Upstart update, Spring '09 edition

Seems like it's about time for an update.

Walking Distance is entering what I would guess would be the final phase of post-production. We just had a meeting/movie viewing with our Visual FX producer this evening, so that side of things is starting to move. We've also been coordinating with our post-production supervisor to get the rest of the pieces of the puzzle into place - sound design, titles, ADR, etc. And finally, Dwayne and I are about to start up scoring duties very soon. Dwayne is still working on finishing up another score, so I'll probably start roughing out some ideas on my own. I'm sure it will involve lots of stuff in drop D and lots of tritones.

In response to the oft-asked question: yes, we have a target date in mind, yes things are on the fast-track, and yes, we are thinking about premiere plans. These things take time, though...and WD is a pretty complex movie post-production-wise....especially the second hour. So of course we want to make sure everything is on point. Sooner rather than later though..we promise. After all, we're excited to show it to you. Smart money says before Labor Day - but don't quote me on that.

Until then, you'll have to satiate yourself with one of our promotional appearances. West Coasters can catch us at the Los Angeles Fangoria Weekend of Horrors next month (April 17-19) where the Walking Distance crew will consist of Reggie Bannister, Adrienne King, Denton Blane Everett, James LaMarr, Shannon Lark, myself, Melanie Donihoo, Cesar Castillo, Omar Adam, and maybe some others. Reg, Adrienne, Mel, Denton, Shannon, and James will be speaking on a panel as well as showing some clips.

After that, Walking Distance heads back to the home front for Texas Frightmare Weekend (May 1-3) in Dallas. Here the WD crew will be Adrienne, Denton, myself, James, Melanie and maybe even a few others. Again, we'll be doing a panel and showing some clips. Come out and see us if you can.

Beyond that and the somewhat-amorphous-yet-hopefully-in-the-summer-months Walking Distance premiere, Upstart Filmworks will be ramping up at least one, possibly two more features. One will definitely be the Untitled Mel House Ghost Project (which actually has a title, I just don't want to put it out there and jinx it yet) which we'll probably shoot in the fall, and another smaller-scale horror flick that I'll be producing for one of my proteges. It feels weird to type that, but it's pretty much the truth, so whatever. Anyway...I had sworn off being involved in anything that I didn't have utter control over (or shared utter control with someone competent - hi James), but I feel confident enough about this situation to give it a go. And ultimately, I'm still the puppetmaster.

So don't screw it up, protege.

Anyway, I guess that's it for now. Updates as they come.