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Posted: Wed., May 17, 2006, 8:20am PT

Seven Arts pacts with Zide
'Pool Boy,' 'Autopsy' first on sked
By NICOLE LAPORTE

Seven Arts Intl. has pacted a three-picture deal with "American Pie" producer Warren Zide. The films will be fully financed through a $15 to $20 million all-equity fund that has been secured for the alliance. First pic to come out of the partnership is "Pool Boy," followed by "Autopsy."

First up is "Pool Boy," written by Julie O'Hora. Pic follows the antics of a recent high-school grad who inadvertently becomes a pimp to a mansion full of beautiful girls. Shooting will begin in the fall.

Horror pic "Autopsy," which also shoots this fall, was written by Adam Redmond Gierasch, who will also direct, Jace Gremly Anderson and E.L. Katz. Jessica Horowitz will produce with Zide.

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The word “locked” has been bandied about with regard to my script. I do not think it means what they think it means. Or maybe it just doesn’t mean what *I* think it means.

Regardless, what it really means is “time to rewrite.”

Last week was all about the second draft. I completed 30-page chunks at a time and sent them to my producer. Friday, I started to panic – he wanted the completed draft by Sunday and Sunday was coming too fast. I was spending an inordinate number of hours staring at the screen with nothing happening. Just wasn’t feeling it. (Interesting dichotomy: I love deadlines, yet hate to be rushed.)

Woke up Saturday and got my head back in the game – sat down to work at 11:30 that morning and stayed there until 3:30 SUNDAY MORNING. Took all meals at my desk and literally did not spend more than 60 minutes combined outside my office during that 16-hour stretch. My husband and kids were terrific – gave me lots of space all day to work. (Or maybe it was because I didn’t even take the time to change out of my jammies or brush my hair all day...) Anyway, I got a lot done and felt nice and in-the-homestretchy when I started on the third act Sunday morning.

There’s something really motivating in feeling firmly on the right track, so the work went rather smoothly on Sunday and I finished the second draft Monday night.

Tuesday morning, I received an overnighted package from my producer including a printed copy of the script covered in very bad penmanship. We went over the most indecipherable hieroglyphics on the phone and I set to work.

I am now halfway through the third draft with another Sunday deadline bearing down. This being more of a buffing and polishing draft with the heavy grinding and sanding already done, I’m not dreading this Sunday.

I mentioned in my last entry that the script will be going to the Cannes market for distribution. Well, my producer sent me a draft of a press release his publicist wrote and the subhead reads: Teen Comedy Pool Boy Marks First of Three Pictures to Be Produced Under New Partnership. It includes the phrase, “The film, which was written by Julie O’Hora and is set to begin shooting in Fall 2006...”

Which was nice to see.

(You may have noticed they called it POOL BOY – looks like we’re back to the original title, which I like best, anyway.)

It’ll be interesting to see what happens when I finish this pass on the draft. We’ll be out to directors soon, apparently. Still talking to the guy I referred to in the previous post, but that’s not solid yet, from what I gather.

Still not holding my breath, but conditions do seem favorable for this movie to actually happen...