Mountain or Mole Hill?

It looks like making the movie Everest might be as hard as climbing Everest.

The Nov 22nd issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine is reporting that
"Cross Creek Pictures has swooped in to save the deadly mountain-climbing film Everest.

"Universal and Working Title scrambled to find a partner after financiers Randall Emmett and George Furla exited the film in October. But when the Nov. 6 production start passed, the Everest prognosis was grim, much like the true story in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, one of several accounts of an expedition that left eight dead. Now sources say Cross Creek is nearing a deal to co-finance. Walden Media is taking a financial stake as well."

And the pullout wasn't because Emmet and Furla didn't like the  movie, bi that the budget kept changing.

So while they found new backers, they still haven't started filming and the window for filming is getting smaller.  The movie "can't be pushed much longer because its Italian Alps shoot is contingent on weather."

So the short story of this mountain of a tale is:

Jake must be done filming Nightcrawler if he was scheduled to shoot on Nov 6th.


At the moment Jake is not working and playing the waiting game.

If they miss the window who knows what will happen with the future of the movie.

Raising coin

When you're making a independent movie even a short one you need cash.  And you have to get funding anyway you can.

So Austin some suggestions.

  

With your looks you could do some endorsements.

  Now while it seems like all the hot swag might be all scooped up there's always room for those second tier products. 

 They are a bit more run of the mill and a heck of lot less sexy. But they still need to get sold. 

 Like ladders.

 Fishing poles

Bowling Shoes

 Towing Companies

Planks and ropes

Paint Drop Clothes

And Rubber Boots

It'd be like shooting fish in a barrel for ya, big guy.