In Development

So after months of writing, re-writing, kick-starting, casting, meetings, preparation and scheduling , we finally wrapped In Development late Sunday evening. I'm so ecstatic over the story we were able to tell, but I'm also pretty sad to say goodbye to these characters (and of course the talented cast that brought them to life & crew that worked so hard to capture them.) Eric & I truly believe we'll have plenty more stories after these initial episodes and I think you guys will really like what you see. There's just nothing like it out there and I think we might have something really special on our hands.

We had such an amazing camaraderie on set, almost like a fun film summer camp with everyone continually asking when we'll be doing more. It's a great feeling to have the almost the entire cast ask where their characters will be in future episodes and crew members telling us that they've never laughed so hard on set from the performances or writing of a show.

Just for an idea how hard everyone worked on this, we only shot for 4 days. Our cast & crew knocked out almost 30 pages of script; that's basically 25%, or more, of a feature film in FOUR DAYS. The cast put in such phenomenal performances and the crew worked their asses off to make this happen in such a short amount of time. I am so proud of everyone that was involved in this. A huge thank you from us to them for allowing us to be able to tell this story at such a high level.

Later this week we'll be delivering the footage to, the more than capable hands and skillful eyes of our editor, Chris Ninness of I Can Fly Pictures. As you can see I linked his Twitter, but he literally will not follow you no matter how much you love him, no matter how many horrible films he'll make you watch. After compressing the files, syncing the sound and other editing magic, he'll start cutting everything together and putting his awesome skills to the test. We are hoping for a Holiday 2012 release and I just can't wait to see it or show it to you guys ... and the world, let's show the world too.

We were able to pick up actual behind the scenes interviews for a small featurette, and a ton of production stills, which we will compile and put up on the Make Believe Facebook soon, but I've put together a small video of our time on set just to show you guys and keep you in the loop. Please note this is just iPhone footage and the actual show will look NOTHING like this. Hope you enjoy the tiny peek inside to the inner workings of Mike Bay Productions.

Thanks for reading & watching. Share with your friends, enemies, immediate family members, pets, little old ladies crossing streets (as long as they don't mind cursing) primates and anyone else ... or EVERYONE else.

Kyle