01Knox Vega
The last man let go.
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THE ROAD GOES
BEYOND EARTH.
Long Haulers follows Knox Vega, a working man out of work on Earth, across a galaxy where trouble travels faster than freight.
LONG HAULERS · CREATED BY MICHAEL McGRUTHER
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Buffalonickel Films Inc. is an independent entertainment studio founded by writer and filmmaker Michael McGruther. We make character-first worlds for the screen, the page, and the airwaves.
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Long Haulers
A blue-collar space adventure about work, friendship, and keeping the ship together when the universe has other plans.
Meet the crew—and the forces against them
The Long Haulers universe
Character-first science fiction, built one relationship, one job, and one impossible delivery at a time.
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02VIRA
Awakened by wonder.
03Zardak Varro
From shadow into light.
04Wembley
Built for purpose. Bound by honor.
05Mok
Have love, will travel.
06Yadda
Artist. Rebel. Fully here.
07Parsec
Pattern reader. System breaker.
08Dark Varro
I am the one.
A BuffalonickelTV Special Presentation
GUEST
STAR
An unexpected face steps into the Long Haulers world—and the line between the show, the set, and the story begins to disappear.
Coming to BuffalonickelTVTHE UNIVERSE
HAS ROOM
FOR ONE MORE.
HAS ROOM
FOR ONE MORE.
The studio
One voice.
Many forms.
Buffalonickel’s work moves freely between episodic series, feature films, fiction, conversation, and cultural criticism.
Long Haulers
Original serialized science fiction starring Knox Vega.
Guest Star
A new Buffalonickel production. Coming soon.
From page to screen
Original screenplays, short films, and motion pictures.
Selected film work
Cinema is
where it started.
2000
Tigerland
Feature screenplay · 20th Century Fox
WRITER2006
Blood Son
Short film
WRITER / DIRECTORIn development
OMIM
Motion picture
CREATORIn development
The Puddle Club
Feature adaptation
WRITER / DIRECTOR
▶Michael McGruther Presents
The Last
Tiffin
A cinematic short about what becomes possible when filmmakers collaborate across borders.
Written and edited by Michael McGruther from footage supplied by a creative partner he never met in person—an experiment in global filmmaking with a human story at its center.
Watch the short filmOn the page
Books built
to travel.
Fiction from Hosel & Ferrule—Michael McGruther’s independent publishing imprint.
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OMIM
Science fiction
Kirkus Review
The Tracks We Make
Coming of age
Kirkus Review
The Puddle Club
Illustrated adventure
Kirkus Review
The Secrets of Tiantong
The story reimagined from both sides
Crisis Moon
The American side of the story
SubPopCult
The New Reiteration
One conflict. Two perspectives.
From Crisis Moon to The Secrets of Tiantong
Crisis Moon tells the American side of a geopolitical struggle in space. The Secrets of Tiantong returns to that world and reimagines the story from both the American and Chinese points of view.
Two novels in conversation across cultures.Ideas & conversation
Culture is a story
we tell together.
Essays and long-form conversations on authorship, media, power, and the future of independent art.
NEW MANIFESTO · MICHAEL McGRUTHERYou can’t stop
You can’t stop
this train.
How fan participation becomes fan belonging—and why it changes everything.
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MICHAEL McGRUTHER · FOUNDERThe founder
A working storyteller.
Michael McGruther is a writer, director, performer, author, publisher, and podcast host. Buffalonickel Films brings those disciplines together under one roof.
His screenplay for Tigerland became the Joel Schumacher film that introduced Colin Farrell to American audiences. His career has since crossed feature development, short film, independent publishing, cultural commentary, and serialized entertainment.
SCREENTigerland · Blood Son · Long Haulers
PAGEFive novels · Hosel & Ferrule
AIRSubPopCult · 151 episodes
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