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The Nines

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: […]

The Nines, U.K.

November 27, 2007 Projects, The Nines

I spent the morning doing phone interviews for The Nines, which gets its theatrical release in the U.K. this Friday. We’re playing at three locations in London… West India Quay Cineworld Cineworld Chelsea Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue at The Trocadero …plus other screens throughout the country. It’s a bit frustrating that in this age of Google, […]

The Nines, scripted

October 9, 2007 Projects, Resources, The Nines

I promised that as soon as The Nines had reached its widest U.S. opening, I’d be putting the script up in the Downloads section. That time has come. You can find a .pdf of the screenplay here.

Summing up The Nines

October 9, 2007 Projects, The Nines

We have a bunch of overseas dates coming up for The Nines (starting with the U.K. on November 30th), but in terms of North America, we’re basically done. There are some one-off screenings on the books, but nothing resembling a true expansion. We ended up playing in Los Angeles, New York and Austin. Am I […]

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