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Project Greenlight: Script Therapy
Sunday, July 31, 2005

Last week, John Gulager was picked as the Director of Feast, much to the dissatisfaction of many involved. Feast also wasn't a thrill among Dimension studio executives who are weary of the budget constrictions involved.

We start off at the celebration where Gulager was picked as Director. "We're going to have to make a funny as hell scary ass movie," he muses. Chris Moore believes they are going to ruin the Project Greenlight, even though Ben Affleck and Matt Damon think he's going to save it. Affleck confronts Moore about it, angered. Craven listens and stands by without adding anything. "We're going out in a blazing of glory," Moore says.

"Filmmaker is basically the only thing I know how to do," Gulager explains. "It's taking me 35 years to get here. It's the biggest opportunity I have." He goes on to explain his family background in television and movies; his mother passed away last year, while his father still helps him produce films. He's done a lot of B-rated movie and on the side, he shoots wedding videos to make a living when not directing.

"There's so many e-mails and phone calls," Marcus Dunstan laughs. He puts some of the calls of speakerphone for the cameras. "This is an uncommon opportunity," he says. "Finally, the weird boy gets to do something that people can see."

We're then cut to Gulager and his girlfriend, who have been together for twenty years, in a bathtub going over the script. "As a director, I'd like all the help I can get," he says about getting his family to act in the movie. "I've never really had a boss. I do everything myself, and this is completely new to me."

At Neo Art and Logic, home to the Feast production, everyone gathers for their first meeting of the project. Patrick Melton and Dunstan join him. They get new laptops and other tools to help them out with production.

Later that day at Dimension Films, they met with Andrew Rona. He's Head of Dimension in New York. "A lot of what I say will be influencing your lives for the next year," he jokes. He notes the concerns of Gulager, such as not being able to speak up and speak his mind. "That's what the director does." Gulager was upset a bit by it. "We're making a movie, and we'll do what we can to protect our interests." Then, he looks to the scriptwriters, and tells them they need $20 million to make it; it looks like a marketable idea, which is why it was picked. "It's going to be difficult for you guys. You're going to have to make major changes."

They threaten to have the script rewritten because it's so horrible. If they can't do it themselves, Dimension will bring in the people that can make them look good. "Can you fire us?" Gulager asks. "Yes," Rona says in all seriousness. "Is it over?" Gulager looks around, laughing. Rona threatens to bring in someone else to do it if they can't do it.

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