If things work out, this will be a total step up from anything I've ever done. From the looks of it, Mudge has impressed a good many people already. He recently received a phone call asking him to direct some ads for Ford. And soon he will head out to Los Angeles for a number of meetings with producers. Still, writing a feature-length screenplay is a challenge.
Short films are so easy.
And he has an image in his head of places and characters. But with feature films, he says, he's thinking in terms of competing with the big names. His film will have action, he says, and maybe one small star, but nothing like the caliber of your usual Hollywood blockbuster. There are only so many Arnold Schwarzenegger movies that people are going to go to. Eventually an audience is going to want to see something different.