February 6th, 2008
Apologies if you have recently tried to view Mike’s showreel or listen to his audio reel. Due to a technical fault they were unavailable for the last few weeks. We’ve now fixed the problem and you should be able to view and listen the files.
If you experience any difficulties with Mike’s reels, please contact us.
January 7th, 2008
Nicked, the short film Mike shot for Black Cat Productions in 2005, is up for an award. It has been entered into the BBC Hampshire Big Screen competition and has been shortlisted in the Drama category.
The awards ceremony and screening will take place at the Harbour Lights Picture House in Southampton on Saturday 26 January presented by BBC South Today’s Georgie Palmer.
You can find out more about the Big Screen competition by visiting the BBC website where you can also find out a bit more about the film and watch it online.
October 19th, 2007
After months of planning and preparation, the website has been developed. There are a number of new features to the site including the option to subscribe to the news updates, an enhanced gallery and Mike’s 2007 showreel is available to view via your web browser.
There are a number of new pictures available in the gallery including shots from ‘The Occupier’, ‘Nicked’ and ‘Hardcore’. In addition the News section also includes behind the scenes shots from a number of Mike’s projects including ‘Reco Men’ and ‘Stag Night of the Dead’.
If you need any further help using the site, please contact Magic Bus Designs or drop us a line using the Contact page.
October 9th, 2007
The final scenes for ‘The Cuckoo Dare‘ were shot last week and it is hoped that the film will be completed in time for entry onto the 2008 festival circuit.
Here’s a screen grab from the rushes:

September 27th, 2007
The final location scenes for ‘Stag Night of the Dead’ are being shot this week at RAF Bentwaters with further filming due to take place at the end of the year.
July 19th, 2007
It’s been a busy few months for Mike with various castings, corporate role play work and the continuing work behind the scenes on ‘Stag Night of the Dead’. Another week of filming has been scheduled for later this year with a spring release planned.
In other news, ‘Nicked‘ has been selected for the Portobello Film Festival and will be screened week commencing 2nd August.
May 5th, 2007
Filming continued this week on ‘Stag Night of the Dead’ with further scenes being shot at RAF Uxbridge in West London.
Although the film is still in production, it is gaining a lot of interest at the popular social networking site Facebook and it already has it’s own appreciation society.
The film stars Sebastian Street, Sophie Lovell Anderson, Bruce Lawrence, James G Fain, Joe Rainbow, Rez Kempton, Doug Grant, Jeff Rudom and Brian Wheeler.
April 19th, 2007
April 2nd, 2007
Principal photography begins this week for the new feature from Hanlau Films ‘Stag Night of the Dead’. Mike plays the mysterious Number 48 who is head of security for a remote military base where the Government is conducting secret experiments.
Shooting takes place at RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk which was recently featured in both ‘Dog Borstal’ and ‘Space Cadets’.
February 5th, 2007
Mike begins filming this week on the big screen adaptation of Cornelia Funke’s ‘Inkheart’. Starring Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent, the film is due to complete principal photography in March.