Willa
Based on a story by Stephen King.
Directed by: Corey Mayne.
Produced by: Barbara Szeman.
In Assocation with Birchwolfe Productions
Two lost souls, separated by a random act of violence, must find their way back to each other before time runs out.
BARBARA SZEMAN has been working as a producer, assistant director and actress for over a decade. She is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, the Canadian Media Producer's Association and remains high in demand having earned a stelar reputation on films like Robocop, Poltergeist, Pixels, Suicide Squad and countless other television shows and pilots. Barbara has always been uniquely creative and a dedicated professional. Her passion for filmmaking and storytelling also keeps her at the forefront of new technologies, whether it be incorporating high-tech drones and state-of-the art GPU-based volumetric VFX like she did on "Willa", or exploring new forms of storytelling like she did in her experimental venture into 360 degree filmmaking on "3 AM" — which went viral thanks to Ashton Kutcher (over 8.1 million views!). Barbara also created her own sports entertainment series, BarbWireTV (2013-2016), which featured professional athletes like Steve Nash, Steven Stamkos, Patrick Patterson and Luke Willson, sparking sponsored episodes by TSN, World Gaming, Coca-Cola and Vitamin Water.
COREY MAYNE pursued a degree in film production at Sheridan College in 2004. After graduating in 2007, Corey began his industry career as a technical director/VFX artist at Sony Imageworks in Culver City, CA and Pixar in Emeryvile, CA, honing his technical prowess alongside some of the greatest talent in the industry. He also made sure to take advantage of Pixar's internal writing/directing enrichment courses and shadow their directors.Years later, Corey began to focus more on the genre he loves, getting hired to work on shows like Prometheus, Penny Dreadful, Game of Thrones and Vikings. While working on the Poltergeist in Toronto, Corey reunited with his longtime friend, Barbara Szeman, and they began to collaborate on several new projects under the banners of their own production companies— with their adaptation of Stephen King's "Willa" being the first of many they have slated.