Month: October 2002

Got my first Scarecrow check today. Ugh, not nearly as much as I was expecting. Once Uncle Sam takes his 50 percent then 10 to my agent, 5 to my lawyer and I forget how much to the guild…not much left for little ol’ me.
Tomorrow I have a phone pitch with Louis Speigler. He wants to chat about Halloween 8.

Dean read Scarecrow and thought it was my best work yet. He had some great notes which I have already addressed. It’s still way too early to hand it off to the producers or stuido so I’ll sit on it for a week and give it a fresh read.
Worked on Mankind today…that’s the little time travel flick I’m writing as a spec. Dean suggested changing the name to Past Tense. I like that.
Going out with Jake and Natalie tonight.

I’ve finished my first draft. It’s way too early to send it to the studio but I may slip it to the producers early. That’s always risky but it’s better to have them on my side. They will, of course, have notes and I’ll have to address them but this is how it goes. Hopefully I’ll like and agree with their notes.
Gonna send it to Dean to read tonight, see what he thinks.
Poker at Carr’s tonight.

DVD came out today. No clue how well it will do. I’m guessing decent. Those who didn’t see it in the theatre might check it out at home. I’m supposed to get a couple of free discs but I’ve yet to see them.

The DVD comes out next week. Jimmy, Noel and myself did a commentary track. It was supposed to be the three of us together but Jimmy didn’t want to do it with Noel so Noel came in seperate.
I hear we myth hacks make some extra cash on the DVD sales and rentals. That might be fun. I look forward to unexpected checks in the mail.