A lot has happened in the past seven months since the filming of "The Wild Side" blew up in my face. I moved, got married ... you know .. the ususal stuff. The one thing that hasn't changed, however, is my desire to see this project come to fruition.

Last night, I had my first meeting with Dustin and Goose about the status of the project in over six months and as right now .... we're going back into production in about six weeks. Dustin, Goose, Patrick and Angela are all on board still ... the only variable is Regina. I haven't spoken to her since some time in January and she was having some family issues at the time.

In the event that Regina is not able to perform in the film, we are looking for someone to play the part of Andi. Flyers will be posted on the campus of MTSU searching for actresses and technical help. We're taking the bull by the horns this time and I know without a doubt that I have a group of people that I can count on working with me this time.

On a side note, I want to welcome the newest member of the No Failsafe team ... none other than my lovley wife Kayla Hurst. Kayla will be doing ... who know what at this point. Number one will to help keep me from going insane during production time. Aside from that, she's a very talented and beautiful woman and I'm excited about the prospect of what she will be able to bring to No Failsafe ...as well as my life. Welcome to No Failsafe Kayla ... and I love you.

As of right now, Wednesday Sept. 14th, 2005 ... I have absolutley no idea when the hell we will get back to work on "The Wild Side". I had heard that the guy we talked to about being our new director of photography was on board - which I guess means he read the script and liked it ... I have no idea. I called and left him a message yesterday about getting back to me. Let's see how long that takes him.

The fucked up part is that I have been itching to get back to work again so bad that I have come up with an idea for a new short and will quite possibly going back into very familiar teritory - that is ... teritory that I had said I was done with for good.

In case you can't figure it out for yourself ... I have an idea for a new film featuring "Richard & Mike" from the whole Friends, Days, Holidays trilogy. Well .. I guess if this shit actually works out then it won't be a trilogy anymore ... it'll be a series.

I don't want to give too much away but I can say that the idea and story for the potential new film would have to be pretty good because I said I was finished after the third film (technically the forth if you count the 'Friends Like These: Special Edition' that to this day has never been finished). All I'll say right now is that the new film would potentially be called "Movies Like These" and be set at a movie theatre with Richard and Mikey hopping from theatre to theatre throughout the film trying to find a movie worth a shit to watch. Wow ... I just said a whole lot more than I originally planned ... but what the fuck. I think it might be fun to go back and do another one of these seeing how I had so much fun and really liked doing the other ones. I'm sure the fans of the series (Clay in paticular) would be happy to hear of the return.

I'll let you guys know more when I know more myself. Peace.

Dustin, Goose and myself will be meeting with our potential new director of photography and editor tomorrow night to see what we can work out. I'm psyched as hell because I have heard so many good things about him and I can't wait to get back to work on the film. If all goes well and everyones schedules permits ... we may get started again by Labor Day Weekend. Cross your fingers for me.

The situation is what the situation is. Anyone who is a part of the project knows what happened and I'll leave it at that. Anyone who isn't a part of the project - see the last post if you want to know what happened. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. No more questions.

Moving on ... It looks like we may start filming again in September or October. I'm not sure yet. With the cancelation of filming this past week, Dustin is out of town for the next week and when he returns, he, Goose and myself will be meeting with our new director of photography and possible editor. I'm not going to name any names because I don't want to jinx anything - like what happened with John earlier in the project. Actually - with everything that's happened, I'm really glad John dropped out of the project and Dustin came back on board. I should have my fucking head examined - as I've said before - for considering getting rid of Dustin. But that's neither here nor there.

As far as I know, everyone who was involved will still be doing the project. Dustin, Angela, Goose, Patrick and Regina. I just want to thank all of them for their support and for staying with the project through all of this. You guys have all been amazing. I couldn't ask for a better group of people to work with.

Hopefully we'll be able to bust our asses and get this done and it'll be amazing like we all know it can be.

Later.

Due to creative differences between myself and the producer/director of photography of this film, filming on "The Wild Side" has been postponed indefinitely. I will post updates on the status of this project as they occur.

Well, for the first day of filming on an 84-page script, we didn't quite get as much done as I would have hoped to, but what we did get done was just flat out amazing. I have never had a better cast, crew and group of people to work with than I did yesterday. I am notorious for getting angry and blowing up on the sets of my films (except for Holidays Like These when I behaved myself) but yesterday I never even had to raise my voice. Dustin, who I usually direct my anger towards, said he was amazed at how calm and laid back I was yesterday. I told him that was because I didn't have any retarted people on set driving me crazy.

First of all ... I have NEVER, and I mean NEVER worked with an actress as amazing and talented as Regina. She is an absolute joy to work with. Her performance was brilliant and she was totally open to everything I told her and hit every damn mark every damn time. I was overflowing with joy watching her performance. The best part was that she and Dustin seemed to have really good chemistry onscreen and that is something that is very important.

I also got to see Dustin spread his wings as an actor. He has been in every project I have done but this one is by far the most demanding of him. He was looking forward to the opportunity to spread his wings as an actor and by God he did it yesterday. I was really happy with the performance he gave yesterday. I don't know if he realizes it or has even seen him before, but there was the slightest hint of Woody Allen in his performance ... and it really worked. If the rest of the film turns out as good as it did yesterday then we will really have something on our hands here.

Oh, and Jennifer and I had our cameo's yesterday. Jennifer was originally supposed to play Andi - the part that Regina is now playing - but had to drop out because of scheduling conflicts. I was glad to at least have her in the movie if only for a moment and I think our little cameo together is really funny. You'll have to wait to see the movie to see it because I'm leaving it a surprise.

Okay... we are filming again tonight and every day this week. Tonight is the first time Patrick will be on set and the first time we film any scenes between Rodney and Allen - my two main characters. I hope it goes well. Cross your fingers for me.

Okay ... sorry about being so negative in my last post but I was really freaking out and feeling like everything was going down the tubes. Like I have said before ... I tend to get very negative and aprehensive and look at ALL of the negatives right before I start fiming a new project. This time is aparently no different.

I have a lot more hope and a postivie outlook about everything - at least more than I did last week. I guess I have resigned myself to just try and do my absolute best and what will be will be. If everything falls to pieces around me and this project doesn't get off the ground - it won't be because of me.

I have had an amazing time working with the cast this past month, watching them grow into their parts. All our rehersals and the time we've spent together going over all this has really helped bring us together and make us all even closer - which will be a great thing when we start filming. I have so much confidence in EVERY ONE of the cast memebers. They are all amazing, funny, smart people and I think I will have the least trouble with them than with any other cast I've ever worked with. I have a history of getting frustrated on set and being a less than nice person - especially to Dustin. But he knows that I throw my frustrations at him so I don't wig out altogether and he takes it with a grain of salt and I appreciate him for that immensley.

So .. one week today we get going. Are we 100% ready to go and am I totally calm and at ease with the entire situation? No freakin way. But what the hell? We're makin a movie and I should at least have some fun with it and realize that everyone who is a part of this project is doing this because they want to be a part of it and they believe in me to giude them and help make the best damn movie we can. Is that too much to ask? I think not.