Takeda Directs Dark Comedy

A scene from “The Rapture”

For the second year, Takeda Entertainment has teamed up with Wine Dog Pictures to produce a short film in Albuquerque’s 48 Hour Film Project competition.

The newest film is ‘The Rapture’ is a ripped-from-the-headlines dark comedy about a fringe congregation during their “Final Gathering.” Director Scott Takeda and screenwriter Rob Palmer explore how far these people will go their faith, delving into the disturbing behavior of the devout and the motivations of people who profit from predictions about the End of Times. It stars Amy Baldwin, Courtney Bell, Joe Bocian, Susan Conklin, Rachel Hroncich, Summer Olsson, Mike Ostroski, and Martin Patterson.

“It’s so nice to have our core creative group back together again,” said executive producer Hroncich. “Rob has written an incredibly funny script, and I’m so thrilled with Scott’s directing. I can’t wait for folks to see it.”

The 48-Hour Film Project is a script-to-screen competition where teams write, shoot, and edit a short film within a 48-hour timespan. All teams must include three elements within their film (a prop, a character, and a line of dialogue) and randomly draw a film genre. (We drew dark comedy.) This year’s required elements were a mask, an employee of the electric company named Lee Stevens, and the line “I can’t get it out of my head.”

The film premiers Saturday June 11 at the Kimo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque.