation of Christ, Auto Focus).

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