Wednesday, June 13, 2007

SLASHER UPDATE!


SLASHER UPDATE!!

Okay, so I've been getting some good script coverage lately from some friends in LA and NY, as well as my trusty colleagues here at Wondaland here in the ATL.

A lot of great comments from all around, which have got me fairly pumped up about moving the rough draft to the next level, the First Draft.

There are some things that are working in the rough draft fairly well, some scenes that I love that I may have to cut in order to better serve the story, some characters that need to be better developed, and perhaps most importantly, an entirely new backstory that I am developing, as well as a shift in the main protagonist.

The things people love (in no certain order): are the friendships/crushes/party sequences of the teenagers, the dialogue, and the backwards-forwards story structure, which plays with time...Greg Tate called the structure "crafty" and that made me smile.

Most importantly, in writing the rough draft, I feel like I am getting to know the characters better, the house better, the horror better.

Just recently I came across something TRUE that is the most horrifying and exciting thing EVER. Oh don't worry, I'm incorporating it. And you will be very afraid. Because as sick as it is, it's a true story.

Oh well, it's all a journey.

P.S. I also talked to Erica Conner, and we're planning to meet next Tuesday to talk through the rough draft and overall story. She's 80 pages into the script, and still excited about the project and taking it to Mandalay Entertainment, which is great. Mandalay made a lot of money off the I Know What You Did Last Summer films, so we'll see....

5 comments:

Dot Techno Mania said...

Exciting!

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Dot Techno Mania said...

What's Casting going to look like for this one?

Chuck Lightning said...

lot of things will have to be worked out before i can give a fair answer to this.

still making fairly major shifts in terms of the overall story structure, which could lead from the male protagonist becoming female, etc.

But i will say i'd love to see Terrance Howard in a film like this, or Paula Patton (if it goes in a female direction)!

Dot Techno Mania said...

Terrence howard is creepy...Lol!