April 28, 2006

•   Gone A’ Fishin’
  

  Those who saw “Thief” last Tuesday, now know the fate of my character, poor ‘ole Shrimp Boy.  Sniff, sniff.

  
  

  Anyway… onto the next thing. 

  
  

  This week I’ll be travelin’ to the last two schools on my “tour” — I’ll give a huge recap of the entire tour circuit later.

  
  

  But in between my talks at The University of Minnesota (Apr 28) and Siena College (May 2) - I’ll stop on over to NYC for the April 29 & 30 screenings/Q&A panels of “HATCHET” at the Tribeca Film Festival.  Stop by and say “hi” if you’re there.

  
  

  Daily Variety listed the movie among the 10 films in the entire festival (out of 200), that currently have the biggest buzz.  And the director, Adam Green, had this to say:

  
  

  Tribeca’s been really pushing the film.  I didn’t believe it, but the first word I heard when we got in is that the people who run the festival said Hatchet is in their top three, if not their favorite movie in the festival. I said, ‘That’s bull****, it’s what they say to everybody to get them excited.’  But every time you read something in the New York Times about Tribeca, they mention “Mission: Impossible: 3″, “Poseidon”, a couple of other movies, and “Hatchet”.

  
  

  This is exactly what happened with “BLT” at Sundance 4 years ago.  The buzz factor for the film amongst the industry folk and festival workers was very high even before our first screening.  So cross your fingers I return with good news regarding a distribution deal for the movie!

  
  

  And to bring closure to the Adam Carolla/Asian Excellence Award parody situation, here’s what transpired on his show last Wednesday after inviting Guy Aoki (reknown Asian Media watchdog) and Teddy Zee (producer of the AXA awards, along with films like, “Saving Face” and “Hitch“).  Some interesting discussion on both ends.  Take a listen and formulate your own opinion. 

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