As I continue my directing stint on Hell’s Kitchen 8, I’ve also recently finished a new screenplay, my science fiction war epic The Darkest Run, along with a new outline for my new political drama S. Body, for both the silver screen and its little brother.  Later this week, I’ll be posting some notes on my new process for writing… a method I call “the window.”

Also, an actor you’ve all seen on a certain, wildly popular CBS show is taking a look at starring in my noir, A Shadow in the Dark, this very moment, but will unfortunately have to remain nameless for now.  If all goes well, I’ll be posting an update when and if a deal is in place. 

In other news, my partnership with 1080 inc, with whom I’ve developed several reality shows, is also spearheading development for a film concept I wrote some time ago, involving the future, a nerdy engineer, a devlish computer and… well… I can’t say more than this… it’s wild and kick ass.

Keep your fingers and toes crossed everyone.  The momentum is on my side. 

Let’s push the universe to take me to that wonderful, and brutal, place of production.

Pushing on…

Trudging through the internet in my efforts to understand our economic situation, I discovered a rap video for and by nerds.

It’s a classic, if not well known, tale between two schools of economic and philosophical thought, the Austrian School and the Keynesian School of economics.  So far, John Maynard Keynes theories have been the mainstay of modern economics, but it’s this very theory that has been THE major contributing factor in not only our economic turmoil, but Japan’s for over 20 years.

This really fun music video gets to the gist of the two schools of thought and why Keynes’ theories have led to our current financial problems.

It’s fun, it’s silly… they’re serious.

If there’s one thing I love more than developing one show… it’s developing FIVE.

After partnering with 1080 Inc. to develop and pitch National Geographic my Reality TV concept, Burnout: The Need for Speed in 2009, it looks like 2010 is going to be packed with even more opportunities.

1080 Inc. and I have inked a new deal this week to develop a slate of five new science and reality shows for the new calendar year.  We’ll be hitting several networks once the packaging materials are complete and the last show outline has been finalized.  Keep your fingers crossed.

On the feature narrative front, my producer Elizabeth Ai and I have put together a table read with a full cast of very talented and trusted actors this weekend to pave the way for a thoroughly polished script of A Shadow in the Dark.  soon, it’ll finally be fit to send to potential above the line attachments.  Budgets and schedules have been completed by my talented line producer, Shadie Elnashai, and I’m excited to be taking this next dive out into the world of sharks.

Swimming…

Global Warming…

I’ve been doing mountains of research lately on the issue of global warming due to the upcoming Copenhagen treaty that we as a country are being asked to participate in.  I was wondering what all the hoopla was about.  People seemed to be really upset about this treaty.  I mean, we all know that we’ve got to stop polluting our atmosphere to stop global warming and this treaty is the answer. Or is it?

We’ve all seen An Inconvenient Truth.  It is an unbelievable example in the power of filmmaking and has reshaped the debate over our environment, of which I believe needs to be protected.  I was impressed and thought, something needs to be done about this impending environmental catastrophe.  Or does it? Read more »

After some delay, Little Pieces, my short documentary about my family, has been submitted to the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.  It’s only a rough cut, but let’s hope that there’s something there that resonates with the judges.

Why?  Because daddy needs a new pair of ski boots!

I should find out whether or not the film is accepted sometime in December with also the possibility of acceptance into AFI Fest in October.  We’ll see.

Sundancing…