Here we are. End of the year. Hollywood’s been shut down since 11/22 and won’t open back up till 01/05/09. Nice, huh? Not a bad year, writing-wise. Much was learned. Along with re-written everything multiple times, we optioned a few, got The Lost Tribe in the can (and looking spectacular), finished four new scripts (In [...]
Conflict is the essence of a good story. We all have conflict. Both sexes. All ages. All phases of life. We deal with it. We watch others deal with it. We invite it. We shun it. We repress it. Suppress it. Have a sudden break-through where we confess it (ha ha!). Like a Dr. Seuss [...]
The year was 1951. “Klatuu Barad Nikto.” For the uninformed, that’s the signal for Gort (the big silver guy): to not destroy the humans in “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” Every geek should know these words. Every geek. Now, 57 (fifty-seven!!!) years later, the remake opens TODAY (in the good ‘ole US of A, [...]
Through my oxycodone haze I had to keep working. The last week has been a little rough. Both knees ‘scoped. No, it’s not brain surgery, but it’s no picnic, either. If my ass didn’t hurt from sitting too long, my swollen knees were yelling for me to get off of them, and vice-versa. When I [...]