Hello, and welcome to the "Last Days" (working title) blog. My name is Jason Lee
Fraser and I am the creator and writer of the mini-series. "Deadly
Measures" was originally a single 15 minute episode. The plan was to do
the same as last year where I made and produced my very first short film
that I wrote called "Dessert" (a trailer link will be available
shortly). I've the first three full feature scripts to a Saga completed,
but I still have a little more work to do in getting the financial help
and talent recognition I need to get to that dark fantasy sci-fi series
started so I have begun with short films; "Dessert" being the first.
"Deadly Measures" got such rave reviews from my sample readers; there
was a strong outcry for a full feature. The demand made sense because
the episode I originally had in mind was the end of the story, but
again, funding a short was expensive enough, a feature is a different
ball game. But the idea took fruition and an episodic formed any; five
new scripts joined the first to complete the story.
What was my aim with this series? Well, Zombies have been around for a
while now and revamped like in "28 Days Later" as well as swamped the
gaming community and the stories have gotten better for some. "The
Walking Dead" series is an excellent example, and the zombies are more
of the traditional variety like they are going to be in "Deadly
Measures". In a sense, the first 6 episode season of "The Walking Dead"
inspired my mini-web series' format but the characters and plot are of a
completely different perspective and circumstance. I also wanted to
bring something new to the genre. It took me a little longer to complete
the series because I promised myself to make each different from each
other as well as most films and games out there; and my sample readers
are saying I've succeeded with my mission, grin. So now it just needs to
be made.
Two of my exec staff from "Dessert" have joined me again in getting
"Deadly Measures" off the ground, Sabrina Chevailler and Néstor de la
Zerda. I know a few more will join in when it's time, but for now, it's
pre-production. We've had two meetings so far, though the second one was
more officially the first, in the sense, because we moved on from
finishing the scripts part. Now, the plan is:
A) Lock the scripts and have a table read by end of January.
B) Write a pilot to the series, specifically custom towards finding a producer(s).
C) Meet to plan out the pilot's production
We will be meeting again shortly but I will most probably post before then.
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