Follow the Bouncing Carrot

So word from on high (high being Producer Dude) is that money will arrive the first week of March, shooting will begin mid-April.

A far cry from the mid-Oct. email from Producer Dude that said "Hey! I need a script I can start shooting before the end of 2005!" but if they make it, they make it.

Having had a film made by Producer Dude before (have you rented The Eliminator yet? It's great with beer!), I'm used to this. There is an element of being the donkey chasing the carrot it will never reach, but at the end of the day, it's just business. People are putting up money, and actually, quite a bit of it, to film our little Gone with the Wind spoof (if only...) and if it takes them longer and longer to get their act together than they think, well there ya go.

There's some that would say we should give up and move on. But the truth is, that makes no sense. Why?

1) It costs us nothing to keep going. At this point, the script is written. Neither Charlie nor myself are lifting a finger (nor have in a couple months or so) on Siege until money shows up in our grubby little hands.

2) There is a very good chance that Producer Dude will actually shoot this eventually. He has shot three C-movies over the last couple of years, so he has a history of making these projects.

3) It's not like we could go shop Siege anywhere else. It's a very specifically-written script. Not gonna be a whole lot of interest for it outside of Producer Dude without some serious revisions.

4) We have other projects to work on. Out of sight, out of mind.

So there you have it. Cross your fingers, and maybe we'll be celebrating in a month, treating everyone to whatever they want from the 99 cent store.

In the meantime, we need to get off our asses and start writing our epic horror story.

Boo-Ya!