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Blu-ray on a cold day

January 8, 2008 Big Fish, Strike

With Warners picking Blu-ray, and Paramount rumored to have an escape clause letting it follow right behind, I finally bought my first Blu-ray disc: Big Fish. And a PS3 to play it on. ((Yes, I could have gotten something other than a PS3. But it was a very handy excuse for buying one. You know, […]

For Your Consideration

December 21, 2007 Film Industry, Projects, The Nines

How some scripts get an awards push.

The Nines, as planned

December 11, 2007 Geek Alert, Projects, The Nines

Digging through the files this afternoon, I came across this document I’d written for The Nines three years ago, which outlines a lot of my production philosophies at the time. To complete my process-geekery, I thought I’d annotate it to show what we did versus what we planned. You can download it here (.pdf). Note: […]

Tin Fish

November 28, 2007 Big Fish, Projects

I knew that the Tin Man poster looked familiar.

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