Project Greenlight Episode 9

This is it. The last episode of Project Greenlight. It’s been a wild ride from when I first submitted my own screenplay to the final show. John Gulager seems to have become more comfortable talking to people. I think he’s brought something away from this experience. Whether or not he wants to use it on another Hollywood produced movie only time will tell.

This show focused on the test screening. The movie is played for a test audience who gives feedback so the filmmakers can go back and correct some issues. An executive wanted to show it only a week after his own screening. There was a lot to do to get it into shape. So again they didn’t have enough time to get it ready. They had a cut of the film and then spent a day to work on all of the sound. After this test screening though, the sound will have to be redone again. So all of that work is for just one screening.

The audience’s reaction broke into two camps. The first liked the film but wanted to know more about where the monsters come from. So they rated it low. The other didn’t care where the monsters came from and rated it high. Their reactions while the movie played seemed good. Even though they have lower than average scores the executives think by adding another scene at the beginning about the monsters’ origin then the movie will play well.

So they were given a new budget for some re-shoots. It looks like they will be given more time for editing and sound since Feast won’t be released until December. I think I’ll adopt a wait and see before I decide to check it out. Maybe I’ll see if it’s on Rotten Tomatoes and see what kind of reviews it gets.

On a more somber note, regardless of how well the movie does, the ratings for Project Greenlight the TV show was not high enough to keep it going. The Executive Producer Chris Moore had a blog about it. Without the TV show he’s not sure if the contest/movie part will be able to continue. So this could be the last Project Greenlight ever. There were a lot of issues with the way it was run but it was still a nice door into Hollywood. Now that door has been shut.