Industry | Film |
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Founded | 2007 |
Defunct | 2020 |
Headquarters | Canada |
Key people |
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Website | www.astron-6.com |
Astron-6 was a Canadian film production and directing company founded in 2007 by Adam Brooks and Jeremy Gillespie. [1] [2] The company later expanded to include Matt Kennedy, Conor Sweeney and Steven Kostanski, who are now equal partners in the company. Astron-6 is known for producing low-budget, 1980s-centric independent movies that often combine horror with comedy.
A planned 2012 documentary No Sleep, No Surrender, which detailed the making and production of their 2011 film Father's Day , was never completed, though a teaser trailer was released. [3] The follow-up to Father's Day, a Giallo-inspired horror comedy, The Editor , was directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy in 2014.
In 2016, Astron-6 produced the web series Divorced Dad. The series was described by the filmmakers as 'a love letter to the endearingly incompetent cable access television shows created by far from screen-ready small town celebrities during the 1980s and 90s'. [4]
Gillespie and Kostanski directed the 2016 horror film The Void, intended as a departure from Astron-6's more comedic work. The film showcases more of Kostanski's creature and practical effects as seen in Astron-6's earlier films.
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