ArtscenePHOTO BY JUSTIN TYLER CLOSE ACTOR AND PRODUCER:Josh Close (left) and Justin Tyler Close (right) have just completed their first featurefilm together.Elder brother Josh wrote and stars in the film Replicas,while Justin handled production duties.PHOTO BY BRENDON MEADOWS Close brothers make first feature film togetherBy Dominik Kurekdifferent routes into the world ofmonths, Justin said of his olderue producing more magazines.We finally just did it.ItsOAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFshowbiz.brother.This (film) was kind of specialsuch a dream.You cannotThe 29-year-old Josh movedRegimbal is the director for thisbecause it was our first filmexplain in words howThey moved away in pursuit ofaway to Los Angeles to pursue anfilm, which stars Selma Blairtogether and (Josh) just wrote itcareers in film and now things areacting career and has appeared ingreat it feels to create(known for a role in Hellboy)with that mindset (of starring). Westarting to come together for twoshows such as the HBO miniseriesalongside Josh as her husband.all had that mindset, Justin said.something from Oakville brothers.The Pacific.Other stars include James DArcyWhats better than that? Writingthe ground up.Justin Tyler Close and hisThe 26-year-old Justin on the(W.E.) and Rachel Miner (Bully).your own character and your littlebrother Josh Close are currently inother hand, began dabbling in pho-The team at The Studiobrother making the movie.Justin Tyler Close,the post-production stages of thetography at a young age, whichMovement created the idea. MoneyJustin said he learned every-film producermore than $1 million film theyeventually led him to film. Hecame from a Telefilm grant andthing from his older brother. Joshcreated and shot in Britishmoved to B.C. and attended andprivate investors and the finalhas a home in Toronto so whenColumbia, where Justin currentlygraduated from the Vancouverwith celebrities and artists.product will premier at theeither of them returns to the GTAlives.Film School. He set up inIt was created as a tool to getToronto International Filmthey stay there and they have fam-Its great. Its a dream. WhatVancouver and formed a pair ofinto the door with a lot of theseFestival (TIFF) and then it will goily in Oakville and the area still.could be better? asked Justin, on abusinesses with co-founder andpeople, Justin said. It ended upout on the film circuit.They also hope to one day workvisit back to Oakville. We bothpartner Jeremy Power Regimbal.cannonballing into its own prod-We shot in this beautiful 19th-in Oakville.have killed ourselves trying toThey met when Justin made hisuct. It sort of blew up and now wecentury mansion out in Langley,Wed love to shoot here,make it. We grew up here infirst short film, which Regimbalsell in Jamaica, we sell in Thailand,B.C., Justin said.Justin said. I was 19 before I everOakville and a lot of people, whenedited, that ended up at the Canneswe sell in Singapore, New Zealand,The plot of the story is basical-left and he was around the samewe came back, said, Where haveFilm Festival.Australia, all over Europe and allly about family and the dramas ofage, 18 or 19, when he went to LA.you been? Thank God forThe first of the businesses isover North America.trying to keep a family together inId love to shoot here. We have soFacebook. But weve been outThe Studio Movement, a film pro-Josh also writes for the maga-a more thriller kind of sense.many great stories about Oakville.there trying to make a movie. Weduction company, under whichzine and he wrote the script forThis is not the only project forCurrently however the twofinally just did it. Its such a dream.label the current film, titledReplicas.the Vancouver production compa-businesses keep Justin busy. TheYou cannot explain in words howReplicas, was shot. The secondSince hes such a brilliantny. Over the next little while it willmagazine requires travel to placesgreat it feels to create somethingcompany is The Lab Magazine, awriter, well give him an idea andproduce a number of films, alreadyor work around the schedules offrom the ground up.several times a year magazine fea-hell go out and torment himselfin the working stages and the teamthe stars the magazine features.The two brothers had slightly turing interviews and photographyand write this thing for a fewof Justin and Regimbal will contin-See Producer page 25www.oakvillebeaver.com OAKVILLE BEAVERFriday, January 21, 2011 24