From Michael Sellers

Here’s the lineup of EOD theaters this weekend:

Twin Cinema 12, Twin Falls, ID
Redd Hills, Mesquite, NV
Carmike, Birmingham, AL
Carmike, High Point, NC
Carmike, Lexington, KY
Blue Ridge, Raleigh, NC

From Michael Sellers

A number of you have said you enjoy the “peek under the tent” type posts that provide insight into the process of doing what we do here. So, with some trepidation, I’m posting a fairly routine email exchange I had today with Blake Rogers, a very talented young writer who’s doing the […]

From Michael Sellers

As we’re working on the dol-fin suit and talking about monofin swimming, I realize we’re talking about something that many of you have never seen or considered and I want to try to get you to imagine a few things so you can get a better sense of where this takes us.

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From Michael Sellers

One of the major things that is going on now is the “finishing kick” of post production for Cryptid, which will be screened for the first time as a completed film at the American Film Market in early November. Here’s what’s going on at the moment:

MUSIC
Alan Derian is […]

From Michael Sellers

Just had a question come in from one of you which I answered in an email. It occurs to me I should post it here for general info.

Q: When filming EOD didnt the company use a film group who were awaiting another film (Pirates??) and get them to film EOD dirt […]

From Michael Sellers

This past weekend I finally got around to putting up a gallery of photos from the EOD premiere on the web so you can all go there and download anything you like . I made sure to include all of the pictures of investors who were there, so hopefully if that applies […]

From Michael Sellers

I just got off the phone with Scott Mansfield at monterey media who called to tell me that Eye of the Dolphin has been selected by Ingram Entertainment, the country’s largest distributor of DVD software, for the “Ingram Winner’s Program” — which is a special program wherein they select 6 independent […]

From Michael Sellers

Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with an investor who raised a good question that I would like to answer more comprehensively here.

The question was — if EOD cost $5M to shoot and promote, how can Way of the Dolphin, also budgeted at $5M overall, be accomplished within budget considering that […]

From Michael Sellers

Eye of the Dolphin continues to have a good extended “move-over” phase, with bookings in 3-5 theaters each week. This weekend one of the theaters added is in Louisville, plus some in Colorado. I will have details later today or tomorrow. One of the better bookings coming up is Minneapolis on October […]

From Michael Sellers

Ken Levasseur, the architect of the 3rd Phase Alternative program, will be visiting us in Los Angeles the week of August 1 for additional work in several areas. He will be working with Carly on underwater skills; plus doing research with a supplier who is helping design the monofin dol-fin suit for […]

From Michael Sellers

Elsewhere I’ve provided links to the articles from the NY Times on Ken Balcomb and the stranding of 17 whales and dolphins on Abaco and Grand Bahama in 2000 — an event which the Navy did eventually acknowledge was caused by Navy sonar.

Separately in my discussions with Ken Levasseur he talked […]

From Michael Sellers

We are planning as part of our work going forward to create an internet “portal” site that would be content-rich and serve as a magnet for people who are interested in anything along the lines of underwater exploration; marine mammals; etc. The trick with something like this is to come up with […]

From Michael Sellers

Okay. I don’t want to make too much of this but I just re-read the Ken Balcomb story which is linked in the previous post and I found it just as compelling this time as I did a few years ago when it first was published. In movie terms — Balcomb is […]

From Michael Sellers

I’m starting to do some digging and thinking about story elements for “what comes next”. I’m not ready to start connecting the dots — but I am starting to come across some “dots” that are interesting. So — without saying that this is an area that will specifically figure in Way of […]

From Michael Sellers

Sometimes we have some super-intense thing going on and I don’t even mention it — then realize I should, just to keep you updated and give you a flavor for what this is like. Latest big scramble was getting the final DVD elements to Monterey. Believe it or not — for a […]

From Michael Sellers

BACKGROUND
This trip happened at the invitation of the Bahamas Film Commission who hosted a special screening of Eye of the Dolphin in Freeport for invited guests and media on September 13th. We took advantage of being in Bahamas to shoot a featurette for the DVD entitled “The Dolphins of UNEXSO”, […]

From Michael Sellers

Back when I was with the government we were always required to file a “trip report” after official travel and I think it’s a good idea to do so here. I have been sending back informal updates but this kind of report is more formal an substantive and helps us evaluate the […]

From Michael Sellers

Just a quick informal update on Saturday’s activities–our final day in the Bahamas. We were up at 7 and at UNEXSO Dolphin experience 7:30 for more filming around the pens and an 8:30 open water trip — this time with dolphins Exuma and Andros and world class underwater cinematographer Paul Mockler, who […]