Brian and I have been in our new place for over a month now. As I suspected, we were not able to find anything that we could afford AND would work for The Gateway House. So we will definitely need to find more financing to relaunch pre-production, as we will now need to rent a location. We were able to shoot all the Bringer of Death pickups I know we needed prior to moving out
Brian and I just found out we are being forced to move. Yes, in the middle of the pandemic. The owner of the house has decided she wants to sell. Because we're renting a single-family home, we're unfortunately not protected by the eviction moratorium. On its own, moving sucks. But this is worse for us, as it has a tremendous impact on both features, The Gateway House and Bringer of Death. The reason we were
I know, I know... it's much too early for pickups! But there's always been this sequence that's bothered me all the way back to the script stage and I could never quite put my finger on why. Well, we recently watched David Fincher's new film 'Mank' and I was immediately inspired to take the sequence in a different direction... something that will be much more interesting for the story. A couple days later (today), we're
First off, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! This year is a weird one, not being able to visit people. But I'm much more buoyed than I expected to be... probably because, instead of Thanksgiving, it feels a bit more like Christmas morning... I purposely haven't provided any updates over the last several months because I didn't want to jinx anything. After the demoralizing postponement of Gateway, you can't be too careful. But last night, after many
It was a rough go of it for a few weeks after postponing The Gateway House. It didn't help that Brian and I live in our primary location, which remained full of props and set dec for the shoot... a constant reminder of just how close we were. Then a couple weeks ago (few weeks ago? I really don't know... time has become meaningless in lockdown) Brian and I started brainstorming a new idea... something