Archive for the ‘0801’ Category

Gig Bags and Pussycats



This gig bag from Sadowsky's Guitars looks pretty cool. But I'm afraid it doesn't have shoulder straps -- and that's a deal-killer.I have a list of script notes to apply to the Day 2 screenplay. I should have gotten on them today. But instead I went to the vet with ...

What Am I Really Doing?



Tomorrow I deliver Clonehunter to the lab.I'm also up to page... 36? on Day 2.I am fighting the computer gods and trying to make a DVD. Seriously, my studio can't make a bloody DVD. We have what... upwards of six computers and none of them can reliably burn a DVD? ...

What



Here's a notion for the spacestation in Earthkiller.I'm on page 12 of "Day 2". Hopefully my outline will work out. I realize that every time I write the words "she walks down an empty street" I'm causing a lot of AfterEffects painting to happen in post.Furthermore, this incredibly not-safe-for-work thing ...

Friday’s Update



Here's a kind of brilliant sequence in My Bloody Valentine where Betsy Rue, naked, chases after her jerk lover, then gets chased by the gas-mask-wearing bad guy. Interestingly, the scene with the bed is very similar to a scene we have in Earthkiller.Of course in Earthkiller the bad guy gets ...

Where They Are Now



So, we're still working on shots to finish up Clonehunter. Ian has sent us some footage. Maduka leaves for Geneva on the 15th. It looks like we'll make it.We have a movie called Earthkiller that's ready to go but our sales rep has frightened us into talking about doing a ...

New Schedule



Link to Earthkiller script. That link should always keep the most updated version of the show. I had to make a change recently -- I realized that the same character at the beginning couldn't be the "half man" in the middle.I put together a 19-day schedule for Earthkiller. 1. Helen ...

Pressing the Button



OK, nobody's given me no script analysis about Earthkiller.So I guess I'll make a decision on my own.Heavy is the head that holds the crown.Pandora Machine is greenlighting project number 0801: Earthkiller.All hands to battle stations.From.

Ready the Pandora Machine Mr. Sulu



Today is inbox zero day. I'm going to make it to zero. I am.Just.You.Wait.And today I'm going to activate the Pandora Machine and greenlight Earthkiller. Heck, I guess I can say I'm gonna greenlight it even if I don't have a schedule for it. But I'm gonna press the button. ...

Sundralicious



Dreamworks is developing a live-action Ghost in the Shell.Who said it, Kanye or Hitler? Yeah. I know. From Garfunkle and Oats.Via Jason Birdsall "Rockfish":For those of you who have broken down scripts before you probably know this annoyance: Final Draft (or virtually any other screenwriting program) knows who speaks in ...

Earthkiller



I'm just posting these pictures in order to amuse Bill Cunningham.Rubber crowbar, $70. Seems to be something we always need.So I worked with this screenwriter once, Anthony Jaswinski, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1097510/he said something really interesting to me: he always tried to find the name of a movie from something in the script. ...