Willy Gilly met this morning with the Orange County Arts Council to discuss the creation and operation of the Orange County (NY) Film Office, which is being formed to develop and promote Orange County as a hub for film and TV production, post-production and animation. The Council requested support for the application to the OCIDA (Orange County Industrial Development Agency); they are looking to use a grant as an anchor to attract other investment by producers at-large working in Orange County. We are weighing the opportunity to work as a primary consultant to the Arts Council; we believe that Orange County is the heart of the region for such development and is logistically, scenically and demographically perfect as a magnet that will bring the industry into the region on a large scale!
Congratulations to Paul Ellis and the management of the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, which opened their new season last night...and we hear they really rocked the house with a virtuoso performance by singer John Pizzarelli! It's great to see such excitement and enthusiasm about what's happening in Sugar Loaf! We trust that we will be working with Paul at the Sugar Loaf PAC in the very near future; unfortunately, we unable to attend, due to the fact we were finishing principal photography on "Chasing G".
Speaking of "Chasing G", we are off and running, putting together a short promotional clip at the request of a major TV network! This will be followed by an extended video clip (seven to eight minutes) to be mounted on YouTube and distributed throughout the web! We are extremely excited with the results of our filming; we look forward to getting this 30-minute strip in front of the viewing public ASAP! Stay tuned...and we mean that literally!
Today's the day we expect to get some answers from the United Talent Agency regarding the prospective talent package for "36 Hours". Depending on what transpires in the next, well, thirty-six hours, Willy Gilly will open the gates for all possibilities in order to expedite casting and funding for the project. We believe that regardless of who participates, the story and script are winners, and it will become a great movie! We look to be in production by year's end!
Also, there's encouraging news on "A Hustler's Life": sources close to the potential primary investor say they are very encouraged and believe that, given the nature of the investor's other businesses, AHL is a win-win all the way around! The six million dollar project, which focuses on poker and romance, will be filmed in Orange County, Brooklyn (Barclays Center), Atlantic City, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. We expect to have answers on talent by month's end!
Finally, we wish to thank the Baltmore Orioles for giving us another opportunity to witness more great baseball! We would also like to send our condolences to the demise of a truly amazing season following the outcome of tonight's game. It is not an exaggeration to say the Orioles surprised everyone! GO YANKS!
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