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OOM: Egos, Money, Hollywood and Sleaze...
Jul. 13th, 2006 10:17 am"Jon, have you seen Mark today? He was supposed to be here and give us an update of what the hell's going on." Adam sighed dramatically, and put his head in his hands. It was getting annoying that he had to run all the staff meetings when most of the time, the head of the studio was late. Then again, most of the staff was too.
Jon just shrugged. "Why the hell're you asking me? I'm the new one around here. Ask Roger, or Mimi, or Joanne, or call Collins. Or perhaps just go...."
Before he could finish his sentance, the door slammed open, and Mark ran in grinning like a mad fiend. "Alright, guys. Unless you have a project that's almost done, or can't wait, your arses are all mine."
"But I like my arse, Mark. And besides. Maureen would probably not.... oh, who the hell am I kidding. She'd probably think it's hot." Kyle of the costume department smirked for a moment, leaning back in her chair.
Picking her head up from the table, Val, one of the new singers raised an eyebrow. "Hell, I'm just here for the doughnuts. I'm not even into this film thing, there was no one around the studio when Adam came in."
"Alright, everyone just shut up for a moment." Mark jumped up on the conference table, still grinning. "Today For You is going to start what I hope will be a joint project among everyone. The biggest film we've yet worked on. Moving Pictures."
Everyone stared at him for a moment, and knowing smiles cracked across the faces of about half the people at the table. Mark went on cheerfully. "I just got the letter this morning that I and Today For You have the rights to do it. Upstairs in the film room, there's a pile of copies of the book for anyone who doesn't know what it is, or doesn't own a copy. I know I need to get more, but for now, please share. You guys need to get to know the book, get to love the book, the style, the wordings, the feeling of Discworld. I'm going to start casting as soon as possible. Adam, rally the PR people, and start getting the word out. Everyone else, rally your departments, and get me lists of who's interested in working on this. I won't turn down anyone in the company. In fact, I want to work with you guys before anyone else, frankly, because I know and love you all. Right. So, to work everyone."
Mark jumped down off of the table, and scurried out of the room, leaving chaos, and excited conversation in his wake.
Jon just shrugged. "Why the hell're you asking me? I'm the new one around here. Ask Roger, or Mimi, or Joanne, or call Collins. Or perhaps just go...."
Before he could finish his sentance, the door slammed open, and Mark ran in grinning like a mad fiend. "Alright, guys. Unless you have a project that's almost done, or can't wait, your arses are all mine."
"But I like my arse, Mark. And besides. Maureen would probably not.... oh, who the hell am I kidding. She'd probably think it's hot." Kyle of the costume department smirked for a moment, leaning back in her chair.
Picking her head up from the table, Val, one of the new singers raised an eyebrow. "Hell, I'm just here for the doughnuts. I'm not even into this film thing, there was no one around the studio when Adam came in."
"Alright, everyone just shut up for a moment." Mark jumped up on the conference table, still grinning. "Today For You is going to start what I hope will be a joint project among everyone. The biggest film we've yet worked on. Moving Pictures."
Everyone stared at him for a moment, and knowing smiles cracked across the faces of about half the people at the table. Mark went on cheerfully. "I just got the letter this morning that I and Today For You have the rights to do it. Upstairs in the film room, there's a pile of copies of the book for anyone who doesn't know what it is, or doesn't own a copy. I know I need to get more, but for now, please share. You guys need to get to know the book, get to love the book, the style, the wordings, the feeling of Discworld. I'm going to start casting as soon as possible. Adam, rally the PR people, and start getting the word out. Everyone else, rally your departments, and get me lists of who's interested in working on this. I won't turn down anyone in the company. In fact, I want to work with you guys before anyone else, frankly, because I know and love you all. Right. So, to work everyone."
Mark jumped down off of the table, and scurried out of the room, leaving chaos, and excited conversation in his wake.
