The Road to Rooks 3

Ok, for those of you who are new to this blog go back and read Road to Rooks 1 and 2 then come back… Thanks! Now where was I? Oh, we finished the first draft and registered the scrīpt with WGA. I was now armed with a decent scrīpt and a rising star (DY Sao). I decided to approach the financers who were in involved with the “Everlast” project to see if they would fund the project. It was a very hard sell because we both had a bad taste in our mouths from the previous project, which is yet to be done! I put my game face on and basically talked my way into the heart of the VP of the bank… bless you Mrs. Ballard (Broadway Federal Bank). She worked her magic and the bank agreed to fund my project but not without certain terms (Distribution). Remember, at this point of my journey it was just D.Y. Sao and I… no producer, no staff, no crew! I didn’t want to involve anyone from the Everlast project, plus I was out to prove a point to Mr. [No name] and Mr. Phat-Pockets. I was going straight Guerilla style with nothing but hopes and dreams… and the best friend a guy can have in his corner that has the potential to be great! I began a long and frustrating task of trying to find a foreign sales agent and a veteran producer to package my project. Hollywood has a funny way of doing business and I know you’ve all heard the saying; it’s not what you know it’s who you know. That statement is so true because none of the so-called Hollywood producers would give me the time of day! My ass was so sore from all of the doors closing that I couldn’t sit for days! Things were looking very dim and to make matters worst I was having problems at home, which is another story for another time… I honestly felt like giving up for about ten minutes after a heated argument with my better half! Lucky for me I was filming D.Y. Sao that night at South Coast Martial Arts center (plug). We were rehearsing fight scenes from the project and that got the juices flowing again! I couldn’t sleep that night so I spent the next seven hours searching IMDB, Hollywood Reporter and LA411 for a sales agent and producer with connections. I sent out 26 emails… yes, 26 emails to individuals and companies looking for representation. I thought I was on the right track but I got no response for weeks! I could almost here the words “I told you so” in my head and started to fall into that familiar pit of despair. To be continued…