| Subject: Re-connecting with Red! |
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Gene Kraft
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Date Posted: 02:32:08 07/02/05 Sat
In reply to:
MikeyMike
's message, "Cottage Country" on 21:56:41 07/01/05 Fri
I claim full responsibility. I am the insensitive time zone challenged fool who regaled her with my crazy Hollywood stories and show ideas into the wee hours then proceeded to wake her up at 4 a.m. again this morning because I needed a fix.
Darian, your humor is so refreshing. I can't tell you how cathartic it is to laugh this much. Nick is absolutely on the money. Everytime I run into him, I inquire about the infamous diva bestowed with "ovaries with attitude." While listening to your highly amusing and erudite pontifications
simultaneously stuck on the 101 with your image looming to my right on a gigantic billboard and in front of me on the back of a bus, I had a true Zen moment and knew I had to work with you. It was fun and I quickly learned to expect the unexpected. I see that hasn't changed. Good! Rumors of you disappearing to WA and even dying left us all scratching our heads as to your whereabouts. I didn't even consider Canada. We do a lot of filming up there and had I known I would've been in touch sooner.
As usual, I have several irons in the fire. We're still doing the internet soap I originally cast you in and so much more. You can always come back as your evil twin. We've changed the programming a little to accomodate the loyal followers. We do 20 minutes live M,W,& F but through the magic of podcasting and the proper aggregators, fans who can't devote that much time during work can replay the episodes anytime they want after the initial run. Have Chad explain it to you further but it's basically TiVo for the internet. Interactive TV is the wave of the future and I want exactly your kind of entertainment on the ground floor.
There are simply no women pulling off the kind of edgy, sexy, outrageous and funny material unique to you. An Xtreme TV show hosted by you is a given. We're also shopping several pilots to the networks and especially HBO and Showtime. Another perfect fit for you. As for film, I've got one in pre-production and another in pre-preproduction. Lol.
The script I sent you is for Mother Load, a dark comedy written by a great NY writer named Tom Vecchio. I describe it as Fargo meets Monster. It's based on the true story of Elizabeth Duncan, better known as Ma Duncan who was sent to
the gas chamber in '62. She was married eleven times, had a bizarre and obsessive love for the only child of four that she kept - Frank. She also spent some time as the madame of a brothel in San Francisco. You're too young to play Elizabeth but I'm crossing my fingers for Annette Bening or Frances McDormand. At the HBO premiere for Empire Falls last month in NY, Philip Seymour Hoffman expressed interest in playing Frank. Here's hoping. Now, Frank secretly marries a lovely young Canadian nurse named Olga and that's the role I want you to pay particular attention to. But there are certainly many other fascinating characters to explore. We plan to commence filming in the fall in Santa Barbara and it's shaping up to be my most interesting project to date. Read the script and let me know what you think. In the interim, send me any and all show ideas you and your team can come up with. Leave no stone unturned. The more demented the better!
Since you informed me of the reward for setting up a meeting between you and Seth McFarland, I've placed several calls. It would be a shame not to animate someone so animated! To be continued...
Best,
Gene
Gene Kraft
Producer
Gene Kraft Productions
2549-B Eastbluff Drive
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Newport Beach, California 92660
949 721.0609
gkraft@ientertainment.ws
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