I’ve been mentioning one of the latest projects for a little while now so I figured it’s time to reveal a little more. Because if I don’t say something, everyone that’s heard bits and pieces and asked why I’m writing so much lately… well, you’ll get irritated with me brushing you off and likely stab me in the face.

Somewhere in this site I’ve mentioned Gary before. Well, Gary Alexander came up with a concept and we’ve been working on it with a determination to get it filmed for internet broadcast. There are other options, but… this is the kind of project that has far more potential on the internet and with no rules to follow but our own, there’s a lot of freedom in writing something that could be quite funny…

The concept revolves primarily around two young men living together in geeky harmony. Two very different men, with the same problem; women. Whats been written so far see’s them navigating life outside their X Box with their own personal set backs, a common enemy forming and their relationships not completely going to plan. And of course, there are tremendously geeky moments involved.

The plan right now is a thirteen episode format. So far he’s written the first three episodes, as well as the fifth and is currently working hard on the seventh and I’ve done four and six. When we’re at the half way point and seven is finished Gary’s taking a look at the creative direction and I’ll be putting together a rough Block A production schedule and working out some of the production type details with him. Including where to film, what to use, finances and everything in between.

Writing it has been a joy. Not so much for Raven who hears snippets of what we’ve wrote thus far (but she giggled a lot) and even though six was difficult as I drew on a lot of personal experience and background, the process of working with Gary has been great and it’s wonderful to be getting closer to having his vision come to pass.

But… even with some road blocks, writing will be the easy part. In a sense, locations should be quite easy too but financing and cast… that’s the hard part. I’m more worried about cast though, which is a little backwards. To get some of these characters right, the casting needs to be spot on perfect.

I know a lot of creative people, with a lot of ambition and vision and there are hundreds more who’d love to be a part of it all and join the crew. So hopefully you’ll all come out of the woodwork when I ask you and we begin assembling this product which you’ll all hopefully find funny.

Overall – I’m excited. And I’m looking forward, as I’m sure Gary is, to seeing it all come together over the next few months.

And while I’m on the subject of projects – I recently glanced at something in SFX. For those of you who’ve suffered through Year One (which has been re-added to the site, well… part one, anyway, right here) you’ll know that it all boils down to the Iconians working in the background and being evil. Oddly, Star Trek Online has done the same thing. Now, while Year One was for my own amusement, this has annoyed me a little.

Also, the play in the Arches is getting close to production and things should kick off in October. Another exciting project that Rob Drummond the Arches is spearheading and I’m looking forward to it all taking shape.

I’ll be posting more on both as the production goes ahead, and the web-series will gain it’s own little TPM sub-site with even more info coming through as things come together and we head towards the start of production.

But more on that later. For now…

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1. Drummonds Do Fight.

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