The last few weeks...

The first published frame from the movie. Straight from the RED.

...and we're back! We hadn't forgotten about you. We've just been waiting for the right time to post.

...and look... I even made a video for you to watch... :::VIDEO BELOW:::

This weekend we knocked out the final remaining stressful on-location shoots of this entire movie! We filmed a fight scene in a dead hot Phoenix alley, a number of scenes at various school locations, and the biggest of all... the funeral for William Marshall!

D'artagnan Driscoll, Ryan Adelson, Kelcey Bligh, Jacob Lacy

The alley fight scene... This was a serious, knock-down, drag 'em out, in the dirt, blood, guts, boards, and bullies type of brawl. It took two days of filming to complete it, and by the end of it, cast and crew were all pretty beat up.

Meet young Abner, Jacob Lacy

This week, we meet a new main character... Young Abner, who is played by Jacob Lacy. He is the bane of Ryan's school years. Abner, like any bully, rolls with a posse of baddies... played by Colin Bird, Tommy Wojtas, and Joe DiGiovanni.

The sun in Phoenix is not your friend. Standing in it for 8 hours is bad enough... trying to make a film, and have the footage look decent is another story by itself. But the kids came in ready to fight and we got some amazing footage.

Schools: Shooting at a school doesn't sound difficult, but finding cinematic locations in Phoenix (and finding locations that appear timeless enough to fit in a time-travel movie) is hard. Then you have to get permission from the school...and stock the school with kids (waiving permission slips from their parents) who are willing to work all day on a weekend.

Bullies: Jacob Lacy "Abner", Tommy Wojtas, Joe DiGiovanni

The funeral for Bill: I think Gus will tell you the hardest thing of this entire movie so far was securing the cemetery for our funeral scene. Between Gus, Jason, and I,  we'd scoped out every cemetery in the Phoenix area...and even gone as far as Prescott looking for possible locations.

Finding good locations was one thing... finding a cemetery that would let us film was another. We only had a small window of opportunity with our actors - and just as time was about to run out...Mesa City Cemetery returned our call. When we wrapped in the cemetery it was a giant load off our backs. "The funeral scene is done. I can't believe it." -Gus.

Mike "The Godfather" Vallone and Father Tom

We are getting near the end of filming now! We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and we are charging towards it. Only a handful of weekend shoots left... then it's time to edit! Well, time to catch up on sleep... then start editing. :) Stay tuned in.

-Luke (D.P)

Meet William Marshall

As promised - an exciting announcement: (Sit down carefully, swallow whatever is in your mouth, and cover any exposed electronics. I don't want to be blamed for any accidents you might cause.)

We had a new addition to the cast this past week... JAMES MORRISON will be playing the role of "William Marshall" in the film! James' character is responsible for mentoring the three main scientists that end up building the world's first time machine. He has been guiding them along since they were young teenagers... and knows something they don't... hmm!!?

Check out some video of the past 5 days of shooting:::

What an insane time we had working with James! Gus and I are big fans of James' work, most importantly (to us), his work as Lt. Col. T.C. McQueen on "Space: Above and Beyond". Also known (to the younger members of the cast) as Bill Buchanan from "24".

We shot five days straight with Mr. Morrison this week. We knocked out a lot of footage, and had a great time doing it. William Marshall, or "Bill", meets the three lead characters when they are young, and helps to foster their education and imagination in his class for gifted children at Miskatonic University.

The principal at Gus' Alma Mater, Coronado High School, kindly let us film in one of his science labs for the set of the special class room... the place where life takes a positive turn for Ryan, the lead character.

Our three leads have been paired with a younger acting doubles for flashbacks in the film. Young Ryan is played by D'Artagnan Driscoll, young Nate is played by Ryan Adelson, and young Caitlin is played by Kelcey Bligh. This week was also our first time working with these talented kids. They've all been great to work with and take their roles very seriously. Giving them direction and watching them make minor changes to their performance was a treat to watch. These kids are going to shock you. Another new addition to the cast is the role of Gail Winrich, Ryan's mother, portrayed in a lovely dark light by Debby Rosenthal.

On Friday we caravanned to ASU one more time to grab a scene with Dr. Lawrence Krauss - world-renowned theoretical physicist, author, and the man responsible for setting the Doomsday Clock (among other ridiculously impressive accolades). Dr. Krauss has been working hard to set up the Origins Project Science & Culture Festival at ASU, and we were thrilled when he agreed to take time out from that to have a cameo in our indie Sci-fi film. In between shots on set, he and James cracked jokes about quarks.

Two quarks walked into a bar... And one says...

"Hey, let's find something to penetrate!"

James has since flown back to LA where he is putting the final touches on his own film, "Showing Up", a documentary about actors and the audition process they go through. In the film, he speaks to actors from both ends of the scale: young performers who are new to the business - as well as A-listers like Sam Rockwell. Keep an eye on James' page for updates on the film.

After a couple days of rest, we'll be back to hitting the filming hard once more. We still have a large part of the film ahead of us, and we can't wait to get started again.

A big thanks once again to James Morrison for all your time and hard work! You really drove us to stay on our A-game!

-Luke (D.P.)

A celebration, a protest, and a bomb scare...

Abe Ruthless... just a man, with a beard... and a sign

Welcome back loyal listeners! Phase 2 of this giant Intersect project kicked off this past week... and we knocked out the first 3 days of our remaining 24-day shoot.

Check out a little wrap up VIDEO:::

Miskatonic University

All 3 days took place on Arizona State University campus. We were able to get some amazing footage thanks to the use of the brilliant architecture, and to Keith Jennings and all of the ASU staff that worked with us on the shoot, and a very special thank you to all the background artists who gave us hours and hours of their time over the weekend for nothing! You guys were awesome!

Being out of our cold, safe laboratory was an interesting change for our crew. The outdoors provided a new set of challenges for us, not the least of which being the intense Arizona sun! But we pushed through... and a lot of new film making gear was also debuted, including my personal favorite, the Steadicam!

I'm going to keep this post fairly short, there is a lot of work to be done for this week's shooting schedule... I'll let the photos and video do the talking.

Oh yeah... PS... we have some ridiculously exciting news... for the next post!

Watch this SPACE!! (Oh... you'll see why that's funny soon enough!)

-Luke (D.P)