Sorry, we haven’t been posting, but that is a sign of serious business (cue the EPMD please)… It’s hectic around here as we try to make the biggest little movie on earth. Today we Tech Scouted some of our locations in order to share information with all crew members on how, why and where we are going to try to finally bring BDL to life… It’s fun, it’s exciting, it’s draining, but, damn, it’s certainly nice to finally drive the lane toward making this film. There are a lot of people, talented people, taking a shot with BDL and we aim to make them all proud. From the folks graciously letting us invade their houses, businesses and streets to the amazing crew members we have to our insanely talented cast, I am so thankful we have each other to with which to do this… It will be, if nothing else, a slice of truth.

Lotta folks slept, but we’re still awake. Always awake… Watching, waiting, prepping to claim this world as Sticky’s….

Ocean Park… one of my fave spots growing up….

I look up at the calendar and the days of pre-production are vanishing. Tick, tick… With each passing day, I have my fair share of painful beats, but, man, I’ll take all of it just to get the chance to finally make this film. I absolutely love each and every minute I breathe on this thing. All of it.
It is a humbling pleasure to have so many wonderful actors step into our office and push real life into our characters. It is honestly invigorating to drive the streets of Venice and have strangers welcome us into their homes, businesses and lives in order to offer up authentic locations. It is the absolutely greatest feeling having so many talented collaborators on the crew pouring their souls into this film, into Sticky. I cannot express what all of this means to me, to this longstanding vision, to BDL. Just know, time may be ticking down to production and it is short, but, my God, will it all blow up when we step under the lights. Tick, Tick, Boom….

Another gem from Nick Haas… Santa Monica just before dawn… Dang.

We had an amazing scout this past Friday and the look and locations of this film are very much beginning to grow a spine. We found a perfect Smith House, an absolutely perfect group house, and a perfect space for Ruben and Carmen. Visions have changed on all three in my mind, but I like what we found and I love the direction that we are going now.

It was quite freeing to read de la’s blog on book-to-film musings because it reminded me that it is time to let the book go. I fell in love with the book when it was 3 Stones Back, when it was printed on recycled/used paper, when it was a pipe-dream looking for a publishing rack. Now it is more, and less, than I remembered. Lines are altered, words are moved, story-lines are gone, but it is still Sticky at its core. It is at once more full and more skeletal than the book I first read. It is different.
The script is a variation on BDL: The Novel.