So busy yesterday I didn't even realize I hadn't blogged until late in the evening.
Getting slammed at work, and trying to work on PETER ROTTENTAIL for the Polonia Brothers at night. A full plate.
I heard that DEAD LAKE, my rewrite of John Polonia's script for director Bob Dennis (SAVAGE VOWS) is finally going before the lens in the next week or so. It's amazing how many things are underway that I've written, when this time last year I was wondering whether to give up and just read comics all weekend.
There may be a few people yet who wish I had.
Here's more AMONG US:
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INT. CABIN -- MOMENTS LATER
Wayne unlocks the door and ushers Jennifer in. She looks around, her overnight bag swinging.
JENNIFER
So would you say this is more "Counselor's Cabin at Crystal Lake" or "Leatherface's Living Room?"
Wayne takes in his surroundings with a shrug and starts setting his equipment down.
JENNIFER (CONT'D)
So what's your cut in this, Wayne?
WAYNE
The spirit of scientific inquiry.
Jennifer looks at him expectantly.
WAYNE (CONT'D)
I'm taking a back end of the final film.
JENNIFER
I read somewhere that the back end just means you see the back end of the guy walking away with your money.
Wayne shrugs.
WAYNE
Billy's a persuasive person.
Jennifer nods.
WAYNE (CONT'D)
What about you, Ms. Dempsey?
JENNIFER
I want to make sure this project gets done right.
Wayne looks at her expectantly.
JENNIFER (CONT'D)
Billy is--ah--a persuasive person.
Wayne nods in agreement.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. CABIN -- AFTERNOON
Billy looks expectantly into the camera.
BILLY
Ray, are we ready?
(beat)
Okay. This is our first day at the site, we are unpacked and ready to go, and doing just a brief recon of the area before nightfall.
Billy sees Wayne and Jennifer receding into the distance, down an ill-used trail.
BILLY (CONT'D)
Let's go.
He hurries to catch up.
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EXT. WOODS (RIVER) -- AFTERNOON
Feature scenes of nature: trees, sky, waving grass, birds, flowers...and the trio of explorers taking it all in. Billy is wearing a backpack, Wayne is slung with still cameras, and Jennifer is in their wake.
Jennifer stops to take in the view.
JENNIFER
It's beautiful out here.
BILLY
The cabin butts right up against government land. This is all state forest through here.
The threesome make their way down to the water's edge, where the sunset sparkles on the current. They pick their way through rocks until they are standing on the shore looking across.
WAYNE
Several of the recent sightings have been within fifteen miles of here.
JENNIFER
Water, nice land...I guess if I was going to build "Gorilla City" I would build it right over there.
BILLY
Like in "Planet of the Apes?"
JENNIFER
(absently)
No, that's "Ape City." Gorilla City is where Gorilla Grodd rules. From the comic book? He's one of the Flash's villains.
Wayne glances at Jennifer with a thunderstruck look. Jennifer shrugs.
JENNIFER (CONT'D)
My bookstore started carrying graphic novels and comics a few years ago. You gotta keep up.
Wayne puts a warning hand on his shoulder.
BILLY
Easy there, turbo.
(to Jennifer)
If you tell him you also like John Denver and "Dungeons and Dragons" you may hear a marriage proposal.
Flushed, Wayne shrugs Billy off.
JENNIFER
What do you think has caused this all of a sudden, Wayne?
Wayne adjusts his glasses and is back in his own element.
WAYNE
I'm not sure you could say it is all of a sudden. There are clusters of sightings at any given time all across the country, and have been for decades. Some just draw more attention than others.
BILLY
People will know about this one.
Billy studies the sky, lost in thought, while something catches Wayne's eye and he scoots out of frame. A moment later a bright FLASH startles Billy nearly out of his skin.
BILLY (CONT'D)
Jesus Christ, Wayne, what the...
He sees that Wayne is taking a photo of a tree trunk. Billy and Jennifer hurry over.
Revealed are several deep, widely-spaced furrows gouged out of the trunk.
Tentatively, Jennifer spreads her fingers out and presses her palm against the tree. The gouges are much farther spaced out than her hand.
JENNIFER
Do you think somebody could have just stood here with a hunting knife and...
She trails off, looking at the mark.
BILLY
What do you think it means, Wayne?
Wayne takes photos intently.
WAYNE
This could be some sort of signal or marker. Or it could be something sharpening its claws. We have no way of knowing at this point.
Wayne takes a break and looks at the others.
WAYNE (CONT'D)
It could even be a bear.
Billy looks at the markings, lost in thought.
BILLY
That would be one badass bear.
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