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The Producer's Report #140 - Dirty Do Gooders!

I love this frame grab. It's the result of a LOT of hard work done by a lot of people over a significant period of time. The foreground features Josh Truax (Nebraska Higgins) and Branson Anderson (Jerry) filmed in an Everett airpline hanger in August of '07 and the background plate with Michael Donovan (Arizona Higgins) emanating from a large outdoor video billboard was shot just a couple months ago. The work is…

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Added by Phil McCoy on May 4, 2011 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

The Producer's Report #139

Norwescon 34 was a blast. Ian and I (Phil) had a great time talking to people about Project London selling copies of Project Manhattan (Prequel Novella) and the Project London Graphic Novel, but we also enjoyed…

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Added by Phil McCoy on April 24, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

The Producer's Report #138 - Norwescon!

Preparations for Norwescon 34 are in full swing and almost complete. Ian and I (Phil) will be manning the Project London display this Friday, Saturday and Sunday where you'll be able to see the new trailer and hear the screaming new mix that Paul Miller has just completed. You will also be able to purchase a limited number of author autographed copies of…

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Added by Phil McCoy on April 19, 2011 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

The Producer's Report #137 - Norwescon! News Release! Nice Car!

Wow. The last few weeks have been amazing and the coming weeks look equally packed with energizing activity. First up, Ian and I are getting excited to bring our traveling road show to Norwescon 34, April 22-24. Among the autographed copies of Project Manhattan, the Project…

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Added by Phil McCoy on March 27, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

The Producer's Report #136 - ECCC Was Amazing!

The Emerald City Comicon was an absolutely amazing experience. We met so many wonderful people. A really great moment happened on the first day when Travers Cleeman showed up at our display and told us he had traveled from Australia to pop in at the con and our display (all the way in the back of the hall)…

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Added by Phil McCoy on March 16, 2011 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

The Producer's Report #135 - Just Stats

It's been a while since we last updated our fan stats; October 18, 2010 to be exact.

As of this writing there are now:

62 (+1.5%) known news reports/blog posts featuring the movie or one or all of the Project London teaser clips

937 (+60%) fans following… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on February 26, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

The Producer's Report #134 - One Week Away!

The Emerald City Comicon is next weekend and if you haven't already bought your tickets, do it now and save money over buying them at the door. We are making our final preparations. Everything is now in place for a great show!

What you can expect to see:

A new…

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Added by Phil McCoy on February 26, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

The Producer's Report #133 - The Project London Universe Shines Bright

The Emerald City Comicon is the Premier Comic Book & Pop Culture Convention in the Pacific Northwest and the perfect place for Spiral Productions to debut a graphic novel and prequel novella from the Project London Universe, a new Project London trailer, and feature appearances by the director, actors and book authors. The ECCC is being held at…

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Added by Phil McCoy on February 19, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments

The Producer's Report #132 - Bryan Hubert & The ECC

Bryan Hubert, Ian's dad, is joining the Sound Design Team as Lead Sound Editor! Bryan is a long time audio aficionado as seen in the photo above left, appreciating Ian's early warbling. Fast forward to the picture above right, and we can see the father son team as solidly bonded and unaware of their future sonic collaboration on the movie that will eat your planet. Bryan is excited to join the project and we are delighted to have access to his talent, enthusiasm, and recording…

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Added by Phil McCoy on February 12, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The Producer's Report #131 - Final Last Pickup Shoot: Officially Done!

The last pickup shoot officially wrapped a few minutes ago. Seen here in this photo (L to R): Barry Gregg (DP), Ian Hubert (Writer Director) and Michael Donovan (Arizona). Not pictured, Brad Notman (Sound).

Finally! Done! Thank you Barry, Michael and Brad!

There is now a perfect storm of activity brewing as we try to get everything done at once! Some of the fun things we are working on…

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Added by Phil McCoy on February 2, 2011 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

The Producer's Report #130 - Project Manhattan

I am really pleased to tell you that Project Manhattan, the prequel novella to Project London is just about finished. Caleb Wheeler has written a corker. No lie! Evidence: The images (above) behind the Project Manhattan book cover are scans of the backs of my eyeballs soon after reading the…

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Added by Phil McCoy on January 13, 2011 at 4:32pm — No Comments

The Producer's Report #129 - It's Locked!

Ladies and Gentlement, as of 26 October 2010, 2:27pm, we have PICTURE LOCK!

Yes! It's locked except for two scenes: 1) Arizona from the Dead Speech and 2) Xing's

Treasure Map VO. Ian is working with all parties concerned to get these

items scheduled and done as quickly as possible.

We are now ready to, "Unleash the Kraken!"

MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN CAN NOW GO FORWARD!

We are now busy preparing for… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on October 26, 2010 at 4:08pm — 2 Comments

The Producer's Report #128 - Picture Lock-ish!

We are soooo close to PICTURE LOCK it is palpable. It feels like we are moving in super slowmo, but we are moving as fast as we can. Picture Lock is inevitable. Now just days away. Stay tuned!

So while we wait, let's update our fan stats from July 17.

As of this writing there are now:

61 (+0%) known news reports/blog posts featuring… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on October 18, 2010 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

The Producer's Report #127 - Offical Countdown to Picture Lock Begins

Today at our weekly management meeting, Ian presented Project London v.15 to the Producers. It incorporated new solutions to address the key story problems we detected at the last two screenings. We now believe we have the film we want to finish in hand. Ian is using the coming week to finalize the necessary script elements needed to record new voice overs for Oma, Nebraska and Chicago, and a reshoot of the "Arizona speaks from the dead" speech. There are also several new visual effects to… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on October 2, 2010 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

The Producer's Report #126 - Three Things

Three pieces of news:

ONE: Thank you to Anton Urban, Phil Rogan, and Soren Laulainen for their breakthrough ideas. These guys have gone above and beyond the conversation and surveys following the last test screening to provide amazing ideas to enhance the story of Project London. Ian is currently working on the final… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on September 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

The Producer's Report #125 - The Path to Picture Lock

Ian, Nate and I met this morning to review the input we collected from the v.14 test screening. It was a great discussion and we made a lot of decisions about what we want to do to achieve picture lock. Some of the ideas that people suggested were amazing and we're looking at how we might implement a few of them. But, have no fear, we are moving with all speed to wrap things up and get to picture lock ASAP! Ian is leading the charge, so if he contacts… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on September 18, 2010 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

The Producer's Report #124 - Extra! Extra! v.14 Screening Success!

Just seven hours ago this group of people got to see and review Project London v.14. It was exhilarating to see this version of the movie projected and to see how far we have come in our ability to manage the narrative. The discussion following the screening was lively, but I have to say one of the best moments for me was hearing my new friend Bodhi, a 6-year-old member of our screening audience, say to… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on September 11, 2010 at 5:17pm — 4 Comments

The Producer's Report #123 - First Sound Design Team Meetup

(L to R: Director, Ian Hubert; Paul Miller; Brendan Hogan, back; Mike Meyer, forward; Michael Martz; Brad Notman, we like his shirt a lot; Trevor Dutton; Simon Jeker; Laura Edenfield)

Tonight at the Lyon's Den (also used as the location for the Western Palm in Project London) we held the first meetup for the sound design team and screened version 14… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on September 10, 2010 at 11:03pm — 2 Comments

The Producer's Report #122 - Test Screening This Saturday!

(The composited image above is from a new scene featuring Michael Donovan and Jen Page.)

Yesterday morning, Ian, Nate and I reviewed the current state of Project London version 14. I was totally blown away by the work Ian and his team have done to rework the film. As you may know, we received a lot of input at our last test screening (version 13) and a lot of it had to do with tightening up the… Continue

Added by Phil McCoy on August 15, 2010 at 3:10pm — 4 Comments

The Producer's Report #121 - The Saga Continues...

The Spiral Productions Edit System is back up and running, Project London media has been restored and Ian is going through all the edit timelines checking for missing media and broken links. We are probably just a day or two away from being able to start a new backup (it takes about 21 hours to backup the movie). Yeah!

The next priority will be to finalize version 14 of the film and to prepare for our next test screening. Yeah!…

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Added by Phil McCoy on August 7, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments