Showdown in Secret City is Almost Here!

Poster Reveal

You know the movie release is getting close when the poster is done. Thanks to WILL TROTTER! Big N Funky's next movie in the Smoky Mountain Chronicles pits four filmmakers against the A.I. inside the Oak Ridge Super Computer in a battle for the soul of art. Who will win? Watch the movie, stupid. Or even better, buy the DVD. 

Spanish Version of Showdown!
El Gordo Gringo vs. La Supercomputadora Malvada

Did I mention DVD? I did. But there is a surprise! In SHOWDOWN IN SECRET CITY, Travis Graves and Kandi Thompson are the two leads- and with Travis wrestling under the moniker El Gordo Gringo in real life, we felt like a release of "Showdown in Secret City" for Spanish speaking markets would be primo. Yes, I realize primo is an Italian word. Wait, it also means cousin in Spanish... I think. OK... we may need some help on this. But I assure you- it's coming! (Gross)

John Henry (Rats in the Cornfield)

I wrote and recorded a song for the first time in 21 years. You know what that means, right? Yes. I'm old. So old in fact I needed a lot of help. This song is the main track for the movie SHOWDOWN IN SECRET CITY, and my friends came a-runnin' when I told them the Funkmaster V needed some back up. This song is pretty badass, and here are the contributors to the track:

Funkmaster V: composition, 12-string bass, lyrics

Joshua Lee Jordan: guitar, mixing, arrangement, drum programming

Lukas Patterson: vocals, engineering, mastering, drum programming, additional programming

Spaceman Jones: lyrics, vocal performance

EMVN: lyrics, vocal performance

J. Maximus: lyrics, vocal performance

Courtney Cox: music video model

This song will drop May 9th on everything: itunes, Amazon Music, Apple Music, etc. Please listen and check out the video!

Wait...There's a video?

Dude- this song is friggin' great... but this music video is gonna blow yer brainz. It combines all of these aforementioned talented indie artists, John Henry lore, and clips from the movie. There may even secrets in the damn video about the film. WATCH CLOSELY. This video was shot over 3 days featuring 7 artists in 7 states. Needless to say, I am tired. Oh yeah, cinematographer Jeremy Valk went on the trip and kicked ass filming. He's tired too.

MEDIA BITZ

We are trying our damnedest to get people to watch this movie- and that means talking to news outlets, podcasts, radio shows, TV networks, etc. The following links are a few places Funkmaster V, Luke Walker, Travis Graves, and Kandi Thompson have popped up talking about the film. ENJOY!

WDBJ:
East Tennessee filmmakers complete AI-themed indie comedy ‘Showdown in Secret City’

Creative Evolution W/ Josie Tipton Episode 7: Big Luke Walker

Creative Evolution w/ Josie Tipton Episode 8: Vinnie "Funkmaster V"Vineyard

Tabor-Loris Tribune

Click the link here: Tabor Loris Tribune

We Made Some Badass Music Videos

Big N Funky Productions and Jeremy Valk have tag teamed up to make some funktastic country music videos for our pals Emisunshine and Fish Fisher/ Scott Southworth. Check them out below! Show them love!

Emisunshine- Miss This Town

Fish Fisher/ Scott Southworth- Book of Sin

Showdown in Secret City- The Sneaker Peeker

Showdown in Secret City- The Sneaker Peeker

Showdown in Secret City is in post production!

This sci-fi horror comedy is the tale of 4 punk rock filmmakers who are forced to work with Artificial Intelligence to create a blockbuster or get kicked out of the film industry forever. Once the film is made, things take a turn for the worse. A film by Big N Funky Productions/ The Fourth Chapter in the Smoky Mountain Chronicles/ Distributed by Burning Blub Productions. #ai #evilai #badai #oakridge  

Glory Be! The Funk's On Me!

 Funkmaster V on EXPLORING THE PARANORMAL

Sunday, Feb 15th, Vinnie "Funkmaster V" Vineyard will be on the LIVE show EXPLORING THE PARANORMAL with Sha Wooten at 6pm/ 5 CST. They will talk about how Big N Funky & Wrestling With Ghosts' paranormal investigations have influenced their horror comedy feature films, especially their newest film "SHOWDOWN IN SECRET CITY" 

Click Here to Watch!

The Atari Network Podcast with Carl Johan

Atari Network Podcast Tonight!!! 9PM EST

Tonight, the kids in the hall talk to Carl Forhan, the founder of Songbird Productions! If you know anything about the Atari Jaguar's homebrew scene, this guy is doing his damndest to produce quality shizz in the land of misfit toys. Join the chat and participate TONIGHT! #atari #AtariJaguar #retrogaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zHuQoX_jYw

Weird Roads w/ Vinnie Vineyard NEW EPISODES

Late last year, Vinnie was able to explore the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada and I-15 between Las Vegas and Yermo California. 2 Weird Roads indeed. The desert landscape may be great for those of us sitting in winter hells this season. Subscribe to ASY TV to see these episodes and more great travel programming! Search ASY TV on Roku!

Happy New Funk Year

 Funkmaster V on the Errs

On 1/15/2026 at 3 PM Eastern, Funkmaster V will be on Paranormal Insight w/ Tim Sudano! He will be talking about the Smoky Mountain Chronicles, the seven movies Big N Funky is making about the Appalachian legends and lore, spooks and specters!

 #Paranormal #Ghosts #Horror #Comedy #Gatlinburg #GreatSmokyMountains

Here's a link to the channel:

https://youtube.com/@paranormal_insight?si=-LK2S2bzo6C9zOAJ

Sam Hatmaker's new Video is Live!!!

Sam Hatmaker just won a Josie Award for the song "Hercules" and now she is back with another video we shot for her: "Grow Up". This is more 90s rock than indie county, but it kicks booty all the same!

SNEAK PREVIEW OF SHOWDOWN IN SECRET CITY!!!

We are editing Showdown in Secret City as we speak, but to whet your appetite, click the link below for a sneaky sneak peak at a clip from the movie. We hope you enjoy it!!! The clip will be live on 1/15/2026 at 10PM EST
#horror #comedy #scifi #showdowninsecretcity #oakridge #ai #badai #evilai #robots

Showdown in Secret City Progress

 Just Wanted to Say Hi!

Wanted to do a little online photo dump for the movie "Showdown in Secret City". We are editing this week and still have about 25% of the movie left to shoot. We can't wait for you guys to see this and we are hopeful this gets a 2025 physical media release!!! 

Big N Funky Appearances!

Big N Funky (whether it is Funkmaster V, Big Luke, or other sexy combinations) will be at some cons and fests this fall. Here are some confirmed dates:

Sep 19-20 Cil-Con in Gays, Illinois
Oct 11 Private Event in Cincinnati Ohio
Oct 18 Nerd Words Con in La Follette, TN 

Oct 25 Tranquility 72hr Film Fest in Benton County, TN