Back in this bitch...

Wow so eight months since my last post. I really have to stop doing that, but anyway I am knee deep in my next horror script. I think I have settled on calling it "The Faithful". Sounds creepy right? Anyway here is the logline and hopefully will start getting it out to folks as soon as I can.

The Faithful: A small group must transport the recently executed body of a cult leader through an underground tunnel because his followers have laid siege to the jail. Also in the style of found footage.

That is not the best logline but there are really too many parts to this story and trying to condense it all into one sentence is just blah. Anyway, more updates to come as I wrap it up, and I will also try to write some new articles...

btw, seeing the stats on this blog has me blown away a little... over 10k hits. what?? So def more postings in the near future.

-Cjevy

Mondo Posters

So, my latest obsession has been with the Alamo Drafthouse and their bi-weekly releasing of their custom posters. I stumbled onto this great find because I was fortunate enough to check out a screening of "Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair" down at the New Beverly theater in Hollywood. And Mr. Tarantino himself had commissioned the Drafthouse and more importantly one of their most talented artists, Tyler Stout to draw something for the event. The result was beyond belief and quickly spread throughout the internet.

Mondo Posters, http://www.mondotees.com/ , has since been an object of my obsession. They announce their sales via twitter and at a random time in the morning, ususally about a half hour after I get into work, and are usually sold out within 3-5 minutes. So yea, you've got that small window to make your purchase or pay double/triple on ebay.

Here are some of my personal favorites... yes they are bad ass, and yes I want all of them...

Update from Beyond the Grave

Wow, so the last time I've updated this thing was May? Where has the time gone? Well, not its July... I've finally got a gig at a mid-major production studio and have been working diligently. I have been attempting to write 2 seperate projects at once. Pretty crazy/stupid right? The first is titled "Scarsdale" and is a thriller about a husband who awakens from a drunken evening to find his wife (seperated but not divorced) dead in the back yard. This idea was not my own, but submitted for the Insiders screenwriting compeition at the writers store. This contest sounds pretty awesome, you write 15 pages, they pick a top then and you get a writing coach for 3 months to help you finish the script. Winners get guanteed meetings with Benderspink as well as a sit down lunch with Robert Mark Kamen (Fifth Element, Taken, The Transporter). So I've got that to look forward to... and I am also working on my next spec... again not a horror script. BOOOOO, but my idea is very promising, very funny, and very commercial so hopefully I can find my way into an agency/management company with this bad boy.

On a side note, where is all the horror movies? Last thing I saw was Scream 4 and I fell asleep while watching it... I was a half bottle of Captain Morgan deep but still... come on

I will try to keep posting on this thing if anyone out there reads it..

PRODUCTION HOUSE

So, I am officially throwing my hat into the comedy ring with my first television pilot, "Production House".  I know what you are thinking... television? But honestly I really feel that I want to start my career in TV and move into film. There are also more opportunities to work in this business in television. Just hopefully the studios realize that as many dumb ass reality shows they keep putting on people are naturally drawn to scripted programming. People want to be able to fantasize about living through elaborate characters. And most of all there are not enough good comedies on TV. Period.

The Office is done. They are going to attempt a season without the star but we all know how that ends up. Anyone remember the last season of Scrubs? Nope. 30 Rock is on its way out because Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin are going to be chasing that next level soon. Always Sunny is going into a 7th season. And yes it is still the funniest show on TV, last season was just eh compared to 4+5. The League, is very funny and very promising, hopefully will keep on truckin'. Workaholics, a new show from Comedy Central is on still. It has times of hilarity with some bright and flashy dialogue, but something just hits me that they are trying to hard to be like everything else. Besides cartoons, that's really it folks. The higher ups should start to notice the lack of ORIGINAL material and hopefully they will take a look-see at my wacky show.

-Cjevy

Love/Hate

I stole this from Kurt Sutter's (Sons of Anarchy) blog. A list of ten things I love and hate that everyone probably does not know about me.

I hate people telling me what to do
I hate people that force their opinions onto you
I hate fake people
I hate politics in America
I hate mediocrity
I hate being my own biggest critic
I hate not knowing what to do
I hate depending on other people to get stuff done
I hate getting older
I hate wasting time

I love being in love
I love competition
I love learning about anything
I love to sleep
I love a good tequila
I love finishing a project
I love anything 80's
I love originality
I love being myself around people
I love the people surrounding myself

Elm Street House

Look what I happened to stumble upon in Hollywood... one of the most iconic setpieces in horror movie history. 1428 Genessee Avenue. The owner has taken great care of it and has kept the house just like it was in the film. Anyway, just figured I would throw that up there because I was excited to see it, and MK thought I was a total dork for stopping the car and taking a picture, but it was worth it.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

So the day has finally come... I got to experience Kill Bill the way it was originally supposed to have been experienced, as one 4 hour piece of raw cinema. So first off, I loved it... Kill Bill is my favorite movie of all time... yup number 1. Wall Street is number 2. I don't know if I could actually count off the rest of my top ten but Kill Bill reigns supreme as of now.

So, first off I would love to thank MK for sitting through the 4.5 hours of the film even though I know she is not that big of a fan. Me on the other hand was in heaven. There was not too much that was different from the original, but I still enjoyed seeing it in the theatre again. From what I remember, the animated sequence was longer, the crazy 88 fight sequence is in full color and longer, the finale of KB one with the chick in the trunk is different... but otherwise the continuity is still the same. Just a few brief moments that suggest difference.

The movie hardly differs from what you probably have at home. The "whole bloody affair" doesn't really mean shit, just that i loved seeing the film on the big screen with all the loudness and excitement that you would not have seen without being in a theatre. Either way, this shit is epic... Kill Bill is still my favorite movie of ALL TIME... yup, ALL TIME.... and I can only hope to get my hands on a copy of the Tyler Stout posters...