BLAIR WITCH co-director’s next film going straight-to-DVD! PART I
That’s the headline that came to mind as soon as Gregg Hale told us the news that sunny Orlando day back in March or April of ‘06. I honestly have tried to forget the exact date.
Gregg, one of the producers of ALTERED, had gotten the call the night before from executive producer Bob Eick, who had talked to David Linde, out-going head of FOCUS films. Based on the film’s test scores, theatrical was not an option. A DVD release was where they were headed with ALTERED.
We were completely deflated, to say the least. We had met in Orlando for a “roll up our sleeves and work this out†kind-of meeting at Rob Cowie’s house, the other producer of the film. Also there were co-producer Mike Monello and associate producer Andy Jenkins. This was supposed to be a motivational two days where we were going to talk about marketing and possibly making some changes to our film, which we knew was in some trouble based on the test screening that had happened a few months before.
We were ready to get on it, brother! We had even celebrated the night before when some friends from Orlando came over Rob’s and we drank, smoked and released a bit of the tension that had been building up for many months now, ever since FOCUS execs had screened the film at bit before the holidays in December of ’05, almost exactly a year ago today.
Though that’s another day that I try to forget…
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[...] I was better the next morning and by today, when we started our second day, I was back to my normal self. I guess that was something that I had to go through after what happened on my last film. My head was back on the chopping block yet again and I guess I wasn’t as comfortable with it as I thought I was. [...]
[...] Look for the next part of the STRAIGHT-TO-DVD story (PART I) tomorrow and another BTS later in the afternoon. Take care. [...]
[...] PART I – PART II – PART III – PART IV [...]
[...] Man, I know the release process of ALTERED was a tough one for us, but this video reminds me of how much fun we had shooting that damn movie. Such a great bunch of people that we worked with. [...]
[...] As we’re talking about the challenges of getting a commercial indie production off the ground, I thought I’d link to these (1 2 3 4 5) posts from Eduardo Sanchez of Haxan, co-creator of the 1999 indie film mega-hit The Blair Witch Project, that cost $22,000 to produce and earned an estimated $250 million at the box office. [...]
[...] As we’re talking about the challenges of getting a commercial indie production off the ground, I thought I’d link to these (1 2 3 4 5) posts from Eduardo Sanchez of Haxan, co-creator of the 1999 indie film mega-hit The Blair Witch Project, which cost $22,000 to produce and earned an estimated $250 million at the box office. [...]
[...] PART I – PART II – PARTIII [...]
[...] PART I – PART II [...]
[...] STRAIGHT-TO-DVD BLOGS [...]
good luck!!!!
[...] PART I [...]