The Watermelon has a distribution deal on the table...we are gonna go for it, it seems, keeping theatrical and foreign rights while distrib. will get it on Netflix, with Blockbuster, pay per views, chain stores etc. Will this help pay off investors and deferred pay? One can hope a dent will be made -- I dream of the day I may actually get my deferred script fee and producer's salary.
Two projects have had their options re-newed last week. Much needed $$$. Will they ever get made? Who knows. Hopefully.
My screenplay The Gold Tooth is in competition at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. This is, what, my fourth year there? The first one, 2006, Liv Kellgren was so excited about attending as we had two scripts in competition, and she had never come this close to the fabled Hollywood Dream, but of course she fucked that up for herself like she does everything (see first post of this blog) and missed out on that in her life, the Hollywood dreamer who had Hollywood denied. Deservedly so.
Looks like I may get this microgrant to make a short documentary in Tijuana, that will screen at Cannes with a few others. Will know for sure in a week or two but my phone talk with the project mentor went well. I'm keen on showing something at Cannes this year.
Looks like Fifty Bucks may be dead in the fray and its rights tied up till November. I think Sean is gonna fuck me out of the Chinese-set version for Amblin, like I knew he would. Ya just can;'t trust anyone in H'wood.
Trying to finish pilots The Interior and Sanchez & Kelly for pitching season this summer. Do wanna get The Interior into Slamdance's TV thing. I think it could do as well as Blogger did and make final cut.
Dunno if my short "Valerie" will be shot. Was supposed to last Jan. -- I go thru this a lot with sorts: these people get all hyped on shooting my stuff, using them as calling cards and festival entries, all this big talk, and then they bail or vanish. Ya just got deal with all the "talkers" in H'wood who love to gab about what they're gonna do and they never do shhhyat.
"So it goes." -- Kurt Vonnegut
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