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| Original poster by Robert Peterpaul |
It has been a little over four months since my last blog entry here, and I feel really bad about it. I wish I had it together enough to actually blog while I was going through the post-production process of What Happened Last Night, but I just didn't. Honestly, it was completely exhausting. I traveled back and forth from Los Angeles no less than six times from December until April. The first cut of the film was done on March 29th, which is a very important date to me and my family. (In a nutshell, it is the birth date of my Godmother, Elisa, who was killed in a car accident in 2000.) The final cut was done on April 19th. It was sent off to the Marche du Film in Cannes the following week, not to mention the four different screenings that we did. So, yeah, it has been a little bit busy over the past couple of months. I apologize in being remiss of my blog maintenance!
With everything that has been going on with What Happened Last Night, Cain Casting & Talent Management has taken a back seat. Yes, I've been casting plenty of people in projects... I just haven't expanded my roster at all. Many of the people on my roster were actually featured in my film - something that I'm able to offer to them - and now work is starting to roll in again. Fortunately, What Happened Last Night has received theatrical distribution in the USA and Canada, but won't be released until August, so I've got a few months to myself where I can focus on Cain Talent again. I even started up the work from home business that I have been involved with since 2011. I mean, hey-- I need to stay busy. At least until the film is released, or I start shooting another film.
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| Austin, Mechelle & Dave their 1st Night in Cannes |
Speaking of which, while I was in Cannes, I was asked to write a drama. I've never really written a drama, but I said that I would take a stab at it. I'm nearly done-- And I've been working on it for less than a week. I had planned on shooting Days Like This in August, but it will be difficult to do so with the release of What Happened Last Night. It appears as though I am going to have to push Days Like This until the Fall. Perhaps I can do the drama in August. I really want to work on another one of my films again soon. Like SOON soon-- Although Mechelle (my Line Producer) and Kristin (my Production Manager) may want to strangle me. I suppose I move too fast for my own good. Patience has never been a virtue of mine, that's for sure. (Is it August yet?)
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| My favorite gown, worn for The Nice Guys premiere |
As I've mentioned, I had the opportunity to go to Cannes for the Cannes Film Festival and Marche du Film. It was INSANE!!! There were NINE people from my film in total: Me and Mechelle from the crew and seven actors: Austin Davis, David Eggers, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah, Shelley Regner, Lauren Mayhew, Brian Tyler Cohen and Natasha Coppola-Shalom. It was an experience that I will never, ever forget. Aside from my first film being picked up for theatrical distribution in the USA and Canada (have I mentioned that yet?), it was an extraordinary experience that I shared with extraordinary people. I recommend that ANYONE involved in the entertainment industry get to Cannes at least once in their lifetime. Who knows? Perhaps I will go again next year-- If I happen to have another film finished. And perhaps I will even be IN the festival itself!
Honestly, though, I feel very blessed. I never realized that I wanted to be a writer/director until I actually did it. Of course, I still LOVE casting and putting puzzles together... But it is so much fun to create my own puzzles and see what pieces fit.
