HK2

On this, the North American dvd release day, I'll let you in on a little secret...
I really hoped for a sequel.
I hoped for a chance to do it bigger and better.
I even had a title -- Hollywood Kills: On Location.

I don't want to ruin it for viewers by telling too many details, but the concept was solid and ready to go. Simply waiting on someone to want it. Is that still a possibility? Who knows?

I think there's a lot of room to play with a psychotic Hollywood producer who twists your desires into punishing deaths. I think the survivors of Hollywood Kills had more story in them. Survival is its own kind of horror after all.

Maybe if we find some kind of cult following, I'll get the opportunity to tell that second story.

Not entirely accurate, per se, but it ends funny.

"Hollywood Kills", written by Nicholas Brandt and Regan Wynne, directed by Sven Pape, is a torture porn type movie with a Hollywood twist. It's about an insane, reclusive director/producer that terrorizes people who come to Hollywood by twisting their dreams into fiendish torture in his own private "studio". Jesus, isn't Hollywood hell enough?

http://deadharvey.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-horror-out-on-dvd-this-week_20.html


Any press is good press though, right?

Bless Them

Within the course of about a day and a half, we heard back from one of the producers and the director and it was across-the-board positive.

Will have to wait another week for the third major voice to chime in, but with high hopes it will join the chorus of "woot"

Re-Writing (across the universe)

Always moving forward 'cause we still can't find reverse.

Re-write is for all intents and purposes done. Will re-read again tonight before sending it off for tomorrow's due date and then wait for reactions.

I hate waiting for reactions. I don't care who has the script, be it a friend who is going to give notes on up to a director/producer, it's really tough for me. As readers of the blog (or just acquaintances) know, I'm horribly impatient. Add the general anxiety of "What are they going to think?" and it gets quite messy on my insides. It generally only physically manifests as a stress zit, the biggest and nastiest of all zits.

Pretty much all of my writing partners agree -- Nick cares too much.
I don't know how to be any other way.

Watching the Detectives

Okay, that's an Elvis Costello song title and has nothing to do with this entry.
Rewrite (of the rewrite... of the rewrite...) scheduled for Wednesday July 8th.
I'd love to know going in what we'll be tackling, but I'd also love to win Mega Millions.*





*Seriously, universe, hook me up with Mega Millions Friday. Thank you.

The Reading

The reading was a hoot.
It took place at the director's house. There were actors in attendance to read all of the major roles.
It was great to hear our words coming out of other people's mouths. The film hasn't been cast yet, so it will be interesting to see who from the reading won over the producers and director and also who ultimately will be playing our Dorks.

Some moments really worked well without the physical setup. Some will require more energy.

A lot of the actors came up afterward and let us (John and I know) how funny and talented we are.... which was nice.

One of the Executive Producers now has pages of notes so we will anxiously wait to see what becomes of that.