The second Star Wars: Invasion preview is now up at starwars.com.
Will Artorias receive warning of the impending Invasion?
Will our brave explorers survive to tell the tale?
Or will the whole thing end with blood and explosions?
Click the pic to find out.
The Short Film of A4 2 A3 is finally shooting this week. I wrote the screenplay (based on the award-winning musical by myself and Simon Barlow) to this a long while ago, after it was optioned by Joe Main. Joe has made it happen.
It looks like another short play of mine is also being optioned – more when it’s official.
Speaking of unofficial, I’ve just handed in a script for another Star Wars project and it looks like Randy Stradley (fast becoming my favourite guy) may have something else he wants me to write.
Meanwhile, a guy called Corax (i’m going to assume that’s his real name) contacted me to let me know that there are some preview pics up at the Dark Horse Website for Star Wars: Invasion #1. Go. Look.
The second Invasion prequel story will be appearing at starwars.com Friday if you live in the US or Saturday for Australians… if you live in a timezone other than those two, I imagine it will still be appearing around then.
Lastly, I was mentioned in two separate articles in The Age today.
‘The Teatowel Was My Jedi Robe‘ – written by my becoming-hideously-famous friend Lawrence Leung. If you haven’t seen Lawrence’s brilliant TV show ‘Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure’, track it down, it’s great.
The other article was ‘The Fan Force‘ by Jake Wilson. I even got a pic in the paper for that one.
Check them out Star Wars Fans.
Earlier this week I was contacted out of the blue by Jeremy Kagan. Jeremy is the Emmy-award-winning director of Chicago Hope who has also directed a bazillion other TV and film projects including one of my favourites, The West Wing.
Jeremy saw my play ‘The Example’ at The Edinburgh Festival and appreciated my “insight, language and tension.” He asked for a copy of the script to share with his graduate film directing students at USC. He also thought it would make a great short film and asked if I was interested in this… pretty amazing.
A huge thank-you to Nick Brice and everyone at Bite-Size theatre who obviously put on a great production.
Meanwhile, it looks like the TV series I was writing earlier this year is happening and, if all goes as planned, it could start shooting as early as November. Another series I’ve been working on also looks set to happen – unless it becomes a feature film instead. I’ll give more details when I’m allowed… almost all of my working life is vague and secretive at the moment.
The film of A4 2 A3 is progressing well and I met with the producer, lead actor and director this week.
My play ‘Drip’ will be opening at the Carlton Courthouse on September 24 as part of Melborn ’08 and the Fringe Festival. Drip is currently in the number 1 spot in the ‘top 40′ unproduced works over at Script Squirrel.
Most of my writing time has recently been given over to the writing of comic books. I currently have five different projects in the works, with the first to be published in January.
I also had a good chat about the future with DFC editor Will Fickling earlier this week. The DFC, based in Oxford, England, is a weekly comic book brought out by Random House. It would be fantastic to see something like this supported by a mainstream Australian publisher.
I’ve recently realised that writing comics is my dream job… it looks like that dream is coming true.
The upshot of all of this is I am on the brink of being a full-time writer. I’d like to give a huge thank-you to Megan and Finn for all of their support.
Thanks also to my editors and sounding boards, Megan and Kym, both of whom have had to listen to and comment on bizzare things for years while treading that fine line between criticism, support and just humoring me.
Lastly, I’d like to thank caffeine for all of its help with my writing between 12 and 4 in the morning.
Last year Simon Barlow and myself wrote a musical called A4 2 A3 – a love story set in a photocopy store.
After it won the ‘People’s Choice’ Award at the inaugural Short, Sweet and Song festival, the film rights were optioned.
All of this disappeared for a while but I’m happy to announce that it’s back on. A new producer, a great lead in Joe Main and a fantastic director in Ben Shackleford; shooting is set to begin in December.
‘Short Sighted’, a new short musical written by Myself and Simon Barlow, has been selected for the Top Ten of Short Sweet and Song.
http://www.shortandsweet.org/node/329
Amazingly, Short Sighted will be performed in Sydney at the same time as our winning musical from last year ‘A4 2 A3′ (pictured) is performed at Dantes as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Another of my plays ‘A Short Play for a Competition’ will also be performed at Dantes in the first week.
‘Protest’ is finished at Short and Sweet Melbourne but, fear not, it has been selected for Short and Sweet Sydney.
Also ‘A Short Play for a Competition’ and ‘A4 2 A3′ are set to get productions in The Melbourne Comedy Festival in ‘Carnival of the Damned… Funny’.
I’m also meeting with Allen and Unwin this week to discuss something play – related. More as it develops… and it will develop damn it!
Plus I have an article being published later this month.
Barack Obama for King of the world!
