Welcome to “Black Mountain”

BLACK MOUNTAIN – that’s my passion writing project right now. It’s the ONLY writing project I am super anxious to jump into. I’ve got quite a few in development but BLACK MOUNTAIN is the one that makes my heart go pitter, patter.

The only new film project I’m really interested in doing right now is a short based on a story I have in my head called MOONLIGHT PRODIGY. But that’s far off into the future

On to the BLACK MOUNTAIN…

It’s an epic love story with a classic “Romeo & Juliet” theme, but told through a unique setting and voice. The only thing I can liken it to is what Guillermo Del Toro did with Pan’s Labyrinth. When he married the horrors of war with a child’s fairytale he crossed borders and decimated barriers. That is what BLACK MOUNTAIN will do….if I write it right.

The script will be the very first script I’ve ever written that isn’t my story. The story was already well thought out before I got involved. My actress friend, Nicole (who now teaches yoga in LA) came to me years ago with the idea. When she told me she wanted to chat about writing a script based on an idea she had, I thought it was going to be a low budget character-driven indie film.

I read her treatment and immediately realized it was an epic story.

I strenuously encouraged her to work on the story and flesh out more details. After all, the more details she provided me with, the more of her original story/theme would remain in the final script. Scripts have a way of taking on a life of their own and I wanted to make sure I wrote her story not my interpretation of her story.

We brainstormed over a few months and each time I demanded more information, outlines, treatments etc, Nicole came through. That’s how I knew she was 100% serious. I’ve had people ask me to take a look at an idea for a story, but they can’t get themselves to write a simple treatment or synopsis.

Now we’re ready. I think I knew we were ready back in 2006 when I used to tell the story to my girls as a bedtime story. The story would literally take 30 minutes to tell, but my 6 and 5 year old’s (at the time) would remember character names, danger situations and plot points. I was astounded.

Now I’m adding BLACK MOUNTAIN visual aids to everything, my Myspace, my websites, my blog….everything. I’m going to be living and breathing this thing for months. Not to worry though; I’m still pitching and working on BROKEN HEARTS CLUB & THE WALL. And I’ll even be jumping on BAREFOOT ASSASSIN every now and then. But there’s an intricate story to be told in BLACK MOUNTAIN…

…and I aim to tell it in outstanding fashion.