“When I see a ghost, I cut the mutha fucka.” - Dolemite
Rudy Ray Moore, the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Rap” who influenced generations of rappers and comedians with his rhyming style, braggadocio and profanity-laced routines, has died. He was 81.
Moore, whose low-budget films were panned by critics in the 1970s but became cult classics decades later, died Sunday night in Toledo, Ohio, of complications from diabetes, his brother Gerald told the Associated Press. (Link)
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Here’s a pic I snapped while out scoping locs today for The Spider Babies. This is 100% real and not production design at all - but don’t be surprised if you see similar signs pop up in the actual movie. This is too good not to rip off.
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We held auditions for The Spider Babies yesterday in OKC. The turnout was pretty good and we saw some really talented and interesting people. The next audition will be in Austin sometime in October. I’ll be posting the date as soon as I have it nailed down. I want to get the cast finalized soon, so we can start on the fun stuff.
We are really gearing up now and will definitely be shooting the movie starting in April 2009. At this point, we have the budget raised to get it in the can, and are working on the budget for post-production and promotion. It’s currently scheduled as a 21-day shoot. April 2009 may sound like a long time from now, but between now and then we have a lot of production design, fight choreography, special effects, music recording and rehearsing to do. Also, we can’t shoot this one during the winter because there are tons of exteriors and it would be pretty miserable.
Between now and then I will be using this blog to keep you up to date on the progress. I kept a pretty comprehensive account of the production of Sex Machine and this one should be even more detailed.
Thanks to everybody who came out for the auditions, with special thanks to Kyle Terry, Jessica Dixon and David Irwin for helping us out.
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If you could have one thing happen before the end of the day - what would it be? I know my answer and it doesn’t have anything to do with money or movies.
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I’ve spent countless hours over the past few days working on a presentation for various speaking engagements I have lined up in the weeks to come. Here’s a sample slide that might come in handy for other filmmakers working on a distribution strategy. The information in this chart comes from a speech by Peter Broderick on the changing face of independent film distribution. If you want an idea of the direction I’m going with the new movies, this pretty much nails it.
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