Insider Update. Read it here before it gets mass mailed. ;
Posted: May 28th 2002, 7:20 pm
Well, well, well. Today was a great day. Some days have been good and others have been not as good.
For instance:
"good" = when we got Winnie, Marshall and Ed to do interviews
"not as good" = when we flew Dan out to LA to interview cast, and things came apart the day before.
"not as good" = any kind of delays
However, I spoke with BMG and confirmed 2 things today:
1) All of the music in the DVDs has been cleared
2) The lunchbox has been cleared as long as it is used as packaging, and not made available for individual sale (which was the point anyway). So... whatever you do... be sure not to carry your lunch in it!!!
Anyhoo, the two things holding this up, the lunchbox and the tracks (which, in a worst case scenario might have meant having to edit out a scene --something we were not willing to do) are no longer problems and production moves ahead at a very rapid pace.
For those who wonder why we have to worry about stuff like this, the DVD box set is being done 100% by-the-book, legal. Everyone is getting paid for their music, artwork, etc.
Basically, the one wildcard right now is rescheduling the cast interviews. With all of the other stuff out of the way, I should be able to focus on this and assist the MSCL.com in getting cast members together.
Best,
Jason
PS: It is my understanding that snail mail confirmations went out, and are starting to be received. In case you are wondering why they were printed so much earlier than they were shipped... we had a lot of unconfirmed orders and declined credit cards. It is easier to manage if we can give people a uniform date to expect it, otherwise we would generate a lot of unnecessary emails.
For instance:
"good" = when we got Winnie, Marshall and Ed to do interviews
"not as good" = when we flew Dan out to LA to interview cast, and things came apart the day before.
"not as good" = any kind of delays
However, I spoke with BMG and confirmed 2 things today:
1) All of the music in the DVDs has been cleared
2) The lunchbox has been cleared as long as it is used as packaging, and not made available for individual sale (which was the point anyway). So... whatever you do... be sure not to carry your lunch in it!!!
Anyhoo, the two things holding this up, the lunchbox and the tracks (which, in a worst case scenario might have meant having to edit out a scene --something we were not willing to do) are no longer problems and production moves ahead at a very rapid pace.
For those who wonder why we have to worry about stuff like this, the DVD box set is being done 100% by-the-book, legal. Everyone is getting paid for their music, artwork, etc.
Basically, the one wildcard right now is rescheduling the cast interviews. With all of the other stuff out of the way, I should be able to focus on this and assist the MSCL.com in getting cast members together.
Best,
Jason
PS: It is my understanding that snail mail confirmations went out, and are starting to be received. In case you are wondering why they were printed so much earlier than they were shipped... we had a lot of unconfirmed orders and declined credit cards. It is easier to manage if we can give people a uniform date to expect it, otherwise we would generate a lot of unnecessary emails.