Life Imitates art?

Here's a recent new story that truly parallels part of the story line of MegaBall$. In our film's story, an insurance actuary is determined to prove there is a probability in predicting lotto tickets. All the conditions are right for his big win, but he needs 500,000 tickets to win. He is so obsessed with proving his theory he fails to use good judgement, and gets $500,000 from two older Italian men. Overtime he believes he's gotten involved with the mob and will be killed because, if he wins they'll want the $120 million dollar jackpot, and if his formula fails he's lost their $500,000. There's many surprises at the ending and this loser may actually be a winner. The 'tag line' is "Ya never know when your numbers' up."

Now the reality.

A group of MIT students had found a way to beat the lottery in Massachusetts!

Read the story here: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mit-students-scammed-massachusetts-state-lottery-8-million-report-article-1.1128482

MegaBall$ is now financing $700,000 needed to produce and market the film. Maybe we should by some lotto tickets? After all, our story came first!

AFM or bust ...

We are now examining the benefits (and costs) for attending the 2012 American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles this fall. It may be wise to attend the market before our film, MegaBall$, is completed so we'll be better prepared to attend when the movie is marketed. We've also heard that there have been filmmakers who located financing on projects in development. It will certainly be a good networking opportunity. We have several friends/supporters who are attending, so will have a 'group' there.

The teaser for MegaBall$ is now viewable online at FilmProposals.com - check it out. Our web site has also been updated to address some video problems. If you haven't visited, please do and watch the posted videos - the teaser, the story behind the story, and the talking Megaball$ where casting director Ellen Jacoby, and Elizabeth Wentworth (former Ft. Lauderdale film commissioner for over 20 years) praise the screenplay.

Viewing the videos helps by raising the viewer count. You can also help by searching on Google "MegaBalls" and "MegaBall$" then click on the web sites for MegaBallsMovie.com and Orolro.com...and if you have a web site, linking to our sites also helps.

Thanks for all your support!

Teaser on IBChannelTV

The teaser for MegaBall$ is now featured on www.IBChannel.TV - it was requested!
You can also view the teaser on Vimeo and FunnyOrDie.com ... and of course it's on our website, along with several other promo videos.  Follow our progress on Twitter @Oroloro

www.MegaBallsMovie.com

The next video about MegaBall$ is now online for viewing.

The video was shot using a simple $120 Canon Elph (point & shoot in auto mode). With a comical twist it tells the story of the story behind the film and was shot in New York, New Jersey, Beverly Hills, Miami and Fort Lauderdale. There are some recognizable faces including Ken Howard, Marcia Wallace, Joseph Gannascoli and Joyce Randolph (Trixie of "The Honeymooners"). We also had access to a real batmobile - used in the Warner Brothers' film Batman with Michael Keaton - courtesy of the Dezer Collection of Miami. The Bat-footage is at the end of the video.

We just returned from a Florida trip where we met with our team members, Elizabeth Wentworth and Ellen Jacoby. Elizabeth was the Broward County/Fort Lauderdale Film Commissioner for over twenty years, and Ellen is a casting director who just celebrated her business' 25th anniversary. Ellen's work includes USA TV's Burn Notice and the soon-to-be-released Tom Cruise film, Rock of Ages. Both Ellen and Elizabeth did a video commentary about MegaBall$ which we'll post on our film's website in the next few days..

Ellen is going to give a copy of the MegaBall$ screenplay to her friend Sharon Gless, who is known for her TV show Cagney and Lacey, and now co-stars on Burn Notice...in hopes that Sharon will be interested in playing a featured role in MegaBall$.

We then visited the Dezer Car Collection, managed by my friend Doug Redinus. It was our second visit to the collection, which boasts over 950 vehicles purchased/owned by Micheal Dezer, and among them are many that were featured in movies and television. The day of our visit there was a commercial shooting using the BatMobile from the Warner Brother's Batman film featuring Michael Keaton; watching over the work was a BatMobile from the TV show that starred Adam West. We were able to shoot some video that we'll include in our next MegaBall$ teaser.

Pow!! Bam!! Stay tuned!

Above - the original TV batmobile, one of two in the collection

The Warner Bros./Michael Keaton Batmobile - one of several in the collection.

Google Me This ...

We started a new title-specific web page for our comedy MegaBall$  (www.MegaBallsMovie.com). After working on web pages I've learned to Google the page to see how it falls, and I was very happy to see that our page falls in the top position. So, as I am one to keep promoting our film and building interest in it, I Tweeted the Google response. And about an hour later was totally surprised when Matthew Broderick reTweeted our post.

I've worked with Matthew as his stand-in and double on two films: Family Business and The Freshman.  We had a great time in both and he really treated me well, as a friend not just his 2nd teamer. It was due to his encouragement, and that of Dustin Hoffman as well, that got me to continue screenwriting. So to Matt, and Dustin, thanks!

By the way, Joyce Randolph (Trixie on The Honeymooners) tells me she saw Matthew's new Broadway show, Nice Work If You Can Get It, last night. She says Matthew, the cast and the show are great, that this will be a hit. I Tweeted that yesterday to Matthew...perhaps that's why he reTweeted today.

Internet-Radio Interview

I don't know why anyone would listen to what I have to say...I'm flattered that Beth Rosen would devote an entire show to listen to me saying it, whatever I said ...Tune in online Monday Morning at 10:00 a.m. EST for her RhinoOnTheAir Spotlight Radio: The Business of Show Biz with Beth (and me). I'll talk about film, some of the things I'm involved in, and of course, MegaBall$. After the airing, I'll load up an MP3 of the interview and create a link to it.
I'm also working on a second short video...to reveal the story-behind-the-story of MegaBall$.
UPDATE: the station aired the show later than scheduled. For those who would like to listen, you may do so  on SoundCloud.com by CLICKING HERE
UPDATE 2: Rhino On Air apologized for the scheduling mishap. They liked the interview and have invited me to do another, this time 'live'....I'll post when we have a day/time set.