Monday, August 27, 2007

Pre-Production Day 1

(above, the luxurious Toronto Airport Maple Leaf Lounge and my traditional pilot shoot gear: carry-on, backpack and laptop)

"Pre-Production Day 1" is technically incorrect, as pre-production on the new US television pilot started, officially, Friday. You may be surprised, as I tend to share such events with you. No more surprised than I. Greenlit on Thursday for a tight turnaround, assuming we do all right with casting, hence my momentary silence as I scrambled to adjust. Off to the races, kids.

This moring, equipped with the good Canadian Benadryl (still laden with its crystal meth-friendly ingredients, and so still effective), I've hauled my last-stage flu-ridden carcass onto a flight to Los Angeles. This means not seeing the Lovely Wife for a while, which sucks beyond all belief. It's particularly cruel as our mutual passion, Frisky Dingo, was just about to return to inflame our Sunday eves.

I'll endeavor to share the process with you as completely as possible, taking into account a.) any possible cross-ups with network confidentiality b.) common sense c.) the secret bits where I meet with the Jews and Socialists to insert our secret liberal agenda into our American entertainment products. The ironic bit, of course, is that the premise for the pilot is both a callback to the classic crime/heist shows of the 70's (intentionally) and in its own way as tech-savvy and subversive as Global Frequency. Oh, and craploads of fun. As much fun as we could cram per page.

This is also a very 21st Century project in that the studio is ... a guy. Dean Devlin, occasional business partner and good friend. The only suits are network suits, and the few I've met are pretty damn sharp. Otherwise it's an experiment in solo producing without all the overhead gunk. Dean's pretty aggressive in pursuing new tech -- he'll occasionally buy new video cameras just to test them past the specs the manufacturers use -- and new business models. We'll see what we wind up with using some elements of the New Model of production.

So, Los Angeles today to gather my wits and notes. Sometime later this week, the glory of location scouting. I believe a casting director has already been hired. We'll see if we can get some video up here occasionally as we work. In the meantime, smoke 'em if you got 'em and ask any questions you like. I'll try to answer most without lying.

72 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ok, yes, so...no feature film with Mr. Woo? Or do you just have a crapload of work in the pipeling?

Anonymous said...

"It Takes a Thief." "I Spy." "Spies," the George Hamilton show from the 1980s that nobody remembers, with a great theme song.

Have fun with the TV people, John....

Anonymous said...

What are you shooting? I missed the first ref, I guess.

Anonymous said...

perhaps "shoot" and "pilot" are not the best words to describe anything in an airport....

Dweeze said...

Damnit, how are the rest of us ever going to be able to work on inserting a Jewish-Socialist liberal agenda into entertainment products if you don't give us a glimpse of that part of the process? I mean, there's not a whole lot I can do about it from my current place of employment, but if I ever stumble into a job in the entertainment field, it's something I'll need to know.

Oh, and good luck with the pilot.

Anonymous said...

Good luck! Rubbing my hands in glee over new genius writing from you.

For crying out loud, put it in your contract that it can be leaked to P2P if not sold.

OK, OK, we'll settle for YouTube!

Anonymous said...

Your laptop is living a dangerous life. Hope you bought the AppleCare plan.

Simon Underwood said...

Have fun on this, Sir. All good luck to you.

Cunningham said...

See you wednesday?

wcdixon said...

Looking forward to anything and everything you can offer up...but just to clarify, it's something you wrote, right? As opposed to directing...

Ian said...

Looking forward to it. It sounds a little like Heist/Thief/Smith? I hope this one manages to last more than 1 season anyway. Oh hey cool blog by the way.

Anonymous said...

Where do you hide your blow when you travel? In the Benadryl bottle? Always wondered about that.

Anonymous said...

Your wife LIKES Frisky Dingo?!?

You, sir, are a lucky man.

dave.

LuLu said...

As a new citizen of Ottawa, you do realize that you are automatically a Senators fan?

In keeping with your Sens fandom, it's important to remember that you must be appropriately contemptuous of all things Toronto Maple Leafs. This includes the actual team, their pitifully delusional fans (this year we win!), and their airport lounge.

A disdainful sniff, followed by a heartfelt "Feh" is really all that's required ... BTW, Benadryl=nectar of the gods now that allergy season is upon us. Just don't try to operate any heavy machinery.

Good luck on the pilot, I'm most looking forward to it.

DJ said...

“As a new citizen of Ottawa, you do realize that you are automatically a Senators fan?’

Really! I think that not true on every conceivable plain of reality. My move to Spain (1937) made me not back Franco. My 8 months in Cuba made me not a communist. My nine months in Collinwood, Melbourne, Australia made me not a Magpie Foote fan.

Rogers is a true Bucky “Fucking” Dent Red Sox fan and Thank you Don Cherry for to many man on the good damn ice. “LaFluer shoots and scores…it is all over”

Dwight Williams said...

I suppose there is some truth to this assertion re: Sens fandom.

As a corollary, I moved here when the original Ottawa Rough Riders were still not only surviving in the Canadian Football League(CFL), but thriving. But I refused to repent of my love for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and still refuse repentence to this day, despite the fall of both the Riders and their would-be heirs, the Ottawa Renegades.

I do regret their absence from the CFL: it denies me my annual in-person viewing of the brilliance of the Green and White.

However, I nonetheless wholeheartedly back the Senators to the hilt of the hockey stick. Among other reasons for that devotion is this: one of the teams who tried to prevent the revival of the Sens, the Leafs, was one of those responsible for there still not being an NHL team in Saskatoon. The team owner of those days is no longer able to torment the Leafs(or any other teams), but a certain - perhaps senseless - grudge remains.

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Dear Dwight:

There are no "senseless" grudges where the Leafs are concerned - there are only sensible ones. After all, we are talking about the self-proclaimed centre of the hockey universe.

Sincerely,
LuLu

Dwight Williams said...

I stand corrected, with thanks!

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