Joaquin Phoenix is too…

I finally got some sleep and I wanted to write a follow-up to my last post.  I wanted to be clear that my lamentations were purely for dramatic effect (we have to make the mundane struggles seem interesting somehow ... [read more]

12:23 am

Posted in communications, life · 93 Comments » ·  tags: reanimated, rejuvenated, replenished, rested, revitalized, revived, sleep

Remember when I was all like, “I wanna make a Myst movie!”?  Remember that?  Yeah…What was I thinking?

It’s 12:30 pm and I’ve officially been up for 24 and 1/2 hours straight.  Why you ask?  Why?  I’ll te ... [read more]

12:36 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications · 40 Comments » ·  tags: dead, depleated, drained, empty, exhusted, gone, sleep, tired

Disappointing but not unexpected news…  We’ve had our first official pass on the project by a studio.  The call came late yesterday.

While there is always a tinge of hurt that comes with any rejection, we are not discouraged in the ... [read more]

4:01 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, planning · 71 Comments » ·  tags: disappointment, not worried, pass, rejection, tricks

Back in good-old Indiana.  We walked in from the airport at 3:45 am yesterday morning.  It would have been nice to make a triumphant return - a ticker-tape parade and perhaps a few “Hail Caesar’s”, but sadly it was much less ceremon ... [read more]

5:07 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, planning · 87 Comments » ·  tags: anna, conference room, confusion, Cory, executive, isaac, jason, lot, panic, Pitch, story, studio, work, Yale

Okay, so that title didn’t really pan out like I’d hoped it would.  Just doesn’t quite have the ring I was looking for.  Oh well.

Anyway,  I’m exhausted.  It’s currently 3:20 am LA time and I thought I’d w ... [read more]

5:44 am

Posted in collaborators, communications, life, planning · 110 Comments » ·  tags: caughee, coffee, exhausted, junior executive, koffee, no sleep, pich, Pitch, pytch, studio executive, talk, transcript of events

In response to my “Memo” post, we received an email from a community member named 75th Trombone.   He wanted to direct us to his blog where he’s shared some of his thoughts and concerns about our project.  I’m pleased by his p ... [read more]

2:48 am

Posted in communications, planning, script · 195 Comments » ·  tags: 75th Trombone, action, animatic, blah blah blah, boring, intentions, lame, memo

So, I wrote an internal memo today in response to Prince of Persia’s performance in the box office.  When a video game movie fails to perform as it was expected while we’re trying to sell a movie based on a video game to the studios, it ca ... [read more]

12:28 am

Posted in collaborators, communications, planning · 83 Comments » ·  tags: bad news for Myst, memo, partners, Prince of Persia, video game movies

Well, it’s April 1st and I was presented with the option of either doing the whole “April Fools” thing or giving you guys your much requested minimum of one update per month.  I’ve chosen to play it straight and go the update r ... [read more]

5:25 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, planning, website · 161 Comments » ·  tags: crazy, L.A., meetings, needy fans, partners, trip

Well, it appears I’ve got nothing but time.  I had hoped to talk with our lawyer on the phone today, but I can’t raise her.  My alternative course of action?  Create a Uru Live account.  Sounded like a great idea to me until I downloade ... [read more]

7:10 pm

Posted in collaborators, communications, life, planning · 84 Comments »