Mockbuster plunges viewers into the fast-and-loose filmmaking world of The Asylum, the infamous B-movie studio behind Sharknado. Helmed by Anthony Frith, watch the teaser trailer for the Australian documentary below. With a once-promising film career flattened to corporate video gigs, Frith decides to pitch himself to The Asylum to direct a lost-world dinosaur epic. Against […]
Mockbuster plunges viewers into the fast-and-loose filmmaking world of The Asylum, the infamous B-movie studio behind Sharknado.
Helmed by Anthony Frith, watch the teaser trailer for the Australian documentary below.
With a once-promising film career flattened to corporate video gigs, Frith decides to pitch himself to The Asylum to direct a lost-world dinosaur epic. Against all reason, the studio famous for its guilty-pleasure exploitation films says yes.
What follows is a madcap production of The Land That Time Forgot in suburban Adelaide, shot in just six days on a budget that could generously be described as “aspirational.”
Frith isn’t just directing the The Land That Time Forgot — he’s also helming the behind-the-scenes documentary that is Mockbuster, capturing the beautiful mess of full-blown B-movie filmmaking. Between demanding LA executives, a game but bewildered cast, and his own self-doubt, the pressure builds.
What emerges is not just a chronicle of chaotic production, but an unexpectedly tender portrait of chasing the dream through the absurd hustle of genre filmmaking — and finding a different kind of success behind the scenes.
Throughout the shoot, Frith navigates the gloriously chaotic orbit of Asylum producer Brendan Petrizzo and studio founders David Rimawi, David Latt, and Paul Bales as he attempts to keep a prehistoric adventure afloat amid rubber dinosaurs, last-minute rewrites, and caffeinated panic.
From Mostly True Media and Walking Fish Productions, David Elliot-Jones, Sandy Cameron, and Naomi Ball produce. David Farrier (Tickled) executive produces alongside Nick Savva, Madeleine Schumacher, Alex West, Ty Morse, Phil Laboon, Ari Harrison, and Cam Rogers.
The doc is supported by Screen Australia, with the South Australian Film Corporation and Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, in association with VicScreen.
