Production meetings, vacation, AFI...

I will be traveling to London on Tuesday to meet with a few production companies who are interested in financing Broadway Bound. Am feeling very optimistic about the meetings since most of these companies have been known to produce engaging films.

Afterwards, I will be traveling throughout Europe for a month before heading back to Los Angeles and beginning my first year as a Directing fellow at the American Film Institute. Am a little behind on the readings and DVD viewings, but I'm confident I'll be up to par come time for classes to begin on August 21st.

It may be a little while until I post again, since my access to internet will be extremely limited, but I will try my best to fill you guys in on what happens in London as soon as I can.

Stay tuned...

Broadway Bound - Updates

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...