Hey guys --
A few quick things --
ON THE RADIO TONIGHT
I'm going to be on FANGORIA RADIO on Sirius tonight at 9 pm Central Midnight Eastern. It's just a quick check in with Debbie Rochon and the gang, so I won't be on for long.
THANKS, FUCKERS
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. You guys are awesome.
THE BELCOO EXPERIMENT
So I've gotten a lot of emails about THE BELCOO EXPERIMENT after word on the project somehow leaked at Comic-Con (I wasn't there). THE BELCOO EXPERIMENT is a script I wrote on spec. It's an ultra-violent thriller with a lot of action. It has to do with a group of 83 American expatriates who work in a building in Sao Paulo, Brazil. At the beginning of what is at first a regular, boring day, walls close up around the building, trapping them inside. A voice emits over the speaker system, forcing them through a series of murderous moral decisions. Upon finishing the script, I set it up with Gold Circle financing and Universal/Rogue distributing, with me directing, and Eric Newman and Paul Brooks, my great producers on SLiTHER, again producing. Some of my favorite crew from SLiTHER are also part of the team -- composer Tyler Bates, editor John Axelrad, and production designer Andrew Neskoromny.
However, as much as I love this project, I'm not sure it's the next thing I'm going to do, which is why I didn't choose for it to come out at Comic-Con. Part of this is because casting is a challenge. The acting in the film is heavy, there is a large cast, and we need to find actors who meet the needs of myself, my producers, and Uni/Rogue. A lot of things need to fall into place for the casting to be perfect, and I don't want to do the film until that's the case. I think SLiTHER spoiled me in this way.
In addition, a couple of other projects I'm working on are taking up a lot of my time. This isn't a bad thing. Creatively, I have been on fucking fire lately! Everything is exciting me, and I'm having artistic mind-gasms left and right. Because of this, it's a bit of the roll of the dice as to what I do next. I follow my instincts in these situations, and have been pleased with most of my choices in the past. So I'm as excited as some of you as to what happens next...
Anyway, that's the whole truth of BELCOO. I'm sorry the news came out before there was more to report!
Be good,
James