Meeting: The Aftermath...

So my reps had their meeting with Mr. Bigshot Producer yesterday. This is the guy who raved about my two scripts...and had all sorts of ideas for getting them produced...and said he wanted to get rolling on things as soon as possible...and he makes the trip to Los Angeles specifically to talk things over and get the ball rolling. But after a rather lengthy, rambling meeting, my reps just looked at Mr. Bigshot Producer—no, sorry, I have a new name for this guy: Mr. Wannabe Loser—and they said, “Why are you wasting our time?” No, really, that’s what they said. See, he suddenly wasn’t quite so keen on producing my scripts. Oh, he still liked them both very much, but he had absolutely no intention of actually plunking down any kind of option money. No, now he’s got other projects he’d rather work on...one of them being a historical drama. OK, so lemme see if I’ve got this straight. This fella is all hot and heavy over my two scripts...and he thinks they’d make bang-up movies...and he’s got all sorts of money to spend...and all sorts of ideas about shooting locations and casting...and he flies all the way out here specifically to meet with my people and talk business. But wait! Now he suddenly wants to produce some low budget movie about Mary, Queen of Scots? Wow, what a nut. Worse yet, he’s a time-wasting nut. Actually, I halfway expected this. Yes, I’ve experienced this sort of thing before. Fact is, there are people in this world who desperately want to be part of the film industry. They want to have the meetings, the lengthy creative discussions, they want to boast about all the money they have (or have access to), and they want to tell their golfing buddies: “Hey, look at me, I’m working on this movie!” But when push comes to shove, they turn tail and run, scampering back to their little hovel—or as in this case, their plush estate on some island back east. Excuse my censored French, but f*ck him. Onward and upward. He can stick ol’ Mary, Queen of Scots up his rear end for all I care. Anyway, I have a meeting with my reps next week and we’re gonna come up with other avenues on these two scripts. Welcome to Hollywood, boys and girls.