Update on my break in Hollywood. . .things are looking really good!

[Feeling the Bern]

Three movies are in pre-production, a comedy, an action adventure and a period piece on the Rape of Nanking.

One is in development (one everyone at DU will probably go see, as I tackle George Stinney). One under consideration (a human trafficking action thriller).

Got my newest writing assignment today. A horror movie based on a Buddhist mythology.

This is six since December. This validates everything I thought for a long time about my writing. I am a damn good writer and now it's all coming into play.

The production company hired me on as a film executive and producer as well as a screenwriter!

DU, when I get more info, I will let you know. When they come out, I hope DU can help support one of your (newer) loyal members!

[Tobin S.]

1. Excellent, FtB!

You will have to post the trailers when they come out.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. When it rains... Good for you!

[Orrex]

3. Congratulation! That's great news, but...

If you steal my ideas for Sharknado 4, I'm going to hunt you down.

[Recursion]

4. Will you write a "Master and Commander" sequel and go shove it under Weir's face?

I'd really appreciate that...

[Feeling the Bern]

5. I actually wrote a movie kind of like that, but I need to edit it.

I wrote it ten years ago.

[Recursion]

6. I've worked on a tall ship if you need a rigging continuity editor

So glad to hear this is going well!

[Feeling the Bern]

7. Unfortunately, sea epic swashbucklers are hard to do and harder to get people on board with

Too much risk because the market for a movie like that is very, very slim and the costs are so high.

Which is bad because I sort of like sea epic, being a person who spent most of his childhood deep sea fishing off Orient Point.

[Recursion]

8. I read a good argument on how O'Brian's books should be an HBO series like Rome or GoT

It worked for BBC with Hornblower.

[Feeling the Bern]

9. Yeah, but the last Hornblower movie was with Gregory Peck in the 1950s.

And the British do things differently than us. Also, BBC is small screen, so lots of corners can be cut to make it work. On the big screen, those corners would be so glaring it would sink the movie.

Look at most bombs. Corners are cut to make it cheaper or easier and the end product sucks.

My sea epic is a labor of love for me, but now is not the time for it.

[Recursion]

10. The Hornblower TV series was late 90s

Pretty much contemporary with the Sharpe stuff.

[femmocrat]

11. Congratulations!

We can say "we knew you when"! Very happy for you.

[Feeling the Bern]

12. Two come out in 2017. One in 2018.

Look up The Compliant Staff, 300,000 and K-Popular on IMDB. Those are the ones green lighted now.

[femmocrat]

13. Thanks! I will.

Way cool!

[Avalux]

14. Congrats! I love it when someone is able to live their dream.

You love to write, have always thought you were good at it, and are now getting the chance to get your work out there to share with others. Enjoy every minute of it and be grateful you've been given such wonderful opportunities.

Keep us updated!

[rurallib]

15. living viscerally through you

Keep up the great work!