From the creators of Wonder Showzen and Xavier: Renegade Angel, in this show comedian Jon Glaser plays a man in the Witness Protection Program who moves his family to New York City so they can star in a reality TV show, forced to wear balaclavas at all times.

These guys have stopped by the stages a few times to shoot the show and we’re very happy to see them kick off their new season, which they say is going to be their sexiest season yet. Check out some behind the scenes footage here.

BFP is comprised of five stages including a 7200sf sound stage with a 35ft cyclorama, a dedicated green screen studio, a drive-in MOS stage, photo studios and two 1000sf interview rooms. Additional on-site spaces include ample production offices, support or catering rooms, make-up rooms, loading dock and street parking. Off-site locations across the street include a full service bar restaurant with a 1,000sf gallery space for catering and events, a 4,000sf private outdoor lot, and a 16,000sf roof with an unobstructed city view of the Manhattan skyline. BFP offers full lighting, grip and electric equipment rental packages that accommodate the needs of any production operation.

Brooklyn Fire Proof is dedicated to providing a low stress, productive environment to encourage the creative process and the pursuit of art, independent and commercial. At BFP we believe your success is our success, we welcome all productions large and small. Our production service team is available to work with you 24/7, to help you meet your goals regardless of limited budget. We strive to ensure the successful completion of your project and we pride ourselves with our growing list of VIP clients who return to our stages each season.

We hope to continually improve your experience with us, and we welcome constructive comments to help us do so.

Sincerely,
The Brooklyn Fire Proof Family

For Ellen, the third film from director So Yong Kim, has been nominated for the prestigious Sundance Grand Jury Prize. Like her first two films, In Between Days and Treeless Mountain, For Ellen is motivated from personal experience that delicately reminisces about the first time the director met her own father. The feature follows Joby, Paul Dano, a young heavy metal rocker as he vies in his last ditch effort to earn shared custody of his 6 year old daughter.  So Yong Kim’s interview with Filmmaker Magazine gives readers a small glimpse into her motivations for her latest film.

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Here at Brooklyn Fire Proof, we’re big fans of all cinema but when an indie starts getting some wild attention and filmed at our stages, well, all we’ve gotta say is:

SCORE ONE FOR INDEPENDENT CINEMA!

Okay, so let me back up and tell you a little about the making of this film because it has a pretty cool backstory.  Dee Rees, the writer and the director of Pariah, based this feature on a short that she began penning while interning on Spike Lee’s Inside Man.  Then, under further guidance from Spike Lee, she finished her 2007 short that screened at Sundance and the LA Film Festival.  The folks at Sundance dug her short so much that she was able to participate in the Sundance Institute where she expanded her piece into a feature.

Since, Rees’ feature has blown up!  After it’s premiere screening at Sundance, it received a STANDING OVATION!  (A standing ovation at Sundance, now, that’s an honor!)  By the end of the festival, Focus Features had picked it up for distribution and Bradford Young, the film’s cinematographer, had won the Excellence in Cinematopgrahy Award, US Dramatic Competition.  To boot, Pariah is the first Kickstarter film to receive major distribution!  Post Sundance, the good news just keeps a-comin’!  At the Independent Spirit Awards, Pariah recieved two nominations and Dees walked away with the Breakthrough Director Award.  Woot!  Woot!

The film is playing at NYC’s Sunshine Theater beginning December 28th.  Still on the fence about going, well, check out the trailer and I think you’ll change your mind.

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Okay, maybe not REALLY the real Michael Jackson…

…BUT, these days, an MJ impersonator is as close as we’re gonna get!   In a November interview with Black Book, Das Racist tells Nadeska Alexis how they used a Michael Jackson impersonator for the music video to their single, “Michael Jackson”.

Wanna know where they filmed the homage to The Gloved One’s “Black or White”?   Brooklyn Fire Proof.   YEP and when a totally awesome rap trio talks about how big our spaces are…well, that’s about enough to make us blush!

Das Racist, thanks for the shout out! That was totally awesome!

Ch-ch-check it out:

Das Racist Black Book Article

Das Racist’s Single:

Michael Jackson

We now present to you “I Don’t Know How to Act Here”!

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