Rebane Reaffirms His Run for Governor of Wisconsin

June 2, 2010

SAXON, Wis. — In his blog today, Bill Rebane reaffirmed his run for governor of Wisconsin. Using unusually strong language for a political candidate, he pulled no punches in his criticism of U.S. president Barack Obama and briefly outlined his platform.

"I will not hold long speeches and provide you with useless political rhetoric," wrote Rebane. "You the voters know what's wrong. Now is the time to make some real decisions and get government out of your lives. We want our country and our freedom back."

Bill Rebane's blog: http://billrebanenews.com/wordpress/ •••

Rosemont Production Delayed?

February 28, 2010

SAXON, Wis. — Rumor has it that Enderby Entertainment again has delayed the production of Rosemont, formerly Winter Roses, which was to star Shirley MacLaine. According to a Hollywood inside source, the picture suffered the same fate for the third year because of Shirley MacLaine's attempts to control the entire enchilada of production staff and casting. Shirley MacLaine has been in and out of the project for five years and, at one point, had attempted to plagiarize the original screenplay, written by Bill Rebane.

Rebane, working through Hollywood agent Gerald Wolff, had secured funding in amounts of five to six million dollars for the picture several times, only to be told that the budget was not high enough to attract the major stars, including Shirley MacLaine. Subsequently, Wolff and Associates, in cooperation with Jack Jilardy of ICM, claimed they had set the budget at 23 million and then proceeded to start production in Santa Fe, New Mexico… only to find out — after all sets were built and a crew of fifty union people hired for the production — that Gerald Wolff's money source was fake and that Wolff's investor had been arrested for stock fraud.

Finally, after more numerous attempts to sort out the overall problems and issues, Rebane sold the screenplay to Enderby Entertainment and Rick Dugdale, having been assured the picture would go into production no later than 2009 — and then the winter of 09/10. Finally, Rebane disclosed, just prior to the sale of the screen property, that both Shirley MacLaine and Daniel Petrie Jr. had jointly begun to make changes to the original screenplay, prior to having any permission and/or rights to same.

In closing, Rebane calls this a typical example of Hollywood under-the-table dealings and unscrupulous business practices. •••

Production News

February 24, 2010

SAXON, Wis. — The Shooting Ranch Studios, Bill Rebane's production arm, announced its slate of productions today for 2010.

- In post-production: "Ghostly Obsessions". Shooting has completed, film slated for release by Synergy Entertainment at end of April 2010. This drama/mystery stars Jessica Windance Maddock, Sherry Caffaro and Evan Sassman.

- "Silver Street". A documentary/docudrama portraying the history of the infamous Hurley, Wisconsin's Silver Street, going back to the late 1800s and including the time of prohibition.

- In production: Bill Rebane's docudrama "Untold Ghost Stories", a 90-minute television series pilot hosted by Corey Udley and Bill Rebane which will feature a terrifying account of real ghost and haunted house experiences, including the only existing footage of one of America's most haunted mansions, the "Summer Wind Mansion" of Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin.

- In preparation: "Saving Grandma", a feature-length comedy film for mid-summer 2010 production. Original Screenplay by Tony Woiak, Director: Bill Rebane, Producer: Barbara J. Rebane, Associate Producer: Michael Radtke.

- In preparation: "The Naked Ghost", a feature-length mystery/thriller slated for fall 2010. Screenplay by Bill Rebane, Producers: Corey Udley and Michael Radtke, Associate producer: Evan Sassman.

The Shooting Ranch Studios are a reinstatement of Bill Rebane's Shooting Ranch Studios in Gleason, Wisconsin, the Midwest's major independent feature film production studio for over 35 years. •••

Bill Rebane in Final Negotiations with Artists Limited

February 6, 2010

SAXON, Wis. — Bill Rebane is in final negotiations with Artists Limited, an international royalty collection agency and representative for recording artists and producers who have been cheated out of intellectual rights, royalties and income for decades.

Royalty theft and unlicensed use of copyrighted material have reached critical condition status. Artists and producers are, at times, destitute and unable to defend their rights and/or collect on golden age royalties and essential supplementary income from artistic copyrighted works from their past.

Rebane is signing a representation agreement with Artists Limited to collect royalties for the unlicensed use of over ten motion pictures which, over a time span of 30 years, have been exposed on a global basis without regard for intellectual rights, copyrights and royalties thereof, which mandatorily and legally are to flow to toward the rightful owners. For openers, Rebane names Best Brain, the original creators of Mystery Science Theater 3000; Retromedia Entertaniment; Google video; Image Entertainment; bit torrents; Warner Music; Something Weird Video; and The Directors Guild of America in the massive sham being perpertrated on an ongoing basis in the game of piracy and unlicensed fraud by unscrupulous marketers of other people's properties.

Further, Rebane invites any and all music artists and film producers who have suffered from the same violations to write to this website, or directly, for further information on representation on royalty collections.

Artists Limited is currently representing such clients as the Bing Crosby Estate, Cab Calloway, and Eddie Howard, amongst other notable clients. •••

Bill Rebane to Run for Governor of Wisconsin

November 3, 2009

SAXON, Wis. — Early this morning, Bill Rebane released the following statement.

"YES. I am going to run for governor of the State of Wisconsin, this time with an early start and lots on the plate for our return to the American Dream. Neither parties offer what we need to strive for: A well functioning free enterprise system, reduced taxes, the cutting of unnecessary regulations, eradication of corruption in government, the fixing of health care by leaving the best alone, radical changes in the system of education, the end of useless wars and, in all, the restoration of the American Dream with common sense and logic."

Mr. Rebane is currently accepting questions and comments at his e-mail address: billrebane@billrebanenews.com. •••