Project Passage represents an unorthodox approach to making a Myst movie. As you all know, here at Cyan we’ve shared your passion for a theatrical release motion picture of the Myst novels. We’ve had plenty of ups and downs – rumors and surprises, and a lot of disappointment. But we still have vivid, big-screen mind-movies of the scenes, scenery and characters… and we always get excited by what we see.
When Patrick and Adrian sent us their first creative proposal for Project Passage it lingered for a while. When we finally got around to watching the DVD proposal we were impressed by the work they had put into it, but more importantly, we were ignited by their passion. We suddenly realized that making a Myst movie was not about Hollywood and studios and cigars and agents. It was about passion. So we gave a couple of non-Hollywood types a call and told them we should go for it.
Project Passage did not begin with the disingenuous handshakes of martini executives over burrata caprese at Madeo, but with some real-world, tap-water, grass-roots determination for something that just has to be done. It’s an amazing thing to witness a process like that – a “bootstrap” kind of operation that by sheer force of will and fan excitement manages to pull off something big.
And here’s the fun part – You’ve been invited to witness and be involved in the process – to be an intimate part of a journey to accomplish the impossible. We’ll all be part of every step that Adrian and Patrick take along the way!
It’s time to try to make a movie! The process is going to be crazy and frustrating, invigorating and surprising, infuriating and – most of all – rewarding. In the end, we might all get to sit down with some popcorn and smile from ear to ear. But the big point is that nothing happens unless we try. So let’s try to do it – and let’s try to do it right.
We’ll all share this journey – after all, that’s what life is about.
Rand
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