Jacob's LRF Blog

This is going to be a pretty short post today, I don't really have much to talk about but I do have a fun story I want to tell. Everyone comfy? Good! So yesterday, I was finishing up a movie pitch when I take a look at the cast. I asked myself "Is this really the order of the cast I want?" and I switched it up. I'm not going to tell you what the film is about, that's still seasons away, but I will tell you the name of one actor who's in it. Tom Cruise. There's a reason he's one of the biggest stars in all of LRF, he has made a name for himself by being in some of the finest action movies ever created. From the Splinter Cell series, to Alan Wake, to more recently the Amaedroa Strain and Heights, Tom Cruise knows how to sell a movie and get people in the theatre. Every project he stars in is special. So most of the original cast is rejected, which I figured was going to happen. But Tom accepts, however he gives me a few requests for casting. Again, I had...

Introduction: When you've made thirteen films, you tend to think back about what you made before and wonder if it still holds up. Sometimes it does, other times not so much. I may not have the most prolific resume ever (no films over 80), but I take pride in most of the movies I've written for the studio. But what if I took all thirteen films and put them in a list? Which one would be my favorite? Let's find out! #13. Odette On the surface, it doesn't seem too bad. The writing is sound and you get a good sense of what the story is like (a darker, edgier version of Swan Lake), but when you hear about what it took just to make it (including one project getting delayed so I could get in something for the season) and how it didn't deliver, you begin to ask "What went wrong?" I'll tell you. Casting. Everything regarding casting destroyed any chance of this film's success. I'm not quite sure what the process was choosing the cast for this movie, but ...

So I'm trying this whole blogging thing again. I could've sworn I had a blog for the ongoing adventures of my life in LRF, but it seems to have either been deleted or lost in the internet void. So here we are. A brief introduction: Hi, I'm Jacob. I've been writing at Last Resort Films for the last six seasons and have produced thirteen films overall. I am on the autistic spectrum (high functioning) and writing is one of my many passions. Whenever something happens or I'm entering a rough mental patch, I usually find that writing helps me feel a lot better. When I write, it's like I'm transporting myself into a new world with characters to create and adventures to tell. It's not always pretty, but they get the job done. You'll notice I don't really talk much on the LRF forums. This is usually because I prefer not to cause too much of a commotion and go under-the-radar unless if needed. I also don't want to accidentally offend someone (which ha...