Old Hat 2002
Blog entries from the year 2002.

December 2002: We can call this a "film industry close encounter." An arrangement through an acquaintance that was friends with a movie producer who in turn was to forward a promotional package to a William Morris agent, fell though. We never heard back from the phone messages to the agent.

If you're wondering "how difficult could it be to sell rights to a novel," consider this: After an abysmal movie called Raise The Titanic, writer Clive Cussler refused to sell his movie rights until granted script and actor approval. He finally got that and in 2001 I read that Hugh Jackman was slated to play Cussler's hero, Dirk Pitt. But when I attended a Fort Worth appearance by Cussler in early December of 2002, I learned that Jackman had skipped off to do Broadway and script adaptations had flopped. Furthermore, Tom Cruise had expressed interest without any follow-up. So, here we have an established Author with one movie under his belt and all his ducks in a row. What happens? Nothing. If Cussler can get that sort of run-around, I may be in for a long voyage.

Rest assured that I am doing everything I can to bring this to fruition, and I appreciate all the support and interest.