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Down East Magazine
February, 2025 issue The only Maine film reviewed to get 5 Pine Trees (Stars) Maine Character Grading a slate of buzzy new films set in the Pine Tree State by Brian Kevin "If you've ever pressed play on a movie set in Maine only to see majestic forests of lodgepole pine and hear bizarrely mangled Boston accents, you know Hollywood's record of rendering Vacationland is mixed...Nevertheless, of the handful of Maine-set flicks to recently hit streaming services, two were shot here, at least partially. How well did the lot capture the Pine Tree State? We rated 'em, bub."
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Boston Business Journal:
Lobsters for Turkey Day I watched the movie with my family a couple weeks ago and highly recommend it. Zak Steiner ("White Men Can't Jump") offers a great, heartfelt lead performance, and you may recognize Greer Grammer and a few others from the cast. You can find it on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV or Fandango at Home.
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Maine Biz: Movie about Maine lobstermen lights up the state's small cinemas
“'The Ghost Trap' has been a lone bright spot on the balance sheet,” Walton said. "There have been operating days where it accounted for 80% to 90% of daily box office receipts.”
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TikTok-famous lobsterman Jacob Knowles endorses The Ghost Trap
With more that 3.1 million followers on TikTok, Jacob Knowles, a fifth-generation lobsterman, has been going out on lobster boats since he was five years old. He's been credited with educating the masses about the realities of the lobstering industry.
This summer, lead actors Zak Steiner and Greer Grammer drove all the way to Winter Harbor to meet Jacob. It was a fun segment where he tested their baiting and banding skills with lobsters. Extra points went to Greer for holding onto her purse throughout the whole exercise! Click on the image to the left to watch the video! |
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Author, producer of book-to-film adaptation 'The Ghost Trap' talk to WABI
Author/Screenwriter and lobsterman & co-producer Ryan Post discuss how important it was to film a Maine story in Maine.
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Lead actor Zak Steiner talks about his new role in The Ghost Trap
A video interview by Bond on Cinema
Ladies and gentlemen, make it a note that when The Ghost Trap debuts, you have to go see it. We need more films like this one. When you combine love and tragedy you have a modern day version of Romeo & Juliet. Even though I have seen this wonderful film, I will be buying a ticket and watch it again in the movie theater. |
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The Ghost Trap Stars Zak Steiner & Greer Grammar
A video interview with Robert Bannon
THE GHOST TRAP, based on the novel of the same name by K. Stephens, is now a feature film and the stars are here to tell us all about it! The new elevated drama/thriller stars Zak Steiner (White Men Can’t Jump, Euphoria) & Greer Grammer (Awkward, Deadly Illusions). They are here to talk about tackling this challenging shoot and why it is the perfect time to check this film out! |
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Film Threat
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WABI-5-TV, July 15
Maine book made into a film debuting at the Maine International Film Festival Among 22 films made by Maine filmmakers is a movie called The Ghost Trap. This movie based off of a novel about Maine lobstermen written by K. Stephens has been a work in progress since 2018.
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Fox 22 Bangor, July 15
BANGOR -- A movie called "The Ghost Trap" has been named the centerpiece film of this year's Maine International Film Festival in Waterville. It's based on a book by Maine author K. Stephens and it centers on two characters, a lobsterman named Jaimie and his girlfriend Anja, who is also his sternman. Actors Zak Steiner and Greer Grammer, as well as producer Peter Couture II, stopped by our studios Monday to talk about what drew them into this film. There's also a sneak peek. View Part I: Cast
View Part II: Producers & Lobstermen
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The Vermont Standard, July 12
Vermont Film Festival Comes to Town July 25-28 In addition to the super-local, the festival will screen several feature-length films, including “The Ghost Trap,” based on the book by Maine resident K. Stephens. “It’s the story of a young lobsterman who is forced to choose between right and wrong when his girlfriend suffers a traumatic head injury, and a rival lobstering family sabotages his gear, sparking a deadly trap war,” Stephens told the Standard. “It’s essentially a love story, and a story of the interconnected, very difficult relationships that Mainers have.”
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Sun Journal, July 7
Waterville Film Festival At Center of Maine's Cinematic Universe
Some of the films vying for the Tourmaline Prizes this year include: “The Ghost Trap,” a story focused on lobstermen based on the novel by Maine author K. Stephens and filmed around Rockland.
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Maine Lobster Festival, July 10
Maine Lobster Festival Featured In New Indie Feature Film 'The Ghost Trap'
What could be more authentic than actual footage from the Maine Lobster Festival? In the film, there are about three minutes of footage that Director James Khanlarian and Director of Photography Michael Tedford shot with the full blessing of The Maine Lobster Festival.
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Bangor Daily News, July 11
27th Maine International Film Festival Celebrates In-State Productions
“The Ghost Trap” is enjoying its New England premiere and serving as MIFF’s Centerpiece film this year. Gorgeously shot on Maine’s stunning coastal seawaters and based on the novel by K. Stephens, the film follows a young lobsterman whose happy life is threatening to fall apart as his loving girlfriend suffers a debilitating head injury and a rival lobstering crew grows increasingly hostile.
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Portland Press Herald, July 8
12 Hidden Gems of This Year's Maine International Film Festival
Based on the novel by Maine author K. Stephens, this tale of a lobsterman beset by misfortune, treachery and inner demons is as Maine as it gets. Shot on Maine’s choppy waters and boasting a cast brimming with authenticity (including Maine resident Xander Berkeley), this feature from director James Khanlarian delves into some uniquely Maine drama.
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Vimooz, June 18, 2024
MIFF chooses The Ghost Trap as its Centerpiece Film The drama thriller movie The Ghost Trap, which is based on the lobstering novel of the same name by Maine author and screenwriter, K. Stephens, makes its Maine premiere as the Centerpiece Film for the 2024 Maine International Film Festival (MIFF), set to take place July 12-21, 2024.
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Waterville Creates, June 10, 2024
Maine International Announces Full Festival Program
"The Maine-made feature film The Ghost Trap will serve as this year’s centerpiece on Wednesday, July 17. Gorgeously shot on Maine’s stunning seawaters, the adaptation of K. Stephens’ novel follows a young lobsterman caught in an increasingly threatening industry."
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Variety Magazine, May 17, 2024
Freestyle Digital Media Acquires 'The Ghost Trap' Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the drama-thriller “The Ghost Trap.”...Freestyle Digital Media negotiated the deal to acquire “The Ghost Trap” through Alex Nohe at Blood Sweat Honey. The film will be available to rent or own on all digital HD internet, cable and satellite platforms, as well as on DVD, this fall through Freestyle Digital Media.
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Photo by Kay Stephens
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Screen International May 14, 2024
Cannes 2024: the buzz titles from North America Lon Haber & Co will talk up dramatic thriller The Ghost Trap, James Khanlarian’s story about a lobsterman whose fiancée is swept off the boat by a rogue wave, and who is beset by mysterious rivals. Zak Steiner, Greer Grammer, Sarah Catherine Hook and Steven Ogg star.
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WFMY News 2, April 17, 2024
Greensboro filmmaker makes movie debut at
RiverRun International Film Festival An interview with director James Khanlarian on making film-as-art that people want to see. Catch some sneak peeks from the movie in this clip! Click on video to the left to watch. |
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Yes! Weekly, April 10, 2024
Local filmmakers revel in RiverRun experience The 26th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, which takes place April 18-27, will host a bevy of talented filmmakers, some who have attended before and others for the first time.
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Authority Magazine April 4, 2024
Filmmaker James Khanlarian On The 5 Things To Create A Highly Successful Career in TV and Film
"We’re very happy with it. It’s based on a novel by K. Stephens. ...As some people know, but I should explain it, [The Ghost Trap] is a lobster trap, it’s more or less a wire cage, and it sinks to the bottom of the ocean, but it’s attached to a buoy. ... But if for some reason that string is cut and the lobster trap is separated from the buoy, you can never find that lobster trap again, very often with a lobster trapped inside. And so that’s considered a ghost trap. It’s symbolic in our movie, in our story for the thing that has been lost."
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Fox News (Bangor) August 6, 2023
International Great Crate Races
Maine Lobster Festival We talk about how the book became a film and how my lobstering friends made it happen. View video
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Deadline.com August 30, 2022
"The film currently in production in Maine is based on the novel of the same name by K. Stephens. It tells the story of Jamie Eugley (Steiner), a young lobsterman struggling with the grinding responsibilities of a head-injured fiancée (Grammer) and a mounting trap war with a rival lobstering family."
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The Lobster boat Tall Tails out of Spruce Head serves as camera boat and more in Rockport during filming of The Ghost Trap. Photo by Noah Binette.
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“The Ghost Trap is being turned into a movie in towns and harbors from Warren to Camden. It is also the movie company’s first feature film."
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The Ghost Trap doesn't seem to have anything to do with ghosts. |