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So, I finally get to divulge that a script I co-wrote called The Quest has been bought and is being developed
as a feature film by MaXaM Productions in England. I can't reveal any more 'til they make their own announcements,
but it's all in somebody else's hands now, in any case.

"At the height of the Roman Empire, a young man dies a mysterious death on the banks of the Nile,
creating a cult which will change the face of civilization.
 
His features are struck on coins and his eyes stare from every statue,
yet the location of his final resting place vanishes in the sea of time.
 
Now an archaeologist and the greatest computer hacker in the world
have stumbled onto something both amazing and terrifying,
a secret they wish they did not possess,
but that powerful forces will kill to protect.
 
Through the magnificent streets of modern Rome
and in an ancient city buried deep beneath her hills,
the hunt for a treasure stolen from the library at Alexandria
becomes a desperate and deadly race to save their lives,
and unravel the tangled mystery of the lost boy god."
  -
Following the tradition of movies like The Da Vinci Code and National Treasure,
The Quest  will meld factual historical mystery with edge-of-the-seat adventure
in beautiful and extraordinary locations.

Meantime, things are moving on Wendy's & my filmscript Forsaken,
and some new and exciting coverage is listed below:
 
"The dialogue's like something written by Cormac McCarthy."
and
"I'd be very interested in playing Sheriff Vaughan.  It's an absolutely
exciting script.  I'll do whatever I can to move the project along."
Art LaFleur 
actor in over 50 feature films
and more than 70 TV projects
-
"I'm very impressed by your work.
(It's) powerful, provocative, and highly entertaining."
Jennifer Berg
Administrative Director
The 2008 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards
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"I loved reading it.
A straight-up and savage revenge story with great suspense
and a hero women will swoon over.  Not a missed beat.
What amazing fun this would be for a director."
and
"The dialogue is so much better than Deadwood.
They should use this to show people how to write a script."
Del Howison
2005 Bram Stoker Award winner as Best Editor
2008 Bram Stoker Award nominee as Best Editor
Writer of the series premiere episode for NBC's Fear Itself
 -
"The Confederate soldier avenging the black family's death was an amazing hook
and the fights were just horrifying.  The blending of the genres was a great idea.
Where's the sequel?"
Ed Wallace
Producer of The Slamdance Film Festival for 5 years
Story Analyst for The Slamdance Screenwriting Contest
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"You mentioned that this script is an homage to the films of Sergio Leone.
I can assure you, you have hit that goal and perhaps even outdone the master at his own game.
Thank you for allowing me to spend an hour or so in a magical and frightening place . . . I loved it."
Tim Dunigan
Walt Disney's Davy Crockett
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...and a little unsolicited bit from a talented friend:
"I just finished reading Forsaken.  Wow.  Wow.  What a story."
Robb Wolford
Writer/Director of The Crusaders
(Winner Best Comics Film at San Diego Int ComicCon 2008)

FORSAKEN

An ex-Confederate Officer rides a hard trail alone,
his will fixed upon a critical end,
when the shocking brutality of a black family found slaughtered
forces him to confront an unimaginable future
and unspeakable evil.
 
A mystery with deadly consequences and a very modern horror
will transform frontier justice into a maelstrom of violence
and blood-soaked retribution.
 
Taking full advantage of stunning panoramic locations in New Mexico,
and the Italianate design sense of our production team,  
Forsaken will be a gritty and ferocious
reimagining of the Spaghetti Western for the 21st Century.

... and here's the (un)official song of Forsaken,
    Johnny Cash's God's Gonna Cut You Down
    with beautiful (and completely unrelated to our project) images by some talented folk. 

                                            (tell 'em!)

Here's about 3 minutes of the solo work Wendy did at our church recently
on Purcell's Sound the Trumpet.
. . . still fires me up after all these years.

Our California Intermediate Handspinning Champion
won a blue and three red ribbons for 2 skeins and 2 socks this year
at the LA County Fair.

Pilgrim's workshop has finished, and now we wait on tenterhooks to see where the producers will take it to make changes.  Meanwhile, if you're curious about what the new face of theater will look like, click on the image below to view a 3-minute video, or go see their site from our links page.  By-the-bye, that's me 16 feet in the air, and there are some costume pics from the show on stack.  There are also shots of Wendy and myself out in front of the theater down at the very bottom of this page.

Trying to combine my love of Harlaxton and my need to tell a truly horrible-beyond-all-words story
dealing with meaningful questions about the nature of the universe a'la Wm Peter Blatty's gory and goofy
The Ninth Configuration, I stumbled upon a refutation of The Ontological Proof set out by David Gasking. 
Once I'd settled on a group of 80 students in a hugely rambling manse with a history of exorcism,
prayer wheels inscribed onto hard drives, the true nature of sacrifice, and an entity greater than God,
Wendy and I had started on our latest script, for which you'll see the image below.
(and since I ain't all that bright, I'll see you when I come up for air in about a year . . . )