Still Holding

Yes, we’re still on hold. I’m getting sort of pissed. We’re going on 3 weeks now that we’ve had this wrench in the system. I’m tired. I actually canceled my meeting with Miguel yesterday because I’m completely throwing out the Voice Overs. I never intended to use them through out the whole writing process from now till back in November and they just feel forced. So I read through half the screenplay last night and I’m going through the other half today looking for ways to strengthen the screenplay. Miguel did as I asked and went and saw Love Actually. He responded saying he loved the film. I’m glad he saw it so now we both can have a frame of reference as far as structure. And it’s fresh in his mind. I’ll admit that some good stuff has come from this wrench. We did get the screenplay down to 98 pages. Which will make everything easier, and I mean everything. So I canceled my meeting with him and he’s headed out of town for the weekend so the earliest time we can meet is next Tuesday.

I offered the SAG roles to the SAG actors. They both accepted and both sent me there Bio’s for the website right away. Wonderful.

We brought Jamie into the meeting on Wednesday to hear him read. He did a great job. I’m about 90% sure I’m gonna cast him. I need to check out a few other actors and work out some details before I make an offer though.

We had a member of the producing team step down on Wednesday. I’m glad he was able to come to me and tell me he just couldn’t make the large commitment. We’ll work on something else together later on. Believe me when I say I know what it’s like to juggle responsibilities.