2008 News

KICKgen.com Combines Web 2.0 Technology, Martial Arts, And Online Social Network To Audition Martial Arts Enthusiasts For Feature Film

ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 25, 2008) --- KICKgen.com has parlayed martial arts and web 2.0 technology together with feature film producers Innovative Renderworx, and Action Actor Institute, Fighting Stunts,  to produce an online action actor audition.  

Tracy McCoy, chief operating officer for KICKgen.com, said the web based specialty network issued a call for actor auditions Feb. 6 through March 31 to find two martial artists who will play action actor roles in an upcoming PG-13 feature film titled, Templar: Honor among Thieves (www.Templar-Movie.com).
           
“The audition is open to every KICKgen.com premier member who has attained the rank of red or brown belt or higher,” McCoy said. For more information or to learn more about the  audition, visit www.KICKgen.com.
           
The upcoming film, directed by Rene Hinojosa, is a spaghetti western of sorts according to the film’s producers.  It will follow the adventures of four fortune hunters---an antihero, a femme fatale, a thief and a mercenary---in their quest to claim “the ultimate prize.”
           
KICKgen.com, which opened for business last October, is an international internet community devoted to martial artists of all styles.  
           
“KICKgen.com was launched by martial arts industry leaders with more than 20 years of experience for a love of martial arts and a desire to help unite martial artists internationally,” explained McCoy.

KICK.gen is a client of the UCF Technology Incubator.

For more information, contact:
Tracy McCoy, Chief Operating Officer KICKgen.com, 407-575-0232 tracy@kickgen.com;
Tom O’Neal or Carol Ann Dykes, UCF Technology Incubatorf, 407-882-0202
Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications Inc. 407-644.4142

About the UCF Technology Incubator
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Technology Incubator has helped more than 90 emerging technology companies create over $200 million in annual revenue and more than 800 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. The UCF Technology Incubator was named 2004 Incubator of the Year by the National Business Incubation Association. Headquartered in the Central Florida Research Park near the University, the Incubator is acollaboration in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of Orlando, and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council. For more information, visit www.incubator.ucf.edu.

 

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