Fundraising – $1100 this week and rising!
Busy week here at OC HQ – hell, the last month has been very busy. Between script rewrites, prop work and location scouting, it really has been all go – and the day job hasn’t helped with that either! Though don’t get me wrong – I love my job and my fellow employees, as well as the support they give in our efforts for the film. They’re all awesome. Anyway – check the jump for more details!
So anyway – this past week, we’ve been doing a bit of a fund raising effort. I’ve been selling all manner of collectibles to sell for the cause, and since I began, others have begun donating items to sell with the rest, which was far too kind. As of Wednesday evening we’d raised $1100 – a fantastic achievement. I’m gunning for $3000 by the end of the week, which I think is achievable.
Donations are very important to the production – they keep things really ticking over and keep the wolves away from the door. To date, excluding this week’s efforts, we’ve had over $1000 in donations, and every penny has counted. With the money we’re raising this week, we’re hoping the Warthog will get finished up and we’ll get to work on finishing up a load of the costumes.
Just yesterday, Dan was at the Warthog lock-up with Vicky sizing up the vehicle for new panels to be put on it, and word has it there are several packages filled with all manner of tactical goodies on their way from China as we speak. I can feel the progress!
3 Responses so far
Jason
August 8th, 2009
9:58 pm
About the Halo: Fall of Reach movie. A few years ago it was announced that Jackson and Garland were going to make a Halo movie…. that broke down. Now its Spielberg and Beattie. Do you think this attempt to make the move will succeed? Oh, and I saw that post on IMBd, its odd that OC wasn’t approved to the site, I mean you’ve actually made some of the props and are building the Hog. On the other hand, the Halo movie that is on IMBd hasn’t even have a directer let alone props. lol
Peter
August 8th, 2009
10:28 pm
Personally, if this rumour is true, there are still a million and one things that could stop the film being made. The producers will need to find funding, a director and so on. In that time all manner of problems may arise, so will it succeed? Maybe. It also depends on how you quantify success – I’ve already been vocal about Stuart Beattie, and it’s his involvement I am most concerned about considering his current track record. I really didn’t think much of GI Joe, or some of his other films – though Collateral was great.
As for OC not being included on IMDb, the group of film makers are for the most part rookies or not known for doing what it is they’re doing. Without a running record of productions under our belts, no film is going to be “greenlit” on IMDb until it’s at least mid-way through filming. As such, it will be a long while before we have a page on there.
HSAR
August 9th, 2009
4:17 pm
Speaking of which, I haven’t got round to putting my coupla cents in yet. I’ll be sure to do that ASAP.
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