Hello Newgrounders!

Madness Day 2011 Results
So the results are in and Madness Heist finished 3RD! I am more than pleased about this.

All props go to my wonderful cast, RicePirate, Motley-Fool, Apatheria, and Shock-Dingo. And of course, my brother MrRedstone for scoring the whole thing.

Madness Heist Upcoming Merchandise

Special Edition DVD:

To show my appreciation to this community and anyone who enjoyed the movie, I am putting together a DVD with a shit-load of special features (audio commentary, cast/crew interviews, bonus trailers, art gallery, etc.). I'm still waiting on some interview testimonials from the cast, so I'll post more on that in my next post. If anyone wants one, let me know through the comments on this post or through PM so I know how many I have to put together when it's finished.

Poster by TheShadling:

Shadman put together a SUPER BADASS poster for the movie. It will not only be the DVD cover art, but the poster art as well. During last week's broadcast, Tom took a look at it and I'm fairly confident he liked it. Now, I can't sell these off to you guys because it would be ultra-expensive, so CONVINCE TOM to put it in the store! If you really want one, that is. If not, that's cool too XD.

Moving Forward

I mentioned in a post a while back that I was going to "retire" after the completion of this movie. Due to the great reception of Madness Heist and all the support of the NG community, I am retracting this statement. Fuck retiring. With pretty much everyone on this sight being so awesome and welcoming (especially RicePirate), I feel I owe you guys more.

On that note, I have a few "potential" projects that I'm thinking of developing and trying to decide which to do first...

Madness Heist Sequel
I've been against this from the beginning. I'm not a big fan of doing sequels, but I've gotten alot of requests to do one. As against it as I was, I have come up with a rough concept that I think could work. It would be sort of a prequel/sequel, meaning some of it would take place after Madness Heist and a majority of it before. It would dive into the backgrounds of Red, Carl, Summers, and Evans' rise to power. This would be a MUCH bigger project so I'm not even thinking about it right now. If anything, it would be for MD 2013. But who knows.

Sci-Fi Project
This one I'd be more up for. My past few movies have been in the crime/action/drama genre and I really want to branch out and switch it up by taking on a new genre. This would challenge me to really improve my visuals. Plus I want to try maybe collaborating with another artist. I think that would be a fun experience.

Collaborating/Producing?
This would be a bit more immediate. I really want to do my part for the NG community and think it would be fun to help out with certain projects of artists I respect. I'd love to write some stuff for people/animate/collaborate/whatever. I also love "promoting" stuff so I'd love to produce and help get people's movies out there by making trailers and what not.

ANYWAY, Holy Christ this is a long post. I need to wrap it up here. I'll end by expressing how much appreciation I have for the NG community (artists/viewers alike) and thank you all for being the reason I do this stuff and helping me continue to grow as an animator. THANK YOU.

P.S. Check out the sweet poster below and get Tom to put it in the store!

-Matt Hunter