The Mill has announced that the Campfire team has joined Mill+ in New York.
For over 12 years, Campfire has developed Emmy, Cannes Lion and Clio-winning immersive experiences to launch new products and entertainment franchises. While Campfire’s founders originally gained notoriety for producing The Blair Witch Project, the team has gone on to create successful programs for HBO’s Westworld, Game of Thrones and True Blood, Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle, National Geographic’s He Named Me Malala and more.
Campfire is comprised of Mike Monello, Steve Coulson, Nick Braccia and Mike Knowlton. Their client roster for strategic and creative services includes Amazon, HBO, Disney, Diageo, Infiniti, Netflix, Hulu, Harley-Davidson, Showtime, Verizon, Audi and Ubisoft.
Monello said, “The combination of The Mill’s artistry and talent with our team’s strategic and conceptual expertise is a compelling offering for clients looking to make an impact.”
Barry Parkhill, managing director of The Mill in New York added, “We are thrilled to welcome Campfire to The Mill. The team are world-class experience-makers and their arrival marks a hugely exciting time in the evolution of Mill+. Campfire bring a truly unique creative and strategic perspective to their work, and I am looking forward to introducing the team and their capabilities to our ever-growing roster of advertising, entertainment and technology clients.”
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More