vada chennai ( english : north chennai ) is an upcoming indian tamil-language gangster thriller film written and directed by vetrimaran .

produced as a trilogy by a. subaskaran 's lyca productions and dhanush 's wunderbar films with vetrimaran 's grass root film company , it features dhanush in the lead role with samuthirakani , aishwarya rajesh and andrea jeremiah in other key roles .

the film had been in the news since late 2009 with an official announcement only made in november 2011 that the filming would commence by march 2012 .

after being temporarily shelved , the film re-materialised in may 2015 with a new cast and production started in june 2016 .

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recently dhanush has resumed the shoot of vada chennai i n the outskirts of chennai city . touted to be a gangster trilogy , vada chennai has samuthirakani , andrea and amala paul in important roles . vada chennai is being jointly produced by dhanush’s wunderbar films and lyca productions .
vada chennai , a crime drama , marks dhanush ' s third collaboration with vetrimaaran .
' vada chennai ' will be produced by dhanush under his home banner wunderbar films .
the latest development on vada chennai is that amala paul is likely to replace samantha .
the first schedule of dhanush - starrer vada chennai was wrapped up in november last year .
vijay sethupathi will be playing a very important extended cameo in vada chennai . very happy : )
reportedly the script of vada chennai deals about the life story of a notorious gangster in north chennai and it will be made in two parts .
in a bid to get some useful information on when actually would ' vada chennai ' commence we got a startling information from a reliable source that ' vada chennai ' will go on floors only in 2017 .
gorgeous samantha and andrea jasmine roped in as vada chennai heroine . the other supporting actors cast will update soon .
we were the first to report on vijay sethupathi’s inclusion in vetri maaran’s dream project vada chennai , the gangster trilogy , which stars dhanush as the lead protagonist . a shooting schedule of vada chennai was completed a few months back .
so immediately , the smart businessman that he is , dhanush summoned his good friend vetrimaran and decided to start vada chennai on priority basis . and on the day of the pooja , he announced that vada chennai will be a trilogy !
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vada chennai , part of a trilogy , will track 30 years in the life of a gangster from north madras .
the suave actor was initially supposed to appear in an important role in director vetrimaran ' s ' vada chennai ' .
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' vada chennai ' will have dhanush , samantha and andrea jeremiah in lead characters with santhosh narayanan handling the musical score .
vada chennai , reportedly the first of a trilogy , chronicles 30 years of a gangster’s life , with dhanush playing the gangster .
gv prakash will score the music for this film . as the title indicates , vada chennai’s story will revolve around north chennai , said the film’s producer dhayanidhi alagiri of cloud nine movies .
divya spandana the numero uno actress of kannada cinema who is hardly seen in tamil is rumoured to be the heroine of vada chennai .
' vada chennai ' is a trilogy that will take us for a deep dive into the underworld history of north chennai . santhosh narayanan will be taking care of the musical score for this film .
the first schedule of ' vada chennai ' was wrapped up in november last year . it was predominantly shot in a prison set here .
the second schedule of ‘vada chennai’ kicked off in royapuram from april . the release date of this upcoming film is yet to be announced .
samantha was dhanush ' s first choice as heroine for vetrimaran ' s vada chennai . but in cinema , nothing is reality till it happens .
today ' s birthday boy dhanush is presently busy shooting for director vetrimaran ' s ambitious trilogy ' vada chennai ' . the shooting of the film has been progressing in a in chennai for the past several weeks .
stay tune here for more updates about the movie . that’s all about vada chennai movie wiki , cast & crew , heroine names and release details .
vada chennai will chronicle 30 years in the life of a gangster essayed by dhanush . daniel balaji and samuthirakani have been roped in to play prominent roles .
actor - filmmaker dhanush on tuesday said he has resumed the shoot of national award winning filmmaker vetrimaaran ' s upcoming tamil gangster drama ' vada chennai ' .
the team of vetri maaran’s vada chennai looks set to begin its next schedule from september 4 , that is expected to be as long as 25 days .
' vada chennai ' , which will be made as a trilogy , will track 30 years in the life of a gangster from north chennai . the film also stars amala paul , apart from a host of supporting cast .
as we had reported earlier vetrimaran has revealed that ' vada chennai ' deals with story of the underworld network in north chennai spanning across three to four decades . he has reportedly planned the film to be made in two parts .
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vada chennai ( aka ) vadachennai is a tamil movie direction by national award winning director vettrimaran . the movie has dhanush in the lead role with . . .
the actor was earlier slated to do a tamil - telugu bilingual with selvaraghavan , which has been put on hold . “somehow our timings never coincide . meanwhile , vetrimaaran offered vada chennai . his films aadukalam and polladhavan are among my favourite films . vada chennai is a gangster film with simbhu and me , ” adds rana .
the shooting of tamil gangster drama vada chennai has not been put on hold and a new schedule of the film will begin in march , says its director vetrimaaran .
putting all the rumours to rest , vetrimaaran , a national award - winning filmmaker , tweeted : “the second schedule of ‘vada chennai’ starts first week of march . ”
dhanush’s gangster drama vada chennai , which is being directed by vetrimaaraan , is facing one problem after another . after vijay sethupathi , now actor amala paul has quit .
vada chennai movie is a film , based on the life story of dhanush’s character and an underworld of north chennai . santhosh narayanan the kabali music director tunes the music for vada chennai , g . b venkatesh as editor , velraj handles the cinematography . dhanush’s wunderbar films is also taking an active part in the production of this film . vijay sethupathi , andrea jeremiah are also featuring in other key roles .
also starring andrea jeremiah , samuthirakani , kishore and cheenu mohan in important roles , vada chennai has music composed by santhosh narayanan . jointly produced by grass root film company and wunderbar films , vada chennai is said to be the costliest venture in dhanush’s career . velraj cranks the camera for the film , whose shooting is currently underway in royapuram .
finally , the most anticipated shoot of vada chennai will start rolling from june 15th in chennai . to be directed by vetrimaaran , a huge jail set has been erected for the film and the team is planning to shoot major portions of first schedule there .
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as we had reported earlier that vijay sethupathi will be playing an important role in ‘vada chennai’ directed by vetrimaaran and costarring amala paul , andrea , daniel balaji , kishore and karunaas .
dhanush will be seen playing the lead role in vada chennai , which will also have ensemble of actors including samantha , who is said to be playing a slum dweller in the film .
when vetrimaaran and dhanush officially announced that vijay sethupathi will be doing an important role in the long - in - the - making gangster drama vada chennai , the expectations were sky high .
the film will chronicle 30 years in the life of a gangster from north chennai .
dhanush has resumed shooting for vetrimaaran’s upcoming tamil gangster - drama vada chennai . he wrote on twitter , “with two days to go for pa paandi’s release , resuming vada chennai shoot from today . blazing sun , sea , great people and typical vetrimaaran locations . ” the first schedule of the film was wrapped up in november last year . it was said to be predominantly shot in a prison .
he also put to rest the rumors that it is a historical film . dhayanidhi alagiri revealed that the pre production work for vada chennai has already begun and the shooting will start from march 2012 .
adding to these stellar performers . actor pawan who gave his first notable performance as ' outtu ' in ' polladahvan ' will be acting under the direction of vetrimaaran again for ' vada chennai ' .
since there had been no updates about the completion of the first schedule and dhanush later signed back - to - back new projects , there was speculation that vada chennai had been put on hold .
, andrea jeremiah in lead role . this film is directed by vetrimaaran and produced by dhanush . it is made under the banner of wunderbar films . vada chennai is scheduled to release on 2018 .
vada chennai ( 2017 ) upcoming tamil gangster movie written and direction by vetrimaaran . the film starring dhanush , samantha , andrea jasmine in lead roles . santhosh narayanan will score music and cinematography by velraj . bankrolled by grass root film company and wunderbar films ( previously collaborated in kakka muttai ) . check out below for more about vada chennai wiki , cast & crew , heroine name and other details .
vetri maaran ' s vada chennai seems to be in news for one reason or other even before it goes on floors . latest is that rana daggubati , who is supposed to do his tamil debut , will not after all be in the movie . according to sources close to the director rana willingly opted himself out of the project for reasons best known to only the director and him . rana himself , however , was not available for comment . vada chennai has silambarasan in the lead and is produced by dhayanidhi alagiri ' s cloud nine movies . andrea jeremiah plays the female lead in vada chennai .
he also clarified that his absolute focus is currently on the first part of
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, putting to rest rumours about signing a new project with actor - composer g . v . prakash kumar .
my next shoot will be for the second schedule of ' vada chennai ' . after that , i would think about anything else . i don ' t know yet ,
he added .
' with two days to go for ' power paandi ' release , resuming ' vada chennai ' shoot from today . blazing sun , sea , great people and typical vetrimaaran locations , ' dhanush tweeted .
vetrimaaran roped in vijay sethupathi to play the role of a north chennai gangster in vada chennai , whose shooting is expected to resume towards the end of april again . amala paul and andrea jeremiah will be seen essaying pivotal roles in the film , which will have music composed by santhosh narayanan .
vijay sethupathi was to star as a north chennai gangster in the film . ( facebook )
santhosh narayanan is likely to compose music for the film while the team will be soon announcing the rest of the cast and crew . the principal shoot of vada chennai will commence by the end of this month .
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velraj will be in charge of cinematography , kishore t e will edit vada chennai and jackie will be the art director . the producer added that he will update on the other cast and crew once he signs them up .
we have already reported that national award winner vetrimaaran is planning to make his ‘vada chennai’ as a two part movie with dhanush and samantha in the lead roles . the shooting is expected to begin in the middle of 2016 .
vada chennai marks the third collaboration between dhanush and vetrimaaran . previously , the actor - director duo has delivered super hits like polladhavan and aadukalam . it also stars samantha ruth prabhu , andrea jeremiah , samuthirakani and daniel balaji .
vijay sethupathi kept allocating dates to the team , but vetrimaaran and dhanush never used it . they postponed shooting schedules at irregular intervals and it clashed with his already - committed assignments , forcing him to pull out of vada chennai .
reliable sources reveal a super exciting news that ‘vada chennai’ will have on board , two more hot heroes jiiva and vijay sethupathi making it one of the biggest multistarrers in tamil cinema . it is worth mentioning that dhanush , vijay sethupathi and jiiva are chennai , tamil experts and would do full justice to the story based on north madras .
having been convinced that simbu - starrer ' vada chennai ' will be further delayed , director vetri maaran has decided to rope in dhanush for a new film . this will be their third film in a row . the earlier two films were ' polladavan ' and ' aadukalam ' . the shooting of ' vada chennai ' had to be postponed because telugu actor rana , who was to have played an important role in the film alongside simbu , suddenly dropped out and simbu left for america . on his return to chennai after two month ' s stay in us , simbu got busy working on ' vettai mannan ' and ' poda podi ' . so , ' vada chennai ' has to be put on hold . pending the launching of ' vada chennai ' , the award - winning director will make a new film with dhanush playing the hero . all he could reveal at this stage is that this film is not set in chennai . vetri maaran told the media that for various reasons he has postponed work on ' vada chennai ' and he is currently working on a new script . this venture will feature dhanush in the lead and will be produced under dhayanidhi alagiri ' s banner . vetri maaran ' s regular crew , including g . v . prakash , velraj and kishore , is part of this new project . ' we will go on floors as soon as dhanush completes the film he is now working on . ' stressing that he will finish ' vada chennai ' , he said simbu is still the hero of the film and will start work on the project as soon as he completes his film with dhanush .
‘vada chennai’ has been in news since 2009 . but the official announcement was made in the year 2011 that it’s filming would start by march 2012 . in between ‘vada chennai’ had to be even shelved . and then in may 2015 many changes were introduced and the production started last year in june with a fresh cast . the movie stars south superstar dhanush in the lead role . actors ameer and samuthirakani will also be seen in pivotal roles . as per a report in a leading website , the cast of ‘vada chennai’ would be sporting multiple looks . however there’s no confirmation about it from the lead actor who’s also producing the film under his banner wunderbar films along with lyca productions and grass root film company .
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all these film are expected to keep him busy for the remaining part of the year . but film buffs have started worrying about ' vada chennai ' which should have started in early 2015 dhanush hadn ' t got bollywood offers at that time .
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it has been confirmed , finally ! silambarasan aka str and telugu star rana daggubati will share the screen space in vetri maaran directed vada chennai . while str will be the hero , rana will appear in a special prominent role , disclosed vetri maaran .
even before the film was launched , samuthirkanai who won the national award for the best supporting actor for his performance in vetrimaaran ' s latest film ' visaranai ' was confirmed to be part of ' vada chennai ' star cast also . later daniel balaji who acted as the lead antagonist in vetri ' s debut outing ' polladhavan ' was roped in for this ambitious project . yesterday , karunas who played an important supporting character in ' polladhavan ' confirmed that he will be acting in ' vada chennai ' .
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director vetrimaaran ' s dream project ' vada chennai ' is already on the floors and the shooting has been progressing for the past few weeks . the films stars dhanush and samantha in lead roles and we are getting to know the attractive names in the supporting cast one by one .
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when dhanush announced that the maverick actor , vijay sethupathi , would be doing an extended cameo in the film , expectations skyrocketed . since the film was delayed , he had to back out of vada chennai as well . now , the makers have roped in director - actor ameer as his replacement . “vetrimaaran and his team felt that ameer would be able to ace this role , which is significant to the story and thus chose him to be part of vada chennai . he is expected to join the shoot from the next schedule , ” a source close to the team reveals .
sources reveal that the first part of the ' vada chennai ' trilogy will hit the screens in the second half of 2017 . the film stars vijay sethupathi , amala paul . andrea , samuthirakani , kishore , pawan and many other prominent actors alongside dhanush . santhosh narayanan is rendering the musical score for this film
vada chennai directed by vetri maaran is touted to be a gangster trilogy that has dhanush , samuthirakani , daniel balaji and others . amala paul was earlier in the film but now she has opted out of it . sources in the knowhow say that she has walked out of the project due to date issues .
now the latest we learn is that kishore who has been a favorite actor of vetrimaran as he has acted in all the three films directed by vetrimaaran so far ( ' polladhavan ' , ' aadukalam ' and ' visaranai ' ) has been roped in for an important supporting role in ' vada chennai ' .
vetrimaaraan’s ambitious gangster drama vada chennai with the national award - winning actor dhanush is turning out to be one of the most jinxed projects in kollywood . the film , which has been in the making for a long time following a spate of unexpected postponements , has faced yet another blow after vijay sethupathi’s exit .
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vetrimaran has revealed that the film deals with the underworld politics of north chennai that spans across 35 - 40 years . now we learn from a reliable source that the portions being shot currently , pertain to the year 1977 . the set is filled with properties that will resemble chennai before 40 years .
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director vetrimaaran’s ambitious project , vada chennai , a gangster trilogy , has seen many changes in the cast . earlier , it was samantha who was supposed to play the female lead , but she was replaced by amala paul due to date clashes . later amala too opted out of the project and now , aishwarya rajesh has been brought in as the female lead opposite dhanush .
after months of delay , there’s some good news for dhanush’s fans . the maari actor’s highly anticipated gangster drama vada chennai , which will be helmed by national award - winning filmmaker vetrimaaran , finally went on the floors on wednesday in chennai . in a specially erected jail set , the makers will shoot key scenes in the first schedule . while it was reported earlier that the film will be shot in two parts , it has now been confirmed by dhanush that this will be a trilogy , which has never been attempted before in tamil cinema .
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“vijay had already given his dates thrice , yet the makers kept postponing the shoot for the sake of dhanush . having recently completed his portion for vikram - vedha , vijay sethupathi his expected to change his look for his new project with paneer selvam , and hence , he had to walk out of vada chennai , much to the surprise of the whole team , ” a source said .
dhanush is relentlessly working on many projects and of course , he had to put up with his long run dream of fulfilling his directorial venture too . with his ‘power pandi’ now rechristened as ‘pa pandi’ getting released on this friday , dhanush has started working on his ‘vada chennai’ , directed by vetrimaaran . the film happens to be a trilogy tracing through the life of a coming of age gangster . already the first schedule was wrapped up before november last year , where major scenes were shot in the backdrops of prison . dhanush tweeted on his micro - blogging page saying that with just two days to go for pa pandi release , it’s all back to vada chennai . sun , seas and typical vetrimaaran location… . # dhanush # powerpandi # vetrimaaran # vadachennai # papandi # wunderbarfilms # seanrolden
our source says that vetrimaran wanted 150 days of bulk call sheet from dhanush ' . owing to his prior commitments , dhanush can allocate this many number of days only in 2017 . hence the duo have decided to push their project to next year and that ' s why dhanush is signing up more films this year as ' vada chennai ' will make him busy for a relatively long period of time .
meanwhile , vetrimaaran also said that vada chennai will be the costliest film in dhanush’s career as the first schedule alone cost the filmmakers more than the entire budget of visaranai . the film , which will be produced by wunderbar films along with lyca productions , is said to follow 30 years in the life of a gangster . the first schedule was shot on the prison sets built by the filmmakers at binny mills .
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few sources from industries stated that amala is going to hit the screen in the role of royapuram based fisher woman . at present , vetrimaran is shooting the scenes with the background drop of jail set in chennai . further some reports stated that amala paul is practising the body language , gestures and speaking slang of the fisher woman community in north chennai which appropriate to her role in this movie .
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actor dhanush was supposed to have started ' vada chennai ' , the dream project of vetrimaran after completing ' kodi ' directed by durai senthilkumar which he started in the dawn of 2016 . but after completing ' kodi ' , the national award winning actor started shooting for director gautham menon ' s ' yenai nokki paayum thotta ' . he also has the hollywood project ' fakir ' and has recently announced a new movie with director karthik subbaraj .
furthermore , sources hint that aishwarya rajesh could be the front runner for amala paul ' s replacement . if this turns out true , it appears to be an interesting casting . it has to be observed that aishwarya rajesh had previously worked in kaakka muttai which was bankrolled by vetri maaran’s grass root film company and dhanush’s wunderbar films and chances are stated to be high for her casting in vada chennai too . stay tuned and we will update you .
in a startling turn of events , samantha ruth prabhu has left national award winning director , vetrimaaran’s , ambitious project , vada chenaai . in fact , the director has already begun shooting for the first part of his planned trilogy – focused on north chennai’s criminal underbelly since the 1970s – but galatta reports that samantha has had to quit the dhanush - starrer as it was coming in the way of her impending marriage plans with telugu actor , naga chaitanya .
apparently , sethupathi , despite his busy shooting schedules , gave dates on a priority basis to vada . . . not once , but thrice . reportedly , the makers could not use the aandavan kattalai star’s dates and the peeved actor decided to walk out .
a source close to the team informed , “ameer has already joined the sets of ‘vada chennai’ . as dhanush is shooting for his hollywood film and samuthirakani is busy with ‘kaala’ , the team is currently on a break , ” reports sify . for those who don’t know , earlier vijay sethupathi was roped in to play pivotal role but later the actor walked out due to date issues . ( also read : vip 2 teaser : dhanush aka raghuvaran is back in action ! but where is kajol ? )
with nearly half a dozen films or even more in his kitty this year , one can’t afford to even waste a single day of call sheet of vijay sethupathi because you might not get it again . unfortunately , the makers of vada chennai , thanks to dhanush hopping between projects , have missed using vijay sethupathi’s dates on three occasions , forcing the soodhu kavvum actor to exit the project . while the team has denied the reports of his apparent exit , sources close to the project have confirmed that he was left with no other option than to walk out .
no , i don’t think i can make light films . my films need to affect me a lot . i look at each film as a test , and it must help me grow as a person… it must teach me a thing or two about life . so , i don’t pursue films i feel i’ll get bored of in two or three months . i don’t go in search of my next story… i wait for it to come to me , and excite me to the point where it completely disturbs regular life . my next film , vada chennai , is a film i’ve been writing since 2003 .
sharing the news , dhanush wrote on his twitter page that wednesday was the first day of the shoot of vada chennai , a project which has been in the offing for many years . the story will track 30 years in the life of a gangster , played by dhanush , who has already set aside over 200 days for this epic project . having almost completed gautham vasudev menon’s enai nokki paayum thota , dhanush is most likely going to finish shooting for his portion in the first part and then commence work on karthik subbaraj’s project . meanwhile , he will also be required to spare two weeks for his hollywood project .
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chennai spearheaded the financial sector by housing the first european - style banking system in india — the ‘madras bank’ on 21 june 1683 . this was almost a century before the establishment of the first commercial banks — bank of hindustan and the general bank of india , which were established in 1770 and 1786 , respectively .
touted to be a trilogy , the story tracks 30 years in the life of a gangster from north chennai . the film also stars amala paul , apart from a host of supporting cast . dhanush is said to have set aside 200 days to shoot this project , which marks his third collaboration with vetrimaaran after polladhavan and aadukalam .
rana spent his growing years in chennai and given his fluency in tamil , one would have expected him to have done a tamil film earlier . “of course , i thought i would get to do a tamil film after leader . surprisingly , rohan ( sippy ) called me for dum maaro dum and the hindi debut happened , ” says rana .
ever since , vetrimaaran had announced that vada chennai will be a trilogy based on 30 years journey of a gangster , there were some predictions that it would be a long time project . but then , even the schedules are placed at longest hiatus . while samantha was initially signed up for the female lead role , she walked out of the project due to some unknown reasons and later was replaced by amala paul . apparently with the project getting delayed for a long time , she wasn’t able to match up with the call sheet and has therefore walked out of the project . now the team has signed up aishwarya rajesh opposite dhanush in female lead role . already andrea jeremiah playing an important role has shot some important sequences in the first schedule . # vadachennai # dhanush # vetrimaran # amalapaul # aishwaryarajesh # aadukalam # dhruvanatchathiram # polladhavan
about vijay sethupathi walking out of the project a source revealed to ht , “vijay sethupathi kept allocating dates to the team , but vetrimaaran and dhanush never used it . they postponed shooting schedules at irregular intervals and it clashed with vijay sethupathi’s already - committed assignments . hence , he decided to walk out of the film . ” vijay was roped in to play the role of a north chennai gangster .
vetrimaaran has also explained why the project got delayed . “i was the one who asked dhanush to give me more time as we were getting ready for oscar nomination process of
any other producer wouldn’t have allowed me but dhanush was magnanimous enough and started working on his other two projects “ , said vetrimaaran .
he was studying english literature in the prestigious loyola college . but along the way , vetri maaran chose to switch course and dropped out of his masters degree to pursue a career in films . his directorial debut polladhavan , which won critical acclaim , and the next , aadukalm , both won him awards . the latter got him the national film award for best director too . excerpts from his interview .
the dynamics of such a film is different from a mainstream commercial film . our goal is to break even , but we’d be delighted if we can make a profit . it was made with a grounded understanding of the market , but without compromising on quality .
spending a lot of money doesn’t guarantee an aesthetically fine film… you need an artist for that .
i’ve repeatedly said that cinema is first science , followed by commerce , and only then art . every filmmaker must first learn the technique… the practical aspects of filmmaking one needs to make a film .
he must then have a very rooted understanding about the business of cinema . only then can he be an artist . if you’ve got the first two right , the third becomes easier .
a lot of the hype around visaranai has come from taking it to international festivals . how much of this was planned beforehand ?
it was our plan to send it to the festivals right from the start . i was sure the film would work well internationally , and so , it was made to cater to a certain international sensibility . we made it with minimum adulteration and expected the film to do the rest .
yes , it did . we wanted the film to be shown at one of the four major festivals ( cannes , berlin , toronto and venice ) , with our priority being venice . the berlinale falls in february , and that would have been far too long a wait , which would have affected our commitment as producers .
yes , we are . the festival screening really helped put the word out about the movie . films these days , especially commercial films , are promoted for just a week or 10 days . but a film like visaranai needs to be treated differently… it’s a film that needs to grow organically . that’s the thing with releasing a film at a festival . social media ensures that the buzz from a fest travels around the country , and it becomes as relevant in the u . s as it is here . all that publicity then translates to a theatrical release . it’s this momentum that helped kaaka muttai too .
then the movie is finished . bad things will begin to appear all over the world , which will ensure no one comes to watch the film at a theatre . there’s even a risk of the film getting pirated . so , there are the risky aspects too , so you have to be really sure .
yes , we’ve muted a few dialogues in the film . also , the theatrical version will have more music .
for the same reason that i felt the international version would work better without music .
he is a producer who trusts his director . in fact , he watched the movie only last week . i too did not watch kaaka muttai until it was completed .
no , it needn’t . you forget that he’s also a very successful producer with three superhits ( kaaka muttai , kaaki sattai and naanum rowdy dhaan ) last year . his value as a producer is enough to sell a film .
you’re known for the time and effort you take to write every film . visaranai , too , is an intense film that must have taken a long time to write . will we ever see a light film from vetri maaran ?
my films need to affect me a lot . i look at each film as a test , and it must help me grow as a person
love is in the air , even for andrea jeremiah . but her love is a little different . well , it is music . the singer and actress says , ���love means everything to me . i���ve spent most of my v - days on stage , and this year , i���m spending it releasing my single , drifter . so i guess that says a lot about who���s the love of my life - music . ��� an out - and - out romantic song , andrea has written the song and it features uk based - singer arjun coomarasamy on male vocals . ���we shot the video in london and i���m really excited about the song and video . i promised myself that 2016 would be about the songwriter / singer in me and this single is my way of getting started , ��� says an excited andrea . a romantic herself , we wonder what her favourite ���love - songs��� are ? to which she says , ���there are so many great ballads out there , but my favourite from 2015 is ed sheeran���s thinking out loud and from this year , it���s got to be adele���s when we were young . in the current scenario , i love the fact that there are no gimmicks in either of these songs , it���s just great melody and lyrics . ���
as for movies , the actress has idhu namma aalu , taramani and vishwaroopam ii . in idhu namma aalu , she plays a cute girl next door . ���it���s the most usual thing for most actresses , but for me it was really fun because i���ve never played the girl next door in any of my previous films . so i had a blast shooting for this one , ��� says the actress , who holds her co - star simbu in high esteem . ���he might be dealing with a lot of controversy , but whatever people say about simbu , when the camera rolls , he is magic . he gets most of his shots done in a single take , he has amazing screen presence and he is aware of every single thing happening on set . i think 2016 is going to be good year for him , ��� she says .
having bagged these roles and being active in the music industry , andrea has interesting things to say about her career graph . ���everything is cyclical , both in life , and in this industry . everyone has their good and bad days . you just have to go with the flow and make the most of whatever comes your way . last year , i decided that personal growth comes before career growth . it may have slowed down my career graph temporarily , but in the long run , personal growth is what will pay off because all of this is temporary , and if you lose focus of yourself , there is absolutely no point , ��� she expresses . but what about stereotypes in the film industry ? ���people still make all sorts of assumptions about me , i���ve just gone past the point of caring . i like to do things i haven���t done before . i said no to a horror - thriller film that went on to become a huge hit simply because i had just done aranmanai and i didn���t want to repeat myself . i���ve met a handful of wonderful people in this industry , who had the vision to look beyond stereotypes , and i���m happy to have worked with them , ��� she justifies and adds that she would like doing an action hero or a village belle soon . ���i wish someone would make an indian equivalent of kill bill with me . that would be awesome , ��� says andrea , who plans to focus a lot on writing and releasing her own music .
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samantha who was supposed to take a break after a string of hits and is riding high in tollywood was in no mood to adhere to this sudden change of plans . sam , like any other girl has her own set of fears after she decided to tie the knot very soon . she is unable to decide
but on the contrary to this news , we also hear that dhanush did not want to pay samantha the huge salary that she is demanding and getting in telugu and wants to replace her . now wunderbar films who was looking around for a heroine has zeroed in on amala paul who is willing to give bulk dates to this vetrimaran project .
remember that dhanush - amala pair is back after the blockbuster velai illa pattadhari . the actress is yet to sign on the dotted line and an official announcement is expected soon .
170 vfx artists , 90 mins . of spl . effects , 6 months of work : tik tik tik making
poised to succeed rana daggubati . photo : nagara gopal | photo credit : nagara gopal
rana daggubati , who celebrates his birthday on wednesday , feels both blessed and lucky . “when i started working in films , i had made a wish list — i wanted to work in telugu , tamil and hindi films . i am lucky that i am now part of all the three industries so early in my career , ” he says with a smile .
rana ' s new telugu film , krishnam vande jagathgurum , directed by krish jagarlamudi , will be launched on wednesday . “i believe that the stories choose me and not otherwise . krish ' s film is an action revenge drama , where i am a stage artiste . in the last 10 years , i haven ' t seen a representation of telugu theatre in our films , ” he says . he ' s been fortunate , he admits , to have worked with directors like sekhar kammula , puri jagannadh , rohan sippy and now ram gopal varma , vetrimaaran and krish . “incidentally , most of these directors moved away from their regular genre and explored an alternative space when they came to me , ” he says .
before that , we will see rana in ram gopal varma ' s department and prakash toleti ' s naa ishtam . speaking of department , rana says , “i grew up watching rgv ' s films like shiva and much later satya and company . i am amazed at rgv ' s understanding of how the mafia works . i don ' t think any other director in india can match him on that front . ” department is a drama between an underworld don ( amitabh bachchan ) and cops ( sanjay dutt and rana ) .


range 15 is an ensemble horror/action comedy indie film with a release date of june 15 , 2016 .

as of january 2016 , range 15 is the 4th highest crowd sourced film on indiegogo .

the movie is a collaboration between the veteran-run military themed apparel companies , ranger up and article 15 clothing , and stars many of their staff members .

the movie was produced and directed by ross patterson .

range 15

range 15
is expected to have a summer 2016 release in theaters nationwide .
ross - not pronouncing the “g” in “range 15” as a hard “g” . i kept calling it rang 15 for the longest time .
there are no critic reviews yet for range 15 . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
retired navy seal marcus luttrell , in a scene from the
range 15
trailer .
william shatner made a zombie movie with u . s . veterans called range 15 | indiewire
if the general moviegoing public wants to flock to range 15 , so much the better .
a scene in the trailer for the forthcoming movie , ‘range 15 . ’ ( youtube screen grab )
medal of honor recipient dakota meyer mans a bar stool in a promotional video for
range 15 .
maybe the craziest part about
range 15
is the response the first trailer for the movie has after being released on tuesday . thus far ,
range 15
has over 3 million views already on facebook alone .
there are no featured audience reviews yet . click the link below to see what others say about range 15 !
' range 15 ' star talks podcast , charity , community - building . . . and sequel ( s )
navy seal veteran marcus luttrell is seen in the forthcoming zombie movie , “range 15 . ” ( youtube screen grab )
to the veteran community , and that ' s what got him to decide to be in
range 15 .
military veterans take on zombies in ' range 15 ' range 15 is a new zombie movie made by war veterans for veterans . it ' s a dark comedy with a cast that includes a navy cross recipient , amputees and william shatner .
exclusive : we visit the set of the raunchy , blood - splattered , politically incorrect apocalyptic comedy ' range 15 . '
range 15
bills itself as the first film to be produced by and star primarily u . s . military veterans .
the prior - service crews of article 15 clothing and ranger up , familiar to millions of viral - video watchers , make quick work of some enemy forces during a recent
range 15
promotional video .
from left , article 15 team members vincent
rocco
vargas , jarred
jt
taylor and mat best teamed with fellow veteran - owned apparel - maker ranger up to create the movie
range 15 .
he’s completely insane . it makes sense that the sheer lunacy of the range 15 crew meshes itself with the outright hilarity of ross . famous for ( or maybe infamous for ) such movies as “fdr american bad ass” and “poolboy : drowning out the fury” ross was the perfect choice for “range 15” .
range 15
star mat best talks about using harsh humor with wounded veterans and how modern veterans want to integrate into today ' s society .
blair : west point grad nick palmisciano co - wrote , produced and stars in
range 15 .
he served for six years as an infantry officer .
former navy seal marcus luttrell and medal of honor recipients dakota meyer and leroy petry have joined forces for “range 15 , ” a post - apocalyptic comedy spearheaded by two veteran - owned companies , durham - based ranger up and texas - based article 15 , that have raised almost $ 500 , 000 in 15 days .
frequent feedback with significant action : scores were in the positive one to positive two range .
what do u . s . military veterans know about making movies ? if the early success of the zombie comedy “range 15” is any indication — kind of a lot , actually .
tim kennedy knew when he signed on to be part of a new film called
range 15
that this movie wasn’t going to be the typical theater going experience for most viewers .
range 15 is a new zombie movie made by war veterans for veterans . it ' s a dark comedy with a cast that includes a navy cross recipient , amputees and william shatner .
occasional feedback with occasional action : leadership effectiveness scores moved up to the 0 to positive one range .
nothing about the creation of the veteran - made zombie - comedy film
range 15
has followed the traditional hollywood script . the movie ' s nationwide distribution won ' t be any different .
in movies , service members are jerks , stiff robots incapable of having fun or men with unbridled testosterone , he said . those involved in
range 15 ' ' want to take a different approach .
friends of the drinkin’ bros crew ran into foundation representatives at a
range 15
screening , taylor says . that led to a meeting , and that led to the drinkin’ bros - orchestrated festival .
ranger up founder and
range 15
producer / star nick palmisciano joined article 15 boss and fellow producer / star mat best to announce the deal in a not - safe - for - work facebook video , similar in tone to the web - only productions seen by millions of followers of both companies .
the idea for the feature , range 15 , originated with the article 15 camp . “we knew we’d be way more successful if we partnered with ranger up , ” best says of teaming with a competitor . “and that’s the military ethos we sought to promote with this film : we’re stronger together than as individuals . ”
not every
range 15
fan will have to wait until june 15 to see the final version . some backers of the indiegogo campaign will receive advance digital copies of the film as thanks for their donation , and advance screenings near fort bragg , north carolina , and fort hood , texas , are set for next month .
all the components of my ar - 15 , including my homemade lower receiver , the gleaming aluminum piece .
the movie ,
range 15 , ' ' is billed as a post - apocalyptic comedy . the plot will revolve around a veteran transitioning out of the military who finds himself and his veteran friends in a fight for humanity .
elizabeth blair , byline : the movie
range 15
is definitely not
saving private ryan .
it ' s more of a slapstick
walking dead ,
with gun battles , bloody zombies and vets getting drunk together .
the group funded the rest of range 15 using the crowdfunding site indiegogo . more than 9 , 000 people ponied up over $ 500 , 000 to make this thing happen . watching their production videos , it’s easy to see why .
a bare - bones indie production shot with a budget somewhere south of $ 2 million , range 15 is at once a labor of love , an elaborate group therapy exercise , and , to a lesser extent , a marketing campaign for a pair of military - oriented apparel brands launched by veterans in recent years , ranger up and article 15 .
no feedback at all : most leadership effectiveness scores were in the negative one to negative two range , not a good sign .
feedback with action promised , but action not delivered : scores were lower than case one , averaging in the negative two range .
a group of hard - partying soldiers are tasked with saving mankind after a zombie apocalypse grips the globe . together , they have to transport the possible cure for the outbreak across america to a safe zone filled with scientists known as range 15 .
the latest brainchild from the ranger up and article 15 clothing collaboration , a motion picture titled range 15 , has just made crowd - funding history by breaking into the top five , all time most funded films on indiegogo . com . edging out a film titled iron sky , who raised 599 , 483 dollars , range 15 has crested the 600 , 000 - dollar mark with ten days remaining in the fundraiser . to take the number four spot , they would have to raise another 37 , 000 , which is well within their reach given the amount of time left and the momentum they still have .
i can now see why the guys from ranger up and article 15 hooked up with actor / director ross patterson .
military times caught up with palmisciano ahead of the gi film festival to talk about what it was like to work on
range 15 ,
and how the crew hopes it ' ll be received . excerpts of that interview , edited for clarity .
the movie is funded using donations from the crowd - funding website indiegogo . to date , “range 15” has raised more than $ 1 million while promising that “this movie is so hardcore military it makes hollywood wet itself and run home crying to mommy . ”
. it ' s not easy to get william shatner to be in a movie . to be honest , he has no business being in
range 15 .
he is so much bigger than this movie . but i was a huge fan , so
with the above statement , former army ranger mat best makes a succinct case for the $ 325 , 000 crowd - funding effort behind
range 15 ,
a feature - length film project from best ' s article 15 clothing company and ranger up , a veteran - run , industry - leading clothing maker founded in 2006 by ranger - tabbed west point grad nick palmisciano .
the team has given to military charities since article 15’s inception , but taylor says they’re not inclined to pick a favorite .
now there are plenty of serious dramas that focus on the military but
range 15
wasn’t going to be anything but crazy , adrenaline fueled hilarity that would ultimately feature some of the most famous faces from hollywood alongside a cast filled with real life veterans .
there are also plans in place to take
range 15
to some festivals but ultimately according to kennedy , the people who are most important to this movie’s success are the men and women protecting america each and everyday and this film is dedicated to them .
the id backscene range are available in two types . . the premier range is printed on self adhesive poly paper designed for those who ' s layouts are in locations where damp or extreme temperatures might be of concern . the standard range is printed on 160 gsm paper for indoor use . where there are a series of scenics and the choice is to buy more than one in the series to make the range longer , you should only buy in sequence eg a + b , or b + c + d and not out of sequence eg b + d .
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thanks to a partnership with movie distributor tugg , the crowd - funded feature from the minds behind apparel - makers ranger up and article 15 clothing could be screened in hundreds of theaters june 15 . but don ' t make your popcorn plans just yet .
because
range 15
was made with the military and for the military , the movie will first be released for the soldiers currently in active service with the filmmakers planning trips to places like fort bragg in north carolina and fort hood in texas to debut the feature .
constant valued proactive communications , feedback , and action : leadership effectiveness scores were the highest here : in the positive two to positive three range .
the film is range 15 - - a zombie apocalypse spoof produced by and starring the guys behind ranger up and article 15 , two wildly popular ( and competing ) military apparel companies that joined forces for the project . the mission : to make a film so perverse that it will inspire viewers to
never thank another veteran for their service ever again ,
as one of the filmmakers told maxim .
q . you are less than one month from the june 15 national release . did you ever think it would come to this ?
the plot , as best surmised from the new trailer : an airplane crashes somewhere in the united states , unleashing a killer virus that turns people into zombies . the crew of veterans rally to the rescue , and are told by a dying man that they have to get to range 15 — a gun range on a military base , one might assume — to link up with some scientists and bring them the cure . or something like that .
range 15
is a lot of things but politically correct isn’t one of them and kennedy knows that there are going to be plenty of people who could easily be offended by a movie like this one but that was also part of the reason they made it in the first place .
then q 1 = 7 ( there are five values in the lower half , so the middle value is the median ) . similarly , the upper half of the data is : { 14 , 14 , 15 , 18 , 21 } , so q 3 = 15 .
if you like the kind of stuff we do at article 15 , you ' re going to love this movie ,
said former army ranger and article 15 president mat best , who plays himself in the flick , as filming got underway in los angeles this week .
range 15 ,
a feature - length film backed by ranger up and article 15 clothing , and starring two medal of honor recipients , had raked in more than $ 353 , 000 via its indiegogo donation page as of monday morning , about a week after the fundraiser launched . the campaign has 39 days to go , and the producers pledge that future donations will only make the
best military movie ever
even better .
blair : dague says the process of making
range 15
was both terrifying and glorious because the movie is made by veterans , for veterans , so they had to get it right , even if it ' s a tongue - in - cheek zombie movie . elizabeth blair , npr news .
near the end of the newly released trailer for the forthcoming movie “range 15 , ” navy seal veteran marcus luttrell is seen wild - eyed , covered in war paint and holding a rifle in each hand . “don’t… worry… about… a thing ! ” he exclaims , clearly excited to be fighting off zombies .
after two years , we are proud to release the official range 15 trailer . nick palmisciano and i set out to show how powerful the veteran community can be when we work together . so here ' s to a lot of hard work and not giving a fuck about the hollywood
rules
.
somewhere between
super troopers
,
zombieland
,
team america
and
the hangover
. there are some parallels between
zombieland
and
range 15
except
zombieland
with woody harrelson there’s this pleasurable fun in every scene . we don’t necessarily have that ,
kennedy said .
the official world premiere of
range 15 ,
a veteran - made zombie comedy , is set for may 27 as part of the gi film festival in washington , d . c . two founders of military clothing lines — nick palmisciano of ranger up and mat best of article 15 — teamed to produce and star in the over - the - top action film . true to their military pedigree , they shunned hollywood ' s beaten path to produce this crowd - funded feature .
first , we write the data in increasing order : 3 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 12 , 14 , 14 , 15 , 18 , 21 .
a red band trailer has arrived online for the upcoming crowd - funded zombie comedy horror range 15 , which we have for you below after the official synopsis… a group of veterans wake up after a night of partying to find out that the zombie apocalypse has spread across the united states . together , they must fight their way across the country in order to find a cure for the outbreak and restore freedom before it’s too late . range 15 is set for release on july 4th in the states and features a cast that includes mat best , nick palmisciano , jack mandaville , vincent vargas , william shatner , danny trejo , sean astin , randy couture , keith david and mindy robinson .
how it makes its way into a theater near you has yet to be nailed down , he said , though plans are in the works for distribution to major markets , showings near military installations , and eventual streaming availability . part of the concern over distribution has been a familiar discussion between
range 15
producers and those in the entertainment industry .
“i read the rough draft for the script and thought that with a little work we’d really have a winner , ” palmisciano says . “i just wanted to make sure it accurately reflected the military . ” patterson helped polish the script written by scribe billy jay with help from the article 15 guys , and signed on as director . they launched an indiegogo campaign to raise a modest $ 325 , 000 budget . by day 60 , contributions topped $ 1 million , making range 15 the fourth - largest crowd - sourced movie ever .
blair : he says peoples never see what a wicked sense of humor they have . and the humor in
range 15
is dark . nothing is off - limits . sergeant mary dague is in the movie . she was a bomb technician who lost both of her arms in iraq . in one scene , a general throws her a set of keys .
while
range 15
was funded independently , the film does star some recognizable names including william shatner , sean astin , keith david and danny trejo . of course the well known actors from hollywood got a big shock when working alongside the best and brightest from the u . s . military because that’s an exclusive club that isn’t exactly known for glitz and glam .
the podcast flew past 1 million downloads and gets about 25 , 000 downloads on release days , taylor says . while he calls them
big - boy numbers ,
they’re not quite as buzz - worthy as the rapid rise up the itunes charts by
range 15 ,
which was ranked second among all of the service’s movies shortly after its digital release .
ross said that the vets working on “range 15” were so prepared that he wants his next project to be a sequel to the movie . “i enjoyed the process of working with these guys so much that it will be hard to go back to a normal film where actors are unprepared ever again , ” he said . “these military guys were on it–every fucking take . ”
from left : medal of honor recipients leroy petry and clinton romesha , mat best , mindy robinson , and vincent “rocco” vargas of article 15 . ( photographed by rene gomez )
three days later , at a private range in richmond , california , a half hour from rynder’s shop , i loaded my ar - 15 with a 10 - round magazine of . 223 caliber ammunition and fired it for the first time . i pulled the trigger hesitantly as i aimed at a piece of cardboard 50 yards away . the deafening blast silenced the tweeting of nearby birds and echoed around the range’s wooden walls as the rifle’s stock dug into my shoulder . i could see a tiny hole in the cardboard . a plume of dust rose from the dirt berm behind it .
example 2 : find the first and third quartiles of the set { 3 , 7 , 8 , 5 , 12 , 14 , 21 , 15 , 18 , 14 } .
it is informative to have some measure of the variation of observations about the median . the range is very susceptible to what are known as outliers , points well outside the main body of the data . for example , if we had made the mistake of writing 34 instead 3 . 4 in table 1 . 2 , then the range would be written as 0 . 1 to 34 which is clearly misleading .
for example , a paediatric registrar in a district general hospital is investigating the amount of lead in the urine of children from a nearby housing estate . in a particular street there are 15 children whose ages range from 1 year to under 16 , and in a preliminary study the registrar has found the following amounts of urinary lead ( ) , given in table 1 . 2 what is called an array :
two military apparel companies are leading the drive . durham - based ranger up and texas - based article 15 each earmarked $ 250 , 000 for the project and are crowd funding the rest .
the trailer will be complete in early january , palmisciano said , as will a rough cut of the film , which the producers plan to watch for the first time on jan . 15 .
unlike traditional distribution houses , tugg relies on ticket pre - orders to determine which theaters will show which movies . the
range 15
website lists about 250 scheduled screenings for the film on opening night , but those will only take place if enough tickets are sold by june 8 to meet tugg ' s pre - set threshold . if the number isn ' t met , customers aren ' t charged .
ross - i was playing a casual underground game of russian roulette with some of my thai friends that we play every other wednesday , when the phone rang and it was mat best and nick palmisciano asking me to direct range 15 . after 17 hours of intense conversation , i said yes , which ended up saving my life . the guy i handed my gun to after me is no longer with us .
range 15 is about as independent as a film can be ; yet in such a short period of time , and thanks in large part to the wide support of the military - veteran community , it has gained nation wide attention . what can supporters and fans alike look forward to next ? apparently more than a few on the hollywood a - list have contacted the producers of the film , although they are reluctant to name names as of this time . with the potential support of the very same mainstream hollywood elite that they have railed against from the beginning , it won’t be surprising if we see mat best on the cover of variety magazine or range 15 with a nationwide theatre release next year . at this point though , there are only two certainties : this movie will be made , and the sky truly is the limit .
the story of a group of recently discharged vets whose first night back home sees them thrown in the drunk tank – and smack in the middle of the zombie apocalypse – “range 15” features a cast of real combat veterans alongside some truly impressive stars ( some of whom donated their time ) attracted to the project , among them keith david , jim o’heir of “parks and recreation , ” sean astin , danny trejo and william shatner .
both companies have flexed their viral - video muscles , each with uploads on youtube sporting millions of views . best first came onto ranger up ' s radar before article 15 existed ; the clothing - maker used to share best ' s clips via its social media platforms , and after article 15 launched , the ranger up ceo offered his help
on the not - fun business side ,
palmisciano remembered .
a new zombie movie opens tonight at the gi film festival in washington , d . c . and even within the zombie genre ,
range 15
is different because it was made by veterans . the cast includes professional actors like william shatner , but most of the characters are played by retired military , including amputees and highly - decorated vets . and as npr ' s elizabeth blair tells us , it ' s a comedy .
that’s the hook on “range 15 , ” the forthcoming movie starring numerous high - profile military veterans from the wars in iraq and afghanistan and hollywood talent like danny trejo and william shatner . the movie , whose trailer debuted at the sundance film festival on monday , appears to be riddled with profanity and gallows humor , and makes it clear that veterans will be in on all the jokes . think “sharknado , ” but with more wisecracks about the military .
funded almost entirely by donations ( mostly from current and former service members ) , range 15 has so far raised over $ 1 million on indiegogo , making it the fourth largest campaign ever . when filmmaker mat best debuted the trailer on his facebook page on tuesday , he wrote that the goal was to
show how powerful the veteran community can be when we work together . ” it & apos ; s already been viewed nearly three million times .
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in the defiantly crude and funny video that accompanied their successful indiegogo crowdsourcing campaign , the stars of the soldiers vs . zombies comedy “range 15” sit in a bar running down the hollywood movies that they – all actual military veterans – claim portray the soldier and veteran experience inaccurately . they groan in unison at the likes of “con air , ” “jarhead” and “the green zone , ” but save their most profane scorn for the oscar - winning “the hurt locker . ”
quantitative variables can be continuous or discrete . continuous variables , such as height , can in theory take any value within a given range . examples of discrete variables are : number of children in a family , number of attacks of asthma per week .
how to cite this article : zemcov , m . et al . measurement of the cosmic optical background using the long range reconnaissance imager on new horizons . nat . commun . 8 , 15003 doi : 10 . 1038 / ncomms15003 ( 2017 ) .
“range” stars veterans including medal of honor recipients leroy petry and clint romesha , lone survivor marcus luttrell , ufc fighter and member of the army special forces tim kennedy , and 25 military amputees . best and taylor also play supporting roles in the film .
april 13–15 , 1992 : stops at liard hot springs in british columbia , canada , where he is stuck for two days before hitching a ride with gaylord stuckey in the cab of his sunflower - seed - hauling truck .
as the veterans behind the article 15 clothing company made their way from apparel to viral videos to movies and more , the most common message they received from fans wasn ' t suggesting a new t - shirt design , or asking what william shatner is really like . instead , says article 15 chief marketing officer jarred ' jt ' taylor , it was ,
man , you guys have so much fun together , i wish we had friends like that .
and we were like , ' you do . you just have to find them . '
that concept came to life when taylor and fellow article 15ers mat best and vincent
rocco
vargas joined ross patterson to form drinkin ' bros , a twice - weekly podcast that earns just as big of a
not safe for work
warning as
range 15 ,
the movie all four starred in and pattinson directed . here ' s a clip of the podcast :
hope all our readers in the united states had a great fourth of july . i celebrated by watching the most american movie of all time . range 15 ( 2016 ) director : ross patterson stars : mat best , nick palmisciano , vincent vargas after a night of hardcore partying , a group of military veterans wakes up to find the world has fallen to the zombie apocalypse . now it ' s up to them to shoot , stab , and hump . . . read more . . .
that generosity , and the willingness of producers and others to pitch in beyond traditional hollywood levels , left a mark on the production , said jarred taylor , article 15 ' s chief marketing officer and former tactical air control party airman .
range 15 has been dubbed the first ever
for veterans , by veterans
film , and for good reason . it stars just about every famous vet to emerge from the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan , including two medal of honor recipients , marcus luttrell ( the ex - navy seal played by mark wahlberg in lone survivor ) , and ufc & apos ; s tim kennedy , among many others . in fact , vets account for about 90 percent of the cast , and most of the crew .
“think about marcus luttrell , ” he continues . “he’s constantly asked to relive the worst day of his life and talk about what he learned from it . that sucks . but in range 15 , they’re al - lowed to be funny and they’re allowed to be themselves . we’re making the jokes that no one else would make , because it’s fucked up and it violates all conventions of respectable behavior . but that’s military humor . these guys aren’t victims ; they’re tough fucking dudes . that’s how they want to be treated . ”
building an untraceable ar - 15 with the ghost gunner is pricier than it would be with a traditional drill press . but it requires far less skill than that manual method and costs less than creating the gun with a typical 3 - d printer .
when i finally slotted in the pins to attach the upper receiver—a component that looks much more like a gun than the lower receiver and whose total lack of regulation is , frankly , bizarre—they made a pleasant chink . my ar - 15 was complete .
it can only mean one thing : the boys from the ranger up and article 15 online t - shirt shops are making good on their promise to create exactly the kind of post - apocalyptic zombie comedy war movie they ' d want to see .
hollywood can ' t get enough of paris train hero alek skarlatos because he ' s landed himself a movie deal alongside porn legend ron jeremy . . . but it ' s not the type of film role everyone ' s thinking . skarlatos will appear in
range 15 .
it ' s a military comedy also starring william shatner and danny trejo . the role wasn ' t a far stretch for skarlatos . . . he plays himself in a short cameo . sources tell us producers approached him shortly after the train attacks and
in an interview with the daily beast last year , meyer said he was considering an eventual run for political office . when reached by phone , he said political ambitions weren ' t part of his decision to leave
article 15
and declined to say more .
when the data sets are large , plotting individual points can be cumbersome . an alternative is a box - whisker plot . the box is marked by the first and third quartile , and the whiskers extend to the range . the median is also marked in the box , as shown in figure 1 . 4
plans for a sequel were tossed around long before those figures came about , but taylor added a new wrinkle :
we ' re kicking around possibly filming two back - to - back . it ' s cheaper that way .
along with positive critical feedback and the itunes success ,
range 15
follow - ups may benefit from an unexpected source : hollywood insiders .
we got great feedback from agents that said a lot of the celebrities had the most fun they ever had ,
taylor says .
everybody that was involved in the first one wants to come back .
mat best is another veteran who started the clothing company article 15 , which also put up $ 250 , 000 for the film . best is an exuberant , over - the - top youtube and social media sensation whose facebook profile describes him as an entertainer . the movie’s title —
almost no one builds a ghost gun from scratch , and i didn’t either . the shortest path to building an untraceable ar - 15 requires only that you build one relatively simple component yourself , a part that’s become the focus of a fierce gun control controversy : the lower receiver .
my rifle performed perfectly for the rest of the morning . after our video team fired the rest of the 40 rounds i’d brought , rynder walked over to the neighboring range and convinced the friendly local swat team members practicing there to give us another 60 rounds . we shot those too . the gun didn’t misfire again .
it’s worth noting that buying an ar - 15 in the us isn’t hard . but the privacy - minded—as well as those disqualified from gun purchases by criminal records or mental illness—can make their own lower receiver and purchase all of the other parts , which are subject to nearly zero regulation . i ordered every part of my ar - 15 but the lower receiver from the website of ares armor , a southern california gun seller that doesn’t require any personal information beyond a shipping address . if i wanted to hide my purchases from my credit card company , i could have paid in bitcoin—ares accepts it .
but wilson soon came up with a better plan and sent me a new file that rehearsed only the last portion of the ar - 15 cutting process . twenty minutes later i pulled from the machine the shining , perfect body of a semiautomatic rifle , as warm as if it were some baked good fresh from the oven .
fortunately , there are a lot of people who want range 15 to succeed . on day seven , the film’s biggest and most expensive prop , a 21⁄2 - ton m35 cargo truck ( or “deuce and a half” ) , ran out of juice . filming would have to be delayed for three days until a set of military - grade jumper cables arrived by fedex . instead , palmisciano posted an sos on facebook . within two hours , a group of marines arrived on set with a pair of cables they had smuggled off their base more than 100 miles away . “i’m not going to say their names because they could get in trouble , ” palmisciano says . “but they saved our asses . ”
best getting mocked and spat on for his service by a pair of clean - shaven , popped - collar - wearing young men . a quick cut to the next scene reveals the men covered in blood courtesy of ranger up and article 15 crew members , whose weapons of choice appear to include a hatchet , chainsaw and cucumber .
july–august 1990 : hitchhikes to california ' s lake tahoe , then hikes into the sierra nevada mountain range . travels to the cascade mountains , across the lava beds of the columbia river basin , and across the idaho panhandle . jan burres and her boyfriend bob discover mccandless by the side of the road and befriend him . in cut bank , montana , meets wayne westerberg .
it is easy to include more information in a box - whisker plot . one method , which is implemented in some computer programs , is to extend the whiskers only to points that are 1 . 5 times the interquartile range below the first quartile or above the third quartile , and to show remaining points as dots , so that the number of outlying points is shown .
no kickstarter has surfaced yet , however , he’s just launched a website— shatner’s water —to act as a kind of brain dump for solutions . current ideas range from a dude who wants to ship water across the state in maglev trains to a rep from indiegogo begging shatner to bring this project to their platform for crowdfunding ( sure , he said kickstarter but he didn’t mean it ) .
a more robust approach is to divide the distribution of the data into four , and find the points below which are 25 % , 50 % and 75 % of the distribution . these are known as quartiles , and the median is the second quartile . the variation of the data can be summarised in the interquartile range , the distance between the first and third quartile . with small data sets and if the sample size is not divisible by four , it may not be possible to divide the data set into exact quarters , and there are a variety of proposed methods to estimate the quartiles . a simple , consistent method is to find the points midway between each end of the range and the median . thus , from figure 1 . 2 , there are eight points between and including the smallest , 0 . 1 , and the median , 1 . 5 . thus the mid point lies between 0 . 8 and 1 . 1 , or 0 . 95 . this is the first quartile . similarly the third quartile is mid way between 1 . 9 and 2 . 0 , or 1 . 95 . thus , the interquartile range is 0 . 95 to 1 . 95 .
and stars weren’t the only ones attracted to this oddball mix of military verisimilitude and over - the - top zombie gore , profanity , sex and unrelenting comic crudity . the crowdfunding campaign , started to supplement the budget supplied by veteran - owned companies ranger up and article 15 clothing , drew more than $ 1 million dollars to help the filmmakers realize their seemingly incongruous vision .
along with a main cast familiar to fans of ranger up and article 15 ' s online escapades , the feature will star william shatner , danny trejo , sean astin and other hollywood notables , as well as mma legend randy couture , ufc fighter and texas army national guardsman tim kennedy , medal of honor recipients leroy petry and clint romesha , and
lone survior
marcus luttrell .
the podcast launched in november . its fans , and supporters of other article 15 - related creations , began forming drinkin’ bros groups , both by region and by interest . taylor estimated about 35 , 000 members make up hundreds of groups that not only provide a virtual and real - world veterans community , but have raised about $ 200 , 000 in less than a year for various charitable causes .
it ' s giving the military something they can own themselves ,
jarred taylor , article 15 ' s chief marketing officer and a former air force staff sergeant , said of the project .
all cops have ' super troopers , ' and they hold that so close to them because of the inside jokes about being cops . . . . we wanted to bring that to the military .
forty minutes later , two cops emerged from a door and asked what i was doing there . i explained and showed them the three lower receivers . they examined them with expressions that were simultaneously quizzical and bored . i asked them if it was common to see ar - 15 lower receivers like these : homemade , with no serial numbers . “i’ve never seen this before , ” one of them said .
it’s clearly possible , based on youtube evidence , to 3 - d - print ar - 15 lower receivers that are capable of firing hundreds of rounds . but mine wasn’t so practical ; i wouldn’t know it until i visited a gunsmith two days later , but i’d eventually give up on assembling a gun out of that plastic - printed lower receiver long before it was anywhere close to a becoming a functional weapon .
“the veteran and supporting law enforcement communities are super powerful and very engaging , ” best said . “everyone was kind of overwhelmed with wanting it to happen because no one had ever decided to make an independent film in the military veteran space . ” article 15 contributed additional financing to the film , as did fellow military apparel and lifestyle company ranger up . the film’s title comes from a combination of the two businesses .
the movie’s fundraising success is in no small part due to individuals like best , who has more than 587 , 000 followers on facebook and regularly publishes irreverent videos with himself as the star . he runs article 15 , a veteran - themed t - shirt company . another entrepreneur and army veteran , nick palmisciano , also figures prominently in the movie’s production and fund - raising , and runs the ranger up clothing company .
it ' s still hard to believe martin scorsese is producing a joker movie . but that ' s the truth , the dc villain and batman nemesis will get an origin story directed by the hangover helmer todd phillips and overseen by the master of the modern gangster movie . last we heard , the standalone non - dceu effort would be set in the ' 80s in a crime - ridden gotham city with a new actor in the role . now we ' ve got an update from an odd source . here ' s what we ' ve learned : what is the new info ?
it’s dark . it’s like a dark joker . as a kid , he had a permanent smile and everyone made fun of him . it’s like on the streets of brooklyn . it’s super dark and real .
who said that ? mma fighter turned actor brendan schaub ( range 15 . . . read more
“range” is expected to continue attracting audiences via tugg this summer , after which the film will have a digital release . best said the gratifying thing about the project is the way it paints a different picture of veterans , who frequently attract attention for things like suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder . “it’s showing them that we’re not broken and that we’re like everybody else , ” best said . “we want to bring entertainment to our community and the people that support us . ”
the advantage of first setting the figures out in order of size and not simply feeding them straight from notes into a calculator ( for example , to find their mean ) is that the relation of each to the next can be looked at . is there a steady progression , a noteworthy hump , a considerable gap ? simple inspection can disclose irregularities . furthermore , a glance at the figures gives information on their range . the smallest value is 0 . 1 and the largest is 3 . 2 .
this measurement of the cob brightness , while not currently as precise as those from pioneer 23 , is important as it suffers from completely different instrumental and foreground uncertainties as the existing measurement . it is also the only measurement sensitive to the i - band 700–900 nm wavelength range . though some challenges remain , further data from lorri could provide a definitive measurement of the extragalactic background light at optical wavelengths , and may be instrumental in completing our understanding of the history of stars and galaxies in the universe .
managers and executives are often
blind - sided
by lack of factual information that can cripple their effectiveness . author and coaching guru for executives , marshall goldsmith , did a study on 8 , 000 managers and executives . the study surveyed the managers ' and executives ' employees . it centered around communications feedback as it relates to leadership effectiveness . survey scoring was based on a negative three to a positive three range . there were eight total different scenarios for management feedback , and five are summarized here :
so instead i decided to surrender my three lower receivers to the local police . i disassembled my ar - 15 and left a large box containing all of the parts except the lower receivers on my editor’s chair . then i walked down the street to the police station in san francisco’s soma neighborhood and told the lady at the front desk i wanted to hand over some firearm components . she gave me a puzzled look and asked me to sit down .
i installed ddcut and found that for its primary purpose of finishing a lower receiver , the ghost gunner is absurdly easy to use—mostly because i was never given the chance to make any choices . once ddcut began running the ar - 15 file and cutting into my 80 percent - lower receiver , my only interaction with the software was clicking “next” through a 22 - step set of instructions and then doing things to the aluminum part that the software told me to do .
my ghost gunner–milled ar - 15 body , by contrast , got a stoic nod of approval . rynder—who , allow me to stress , makes guns for a living—wasn’t exactly wowed that i’d produced a functional , essentially flawless lower receiver . but he gave me the go - ahead to build it into a full rifle . “it’s safe to assemble , safe to fire , ” he said . “yes , you could put this together and it would be ready to go . ”
to find the median ( or mid point ) we need to identify the point which has the property that half the data are greater than it , and half the data are less than it . for 15 points , the mid point is clearly the eighth largest , so that seven points are less than the median , and seven points are greater than it . this is easily obtained from figure 1 . 2 by counting the eighth leaf , which is 1 . 5 .
billed as the first film to be produced by and star primarily u . s . military veterans , the movie claimed the best film award at the gi film festival last month and has already generated more than $ 500 , 000 in its first week at the box office , showing on more than 550 screens through the crowdsourcing company tugg , which lets individuals choose a film they want to pay to see in theaters . the film first hit theaters on wednesday , june 15 .
“my buddies over at article 15 and ranger up are trying to make the most premier … gun - slinging , knife - wielding , cutting - your - head - off - and - putting - a grenade - in - it … movie ever made , ” the former navy seal said . “in order to do that we’re going to need a little bit more money because it takes a lot of money to get navy seals to go anywhere with rangers and marines . normally it’s the other way around — they’re rescuing us .
campaigns with a $ 25 perk raise 35 % more money than ones without a $ 25 perk . the amount should be $ 25 ( not $ 20 ) . it’s a science . also be sure to have an absolutely awesome $ 100 perk . then throw in a $ 15 and $ 85 dollar perk that aren’t as good as the $ 25 and $ 100 perks in order to increase the value of the perks that are just a few dollars more ( $ 25 and $ 100 ) . this technique is called price anchoring .
i found the blueprint for a printable , reinforced ar - 15 lower receiver on the pirate bay . it was one of dozens of gun parts available for download in the rogue bittorrent repository’s “physibles” section , a part of the site presciently created in 2012 to host controversial digital blueprints other sites wouldn’t or couldn’t . in fact , the file i downloaded had been created by defense distributed in 2013 , but the group had pulled it from its own website after the state department threatened to prosecute the group’s staff for weapons - export - control violations .
“range” combines more than two dozen u . s . military vets with hollywood actors william shatner , sean astin , keith david and danny trejo in a story about a zombie apocalypse that threatens to destroy the u . s . the project came to life when former army ranger mat best and former air force staff sergeant jarred taylor took their idea for a zombie comedy to a screenwriter friend , and eventually to ross patterson , director of the 2015 horror comedy “helen keller vs . nightwolves . ” patterson helped polish the screenplay into something that could actually be produced on a modest budget , and served as director on the film .
over the next hour in rynder’s shop , i constructed my ar - 15 . this was harder than forrest gump makes it look . but i persisted , learning the process as i went by watching a youtube video from ares armor a few seconds at a time . ( at a couple of points , rynder couldn’t help but point out that i had inserted a part backward or give me an unsolicited hint . i suppose this was cheating in my one - man gunsmithing experiment , but unfortunately rynder was a very friendly , helpful , and competent person . )