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I just got back from a meeting with a major investor. On the spot they said yes, how much do you need. Our movie - Bangkok Adrenaline - is going ahead on schedule.
Thailands first foreign actor dominated English speaking action comedy movie is going ahead - and I wrote the script and am a starring character - I am so happy at the moment...
There have been several meetings over the last month, many people have expressed interest but so far not all the funding was available.
Todays investor meeting was different.
Today we met with a company that is responsible for bringing in all the overseas movies to Thailand... they understand the industry well... they know the figures... after an hour they said "yes, how much do you need" but...
... they stipulated they would only invest if they could invest and do the marketing and distibution, even negotiate international sales through their contacts... perfect.
If they like the finished product we now have Cinema release and national DVD distribution by a large retail chain... this is going to be big.
 
Bangkok Adrenaline - The Script - 128 pages of Action / Comedy
Getting the funding at this stage was critical to our original plan - 2 of the top Thai actors would be unavailable if shooting did not go ahead according to our schedule. We had an alternative backup plan but we really wanted to stick with the characters we wrote the script for.
Crikey.
This industry is volatile.
Just this week I have been on an emotional roller coaster, ready to leave Thailand, ready to move to Cambodia to just rest and wait until my share market portfolio is ready to sell.
Now our movie is full steam ahead. There is so much work to do, so much practice and choreography to fit in between now and then - it is from complete boredom to action stations in one afternoon.
THEN...
My phone was on silent during the meeting, after the meeting I had one missed call... Daniel
I called him.
The movie Daniel and I cast for months ago is go. We have another meeting on Thursday with the producer and will work out the timing.
As a fresh recap I will be a major character fighting with the Gorilla as my totem spirit (?), ie I will fight with the power and style of a Gorilla - each character will fight a different style according to his animal spirit.
Whew!
Two major movie break throughs in one afternoon... and that is not all today I had other news that we are shooting a short for a Reality Webcast "TV" show. This is on thursday morning so come back thursday afternoon for some big news.
Oh yeah I need to go see the Rambo 4 people some time this week too....
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