Independent film 'Biomass' filming in Albuquerque and Santa Fe

The Republic, Columbus, IN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: February 23, 2012 - 5:01 am
Last Updated: February 23, 2012 - 5:02 am

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico Film Office director Nick Maniatis says an independent feature, Biomass, is shooting in and around Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

SANTA FE , N.M. — New Mexico Film Office director Nick Maniatis says an independent feature, Biomass, is shooting in and around Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

The production will employ at least 17 New Mexico crew members and 39 principal and background talent.

The movie is the first feature for Anthony Riazzi, a New Mexico transplant from Los Angeles who supervised the digital and visual effects for "X-Men: The Last Stand", "Resident Evil: Extinction" and was technical director for "The Matrix Revolutions."

Riazzi also wrote the screenplay for Biomass, which tells the story of a highly secretive government research facility that suffers a containment breach of a genetically engineered new life form.

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