well hello there?

so what's happened since my last blog? well i spent 3 days in Dublin and it may as well have been Saigon considering how ill i was when i got back. JD is a hell of a guy but i can't keep up with that guy at drinking.

good news is he was interested in the script, though he hasn't finished it. he wants to come on board as a producer and financier. so the budget is there and the film has been cast. Catriona McCaig and Joy McAvoy have filled the last two roles. i had a nice xmas break and now i'm ready to begin rehearsals tomorrow. we are looking for locations and crew members and special fx houses. i've been checking out other horror movies and seeing how they do their fx and i'm about to start the fourth draft of the script. it now runs at 96 pages and i'm making some significant changes to the story and final 20 pages.

i plan to shoot a short teaser trailer in april for the flick and post it on our website, i'm also looking into getting a professional website set up for the company once it goes legit, I'm working on a logo for Hellacool Films, the genre branch of LIFE entertainment.

I'm also working on the 'Pondlife' DVD for the cast/crew/musicians. It now works out at 4 discs. special features include a making of, outtakes/deleted scenes, cast interviews, an alternate scene, cast auditions, audio commentary, video commentary, easter eggs and the original 45 minute version of Pondlife that i wrote in 1999. the cover and disc labels are being designed by Colin Ross Smith of Foghorn films and they look damn good. hopefully it'll be finished late January/early February. i designed some new wallpapers for 'Pondlife'.

meanwhile some offers of working on other projects are being mentioned and I plan to shoot 2-3 short films this year under the LIFE label.

until we speak again.

adios muchachos.