A feature film I wrote recently (in story collaboration with the producers) is now going into financing and pre-production.
The film’s called RIDE THE NINE. Taking it on was interesting, to be sure… A prime reason (why it was interesting, that is) was because the main character’s a long time pool hustler. We’re talking decades. So I get to play with a lot of fun ideas: noirish dark corners and dangerous men… But then there’s also this game, right? Pool.
Then on top of the game, there’s the very fact of the game, which is to say: if there’s a game in a movie, there’s an assumption that the game’s going to be played on film… unless of course you’re so timid as to totally cop out and, for example, make a movie about a football player that has no football in it.
So there’s a game, and the game’s definitely going to be in the movie… How much?
A lot, actually. We’re not using pool (nine ball, specifically) as a prop or “colorful backdrop” for this story. It’s pretty integral… So let me be the first to say that there’s a whole lot of pool in the film. There are so many long games, ugly opponents, tables and halls, cue sticks, chalky blue cubes, wooden triangles, smoky lights, and bankrolls of greasy dollar bills that you could be as intimate with them as if you’d spent decades standing around the table yourself… disturbed yet?
Anyway, we’ve just put together a site at ride-the-nine.com to be a home for news and updates about the picture.
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