Hello everyone!

We’ve just had word from our screenwriter, Lizzie Hopley that she is over half way through the new draft of Clovis, with an aim to finish it by the end of May/beginning of June. We’re excited to get going on it again.

We’ve had some tweets and emails asking when the film will be done, and why it is all taking SOOO long. I can’t stress enough that making a film is an extremely lengthy process. If a massive studio is behind it, it takes two years (and that’d be considered quick). There are so many different variables, so many obstacles and so many ups and downs. Granted; if we had decided, at the very beginning, to make a very low budget feature with the donations, then we probably could have done it by now. But we didn’t. We chose Clovis Dardentor which has evolved from a relatively low budget film to a fairly high budget one. It has changed, for the better. The ‘Clovis Dardentor’ we had set out to make with £1 Million (at the very beginning) was not right – it wasn’t Jules Verne – it wasn’t Clovis Dardentor.

We haven’t, and wouldn’t ever be able to sell enough credits to fulfill the new Clovis Dardentor’s budget (or the old one’s, in fact). It’s impossible – we’ve kinda proved that. We realised this a while ago and so started to pursue studios and production companies to take on the film (with us). That was the only way we could ever see THIS film get made.

I must assure our supporters who bought credits and pixel-ads that even though we can’t fund the film wholly with your donations, what you gave will still be used to make the film and your names will still be on the end credits. That hasn’t changed. Not one bit.

The focus, for us, has always been the film. Afterall, we’re filmmakers, not salesmen or internet marketers. For this reason, when Stephen Fry, John Lloyd (Blackadder/QI producer), Jude Law and many others read our script and decided that there was something missing, of course we were going to stop and sort out the problem. It has taken a long time to plan and organize the new draft of the screenplay, and it is a great feeling to know that it is being written right now!

Not long ago, we were just three schoolboys getting on with our A Levels, but now we’re film producers, full time. We get to spend our days being creative, planning future projects, writing scripts – it’s fantastic. Though updates have been sparse, we are still pouring our hearts into Clovis Dardentor and are really working harder than ever. If you bought a credit or a Pixel-Ad, I entirely understand any possible frustration or impatience you may be feeling… we’re impatient too.

This could take years to get made. However, the near future looks bright. With the new draft comes new opportunities, open doors. We have producers, studios and production companies waiting to see it. When it’s done, I’ll be posting more updates, telling you where this crazy thing is going. But please, stick with us. These guys still are…

I’ve been up over 24hrs after taking an overnight flight back from NYC and not sleeping on it! Tch. I will update you all when I can (will be in the next few days) regarding our exciting news. But now I must go to bed because otherwise I wil..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

We’ve noticed that people are starting to paste up posters of Jude Law’s new film REPO MEN, which is coming out soon I think. Another film we really want to see is Alice In Wonderland with STEPHEN as the Chesire Cat . There’s posters of it EVERYWHERE here.

Annywaayy, tonight we might see a film and then tomorrow we’re back off pause and getting ready to do as much as we can for another week. At some time we’re flying to LA, although timings are completely unknown at the moment. We’re really looking forward to going to see Stephen over there and are looking forward to some warm weather too! – New York is too cold. And we’re from London!!!

Nearly time for something to eat. McDonalds, Burger King or Dunkin’ Donuts? Hmmmm.

Regardless, we’re still working together through the medium of Skype. There are some exciting new prospects to look forward to in the coming weeks as we get into the full flow of “Clovis Dardentor” development in our new production office. We also have the promise of support from a rather MASSIVE name in the movie industry. So please watch this space!

As many of you may have realized, our Weekly Newsletter has been away for a while, on extended leave. Our web host started to put a limit on the number of emails we could send out…which made a newsletter impossible . All the dedicated services seemed to be over-priced and so we invited the newsletter into the office and gently let him go. But it looks like he’ll be coming back, as we’ve found an affordable solution! However, it may be in the form of a Fortnightly Newsletter, to keep costs down. I’ll let you know as soon as this goes ahead.

Anyway, let’s hope the UK returns to its normal self soon. Grrrr. MELT SNOW! MELT!…

Humph. Just looked out of the window. It’s snowing again.