BULLET and MACHINE

The Awesome Report's going into production mode now, chums.

A short film called MACHINE and a live-read radio play called BULLET have been taking up my time and I couldn't be more proud of either of them.

MACHINE is a sci-fi short film about what it is to be a person and protect your family. In the not-too-distant future, an android breaks into a high-tech facility and makes away with a power source. The facility's security guard, a family man who loves his job, goes after the thief. When he discovers what the power source is for, he's forced into a terrible position.

Written and directed by Mark Inducil, a very cool dude I went to RMIT with and who shares my passion for genre, this short's got a hefty budget attached already. The script is void of dialogue (except for a background news report) and brings together a lot of talented people I've already worked with, and some I haven't. We're at the stage of signing our crew on, with everyone having given their support. David brand is our production manager, and he and I have a meeting scheduled for tomorrow. We'll sort out the details of our first big round-table production meeting.

BULLET: a superhero comedy, is a live-read radio play about a hero who loses everything. Bullet is the hero of Settlement City (an analogue of Melbourne if superpowers were real), but when he loses his powers, his secret identity is discovered, his wife is killed and his city's stolen. He ventures out to try and regain his powers, meeting the strange inhabitants of this supervillain-plagued Australia who try to help or hinder his hero's journey.

We've been chomping this one up at rapid pace. Sean Fabri and I have been writing the script and writing it HARD, going draft over draft to do it right. None of that first draft shitness for us. Ben McEwing is directing, and this weekend we cast our cast. Five actors playing 15+ characters. Melbourne Fringe is going to explode with our awesomeness.

I intend to nab a brand update for this blog to suit simonjgreen.com, and please Like Bullet at www.bulletradio.net and stay tuned as we swing into gear. Full promotion kicks in once tickets go on sale in August.

Oh, and I registered a new company. The X Gene. Coming soon...