Strong Start

 My second entry in four months.  What can I say, I like to pace myself.  I'm happy to say though that i've come out of this momentary break with the 8th draft of a screenplay called, 'DEADMONTON' which I co-wrote with Olivia Cheng (Broken Trail, Iris Chang: the Rape of Nanking).  We've been developping it for the last two years and have Grace Park (BattleStar Galactica, The Cleaner) attached as a lead. It's not your typical prairie story, as the story tracks young asian gang violence in Edmonton seen through different layers of perspective. Not only at the urban level but from a media standpoint, and how modern media shapes social perception in small market media. This perception trancends into the social environment and propels a wider racial gap that often forces first and second generation immigrants into nefarious realities that are sometimes stranger than fiction.

Edmonton is the back drop to this contemporary and relevant story based on experiences that Olivia and I both had being born and growing up in Alberta. Grace, Olivia and I will star and produce. We're currently taking meetings with production/distribution companies looking to option DEADMONTON.  This project will ultimately be bigger than the individuals involved but I look forward to the collaboration and evolution. We are working it in the Canadian market, and have potential Telefilm funding.  It will be an adventure in serendipity, bureaucracy and frustration. But at this point we're still lining up our ducks and ultimately will look to have it financed privately with distribution in place before we go to camera. So if anyone wants to come over to Canada with bags full of money and help us make a movie, let me know!

peace