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The world premier of Primal (aka ‘THE LOST TRIBE’) is going to be at the American Film Market in Santa Monica on Saturday, November 7th, at 7:00 PM PST.
Click HERE for a link to the event.
Here’s the PRIMAL poster:

(Cool poster!)
And here’s a link to the DISTRIBUTORS version of 2:20 trailer (it seems a little dark [...]

One thing newbie writers do is to think that their dialogue is so clever (a-la Clerks) that it will carry a movie. It won’t.
Movies are about “moving pictures” not “moving pictures of two people talking.” If I want to see two people talking, I can go down to the local Jack in the Box, right?

Right.
Put [...]

Since I’m doing this on the fly, I wanted to get in and out.  Here we go with PROJECT UPDATES!
1) 2 0 3 – nobodies really read it!  So sad because it’s pretty damn good. Soon, soon.
2) American Monster – it’s a tough one because of it’s graphic nature and the fact that it’s “based [...]

For all of you folks asking “what’s up with [INSERT TITLE HERE].” 
Here we go. A blow by blow run-down…

On Every. Single. Script.

I saw about 15 minutes of ‘The Lost Tribe.’  It looks excellent!  Hopefully there will be some news in the next couple of months about the release.  Maybe a trailer, even.
I met a lot of people that I had only spoken with on the phone face-to-face, and met some new folks as well. 
Project updates next. Friday.
Happy [...]

A frustrating week brought on by a change in schedule, new computer equipment and… don don don! A bad outline!!!
The good news is, ”11 Days” is still a  solid idea and I’ve have a new appreciation for stream-of-consciousness-no-real-plot Clerks-esque type films.
The bad news is, my crappy outline just wasn’t going to get it done. At least not by me [...]

Short and sweet:
Did some pick-up work on The Lost Tribe. Read Cambridge Film Classics critical analysis book: “The Films of Alfred Hitchcock” (whoa!).   And then…
Last weekend, I went back and created the outline for the new material, breaking it into three crisp, clear acts, setting up each scene, the motivations, etc. etc. Then I went and [...]

Notalotta this week, gang. Here’s the quick version and we’ll regroup next week:
1) Big Blue Meanie – working with a few interested parties on getting it optioned.  Also working with Don Jackson on polishing.
2) Blind Eye – made a whole buncha changes.  It’s much better now. But Larry had an excellent idea — add in a [...]

Two Guys rewrite done, polished, resubmitted, and accepted.
Venture. No news is good news. As of earlier this week, it hadn’t been read by the money people.
Blue Blood has 3.8M of 5M financing in place. Got an extra 1.2M and wanna make a movie? Boy have I got a deal for you! What’s 1.2M between friends?
‘Sposed to [...]