Deja Vu! I am smelling smoke…

So Bob left for the Bahamas and I get a call from his partner, Scott Wilson, at HD Republic and I am smelling smoke (previous entry: Sunning in the Bahamas while Rome is Burning!) again.  He had called inquring about another project were considering partnering on called Celebrity Hunting with Jason Arnott (a Dallas Stars hockey player).Arnott  The previous week (July 23rd 2004) we had taken Jason and one of his friends to lunch to discuss the show.  Given the impending hockey lockout he was looking for potential projects, ultimately we were never able to come to terms with him.  But at the time Scott Wilson was hopeful we would engage HD Republic to do the production work on the show. 

Ever the inqusitive executive producer I asked the million dollar question:  “how is the trailer/screener coming along?”  Scott had no idea, but agreed to find out.  After making a few calls Scott determined that Bob was never able to connect with the editor - in fact the same editor that we were using for the SPEC trailer was the one he intended to work with on a paid-project basis.  I suggested that Scott and I pay the editor a visit - a fellow named John from a company called Picture Start - our meeting went well and I think John understood what we were looking for.  Oh and that is another issue - “what WERE we looking for?”