His experiences taught him that businesses fail for a reason: they don\u2019t adapt, get too big or ignore the competition. The same goes for the traditional movie industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cHollywood\u2019s struggling because they\u2019re cranking out the same old shit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
It relies on remake after remake, formula after formula, then hedges its bets by dumping tens or hundreds of millions of dollars into one film, always hoping for a blockbuster. That leaves an opening for small, independent filmmakers, Hitchcock said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see an industry being disrupted by independents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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That\u2019s why he jumped at the chance when an old Army buddy invited him to move to Billings to make a movie.<\/p>\n
David Bulkley is a native of Wyoming, born on a remote ranch in the Sheridan-Buffalo area. He and Hitchcock roomed together while serving in the Army in South Korea 25 years ago.<\/p>\n
Both of them liked to write and they collaborated last year on a children\u2019s book<\/a>. Bulkley had worked as a nurse in Montana and Wyoming for more than 20 years but had long thought of giving the movies a try.<\/p>\n He really got inspired by \u201cWay Darker Than You Think,\u201d a made-in-Billings zombie-comedy-guns-and-gore movie that was released in 2011.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to be in the movies,\u201d Bulkley said, so he called Hitchcock last fall and they kicked around some ideas. \u201cFinally, we\u2019re like, let\u2019s just do it,\u201d Bulkley said.<\/p>\n Bulkley\u2019s initial idea was that they would collaborate on a screenplay, but Hitchcock had already written a few on his own. One that he was particularly proud of, and which had been improved by critiques from two directors, followed by extensive rewrites, was \u201cThe Writer\u2019s Ghost.\u201d<\/p>\n That screenplay, about a successful writer who learns that her new house is occupied by a spirit who seems benign at first but grows increasingly aggressive, became their joint project, the object of their shared dream.<\/p>\n So Hitchcock and his teenage son moved to Billings from the Midwest and are staying at Bulkley\u2019s home in Billings. Bulkley spends most of his time in North Dakota, where he is working in the Bakken oil patch. He plans to take a couple of months off to make their movie. They\u2019ve gotten a lot done since the fall. The company they formed, P210 Productions, conducted a contest to find a director for their film, inviting applicants to shoot a short trailer based on Hitchcock\u2019s screenplay. They chose Douglas Guarino<\/a>, of Boston, whose trailer<\/a>, Hitchcock said in a press release, \u201ccompletely captured the feel of the original script.\u201d<\/p>\n Guarino also brought in Gia Franzia, a Los Angeles producer and actor who will be helping with the production. Paul Black, who used to sing with LA Guns, is going to write an original score, Hitchcock said. Local musicians, including Wes Urbaniak and the bands Endever and Omnithex , will also contribute to the soundtrack.<\/p>\n Hitchcock and Bulkley chose their cast after three auditions were held. Most of the actors are local, but two are coming from Los Angeles. Hitchcock and Bulkley recently rented a house outside of Billings, where most of the movie will be filmed, and they plan to shoot scenes on city streets and inside a couple of local businesses as well.<\/p>\n![\"CapreAir_Variable\"](\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/201703_capeair_variable.jpg\")
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