The Last KILLER RACK Pre-Production Blog!

Well, that was fast.  Or so it seems: Paul McGinnis reminds me it was March 2013 when we sat down in Tim Horton's and I told him I had to direct his script KILLER RACK.  Michael O'Hear and I had just started shooting DRY BONES, and Sam Qualiana and I were discussing THE LEGEND OF SIX FINGERS.  Principal photography on KILLER RACK begins this Saturday, July 26th, with lead actress Jessica Zwolak (who will be on set an astounding 15 out of 15 principal days), Debbie Rochon (our sixth film together in five years), and Bob Bozek (playing his biggest role in a film I've either produced or directed - Herbie East).  But we're shooting second unit green screen stuff tomorrow (technically today), so pre-production is coming o an end.

I treat every film like it's going to be my last one.  My gut tells me this is The One.  I've never felt so confident I was going to direct a movie people will love.  That's why I had to direct Paul's script.  But after three overlapping films (four, if you count the short I just did) and three novels being published over the course of one year, I can safely say there's a definite possibility I'll be taking one full year off from movie making and book writing.  Not that anyone will be able to tell - I have a book scheduled for publication in October 2015 (my second novel for 2015...), and I hope to travel around with KILLER RACK.  Or I may just get a crappy night job and pay down my debt, or spend it with my family.  It would be nice to take a vacation that didn't center around a convention or trade show.

Regardless, I have the feeling that KILLER RACK is going to turn out wonderful, and that it's going to break out in a way no other film I've worked on has.  And if it doesn't, I plan to have a great time making it.  There's always the next one...

Our costumes are largely set.  Our location sets are almost all dressed. Our props are built.   Our boobs are almost cast.  And our cast is ready to go.  Next week, our production designer Joel Resnikoff and co-producer, Rod Durick are building a gypsy parlor on the sound stage at our facility.  It's so cool to walk from set to set, and to have some really talented and committed actors.

Time to make the donuts.