Rex Sikes' Movie Beat

Joke and Biagio (PT 2) are married, and best known for creating and executive producing “Scream Queens” on VH1 and Co-Executive Producing Beauty and the Geek. The duo earned their documentary wings under acclaimed filmmaker R.J. Cutler (The War Room, The September Issue) and honed their reality TV skills working with luminaries like Mark Burnett and J.D. Roth of 3Ball Productions. They've produced several hundred hours of film and television, working as writers, producers, directors, and editors as they earned their Executive Producer titles.This husband and wife team (Joke's the wife, Biagio's the hubby) make film and TV.  Their current documentary Dying to do Letterman has been invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for an Academy Award® at DocuWeeks™11. To fund their indie Oscar® run, they launched a Kickstarter campaign which runs through September 4, and raised $40,000 from 400 backers in just one week. Having just completed their second season of the world-wide hit SCREAM QUEENS (playing in over 30 countries), season 1 of IFC's Rhett and Link: Commercial Kings, and their six year, feature-length documentary Dying to do Letterman (coming to a theater near you soon) Joke and Biagio strive to challenge themselves creatively with each new project they embrace. They are currently in production on a new, true documentary series for MTV called CAGED which will premiere in 2012.  The show follows young adults in Minden, Louisiana as they struggle to find their place in the world.  Every subject on the show has one thing in common: they're all connected through amateur MMA Cage fighting. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes' Movie Beat for other great conversations, cast and crew listings, event, premieres and more at rexsikes.com

Gary Marsh founded Breakdown Services in 1971, creating the process that is used around the world to cast feature films, television shows, commercials, theater and other projects that require actors. Marsh began his career as an actor after emigrating from England in 1963 appearing in such films as “Camelot” and Shampoo,” but he terminated his acting career to begin Breakdown Services. He is a 1976 graduate of UCLA and a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  Since Breakdown Services inception it has developed many other services for the industry, including the Virtual Channel Network that uses the power of the Internet to transmit original content developed specifically for members of the entertainment community. Actors use Breakdowns’ Shadowfax service to obtain audition material at as well as Actor’s Access that allows for actors to update their pictures, resume and demo reels to submit for specific roles posted at the request of casting directors. Casting About is an up-to-date source for real-time casting and production information in Los Angeles and New York and Talentproplus is a database application that organizes and automates the daily tasks of talent representative businesses. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, Breakdown Services operates through a global network of services in the U.S., England, Canada and Australia. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes’ Movie Beat for other great interviews, cast and crew listings, events, premieres and more at rexsikes.com

Drew Rosas is an independent filmmaker and owner and CEO of The Surgery Room Production Company. His work experience includes several feature length film projects including Public Enemies, Modus Operandi, Handmade Nation, Hamlet ADD and his directorial debut Blood Junkie (recently selected for distribution with Troma Entertainment). Rosas has produced and directed dozens of commercials and several Television pilots. Currently, Rosas lives in Los Angeles, CA where he works as a Director, DP and Editor on TV development projects for the TV production company Four Henrys. He is currently in Pre-Production on his 2nd feature film Billy Club, slated to shoot in Wisconsin in September 2011. Nick Sommer is an independent filmmaker living and working in Milwaukee, WI.Sommer has appeared in several feature and short film projects including Modus Operandiand Blood Junkie. Sommer has directed and produced several commercials and music videos in Milwaukee. He is a lead actor in the television pilot Paranormal Midwest, a ghost hunting comedy and is scheduled to appear in Frankie Latina’s up and coming revenge film Skinny Dip. In 2009, Sommer directed several music video sand  several local commercials and corporate videos including two spots for Revolution Skate Shop in Sheboygan WI, and the Future Educators Association.This September, Sommer will be making his feature length directorial debut on the filmBilly Club with co-creator Drew Rosas, as well as playing one of the leading roles. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at rexsikes.com

Joke and Biagio are married, and best known for creating and executive producing “Scream Queens” on VH1 and Co-Executive Producing Beauty and the Geek. The duo earned their documentary wings under acclaimed filmmaker R.J. Cutler (The War Room, The September Issue) and honed their reality TV skills working with luminaries like Mark Burnett and J.D. Roth of 3Ball Productions. They've produced several hundred hours of film and television, working as writers, producers, directors, and editors as they earned their Executive Producer titles.This husband and wife team (Joke's the wife, Biagio's the hubby) make film and TV.  Their current documentary Dying to do Letterman has been invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for an Academy Award® at DocuWeeks™11. To fund their indie Oscar® run, they launched a Kickstarter campaign which runs through September 4, and raised $40,000 from 400 backers in just one week. Having just completed their second season of the world-wide hit SCREAM QUEENS (playing in over 30 countries), season 1 of IFC's Rhett and Link: Commercial Kings, and their six year, feature-length documentary Dying to do Letterman (coming to a theater near you soon) Joke and Biagio strive to challenge themselves creatively with each new project they embrace. They are currently in production on a new, true documentary series for MTV called CAGED which will premiere in 2012.  The show follows young adults in Minden, Louisiana as they struggle to find their place in the world.  Every subject on the show has one thing in common: they're all connected through amateur MMA Cage fighting. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes' Movie Beat for other great conversations, cast and crew listings, event, premieres and more at rexsikes.com

Jack Perez, PT 4, is a 20-year veteran of the motion picture and television industry. He has directed nine feature films, is the recipient of awards for both writing and directing, and has received the critical praise of Roger Ebert, Harry Knowles from Ain’t It Cool News, drive-in critic Joe Bob Briggs,Fangoria, Film Threat, The LA Weekly, The Austin Chronicleand The New York Times.