If feels like ages since my last post. I have had a very hectic but productive past two weeks. I will try my best to fill you guys in on what has happened.
A friend of mine (a graduate of the AFI Directing program) who has been touring the festival circuit with his Sundance Award Winning film Captain Abu Raed, referred me to an extremely talented actor (whose name shall remain anonymous for the time being) who he thought would be a great match for the role of Ali.
I met with this actor and within five minutes knew that he is the Ali that I have been looking for. He is a Palestinian-American originally from the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, who has appeared in films by Mike Nichols, Greg Mottola, Judd Apatow, Al Pacino, Sydney Lumet, Steven Spielberg, and Todd Solondz.
Secondly, things have been picking up with the pre-production aspects of Broadway Bound. We have locked an Editor, Composer, and are currently in the proccess of locking a Cinematographer. Financing has been working itself out, with numerous film production companies (weirdly enough, most are based out of London) interested in Broadway Bound.
My producer is very optimistic that we will garner the $5 million budget for Broadway Bound before summer 2009, and wants to aim for production to begin January 2009.
Stay tuned for more updates...
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