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Actually, I'm planning on being Utah's Peter Jackson.  No matter what I do, I'll have to spend a certain amount of time in California, but there's a lot of talent here, much more varied geography (meaning better locations) and it's cheaper to shoot here. 

What we really lack is infrastructure.  Sound stages, Post facilities, etc...  So, I'm quietly assembling a team that will ensure our future world domination.  Speaking of which, would you guys be interested in helping me land the Captain America movie?  Why dream if you're not going to dream big, right?

Sorry I haven't been on in a while, been directing some commercials, and a short film series for my alma mater.

And finally, CTU:Provo was accepted to the Tacoma Film Festival!  Not a big Fest, by any means, but still, it's the only one we've submitted to yet.  Are there any cool fests out in Great Britain I could submit to?  It'd be great to come out and meet you fine folks.

Agreed, mate.  Nothing I saw there really drew me in, and I couldn't agree more.  I'd like nothing more than to see American Foreign Policy take 2 big steps back.  Not that I think genocide is a good thing, but I'm just not convinced that foreigners, especially Americans, are going to be listened to in the places where those things tend to happen.

On the other hand, I'm holding on to hope.  I really hope that season 7 will knock my socks off.

Oh, there's always a chance.  This one is kinda slim though.  Basically, for a sequel to happen, we'd have to have permission from FOX to distribute it, and we'd have to have enough of a budget that I could pay everyone, and we could shoot it like a real movie (meaning, paid crew, all at once, for about 3-4 weeks, not a couple hours every 3rd day for 4 months.)

Don't let that get you discouraged though...  There's bound to be other stuff coming out of the Telekinesis mill soon.  Stay tuned.

On the weather front, you really can't beat Utah. 30 to 35 degrees, no humidity, beautiful thunderstorms for an hour or so in the evening.    It's kinda paradise.  But don't tell anyone else, I don't want this to turn into California2.  Too many people, too much traffic.

I can manufacture as many as I want, as long as I don't sell them.  I think I can ask people for shipping costs, but that's about it. 

What the possibility of manufacture means...  I think I've gotten enough work lately to afford to manufacture them, just out-of-pocket.  The biggest reason we wanted to make the movie in the first place was to have a kick-ass demo reel...

That is all.

Just pre-ordered the new, all-region DVD set of Spaced.  Comes out July 22nd, and as far as I can tell, it's the first release that's available in the US.  Needless to say, I'm counting down the days.

Good man!  I freaking LOVE Ed Wright and Simon Pegg.  Though I've yet to see Spaced, it's a bit harder to get ahold of this side of the pond.

I really enjoy both Greengrass' and Mann's work, though they're not in my favorites for the following reasons:
Michael Mann - Miami Vice.  What a blechtacular waste of 2 hours.  But Collateral and Heat are both in my personal top 20.
Greengrass - all of his (admittedly mind-blowingly spectacular) action is actually directed by Dan Bradley, his 2nd Unit Director.  I know that's quite common, but I still prefer the Chris Nolan approach (present for every single frame shot.)

I still haven't gotten into West Wing, though I'd really like to find the time.  I really love a good walk-and-talk.

And yes, J.J. Abrams Lost pilot was probably not only the best fast paced direction in recent times, it may very well be the best episode of television I've ever seen.

Woops, forgot to answer that.
I do have a couple favorite directors, now that you mention it.  Peter Jackson, Stephen Spielberg, and, hear me out, Michael Bay.
Peter Jackson = LotR is the reason I started making movies.  I'd always loved them, and thought, "gee, that'd be fun, maybe."  But watching LotR made me realize just exactly what I loved about movies, and what I wanted to deliver to people:  Worlds and stories and characters so lovingly crafted that they are 100% real.  Every time I watch the Trilogy, I cry, not just because of the incredible acting, and beauty of the films, but because I feel like I'm losing friends, and I can never go to Middle Earth, at least, not in the way they did.
So there's that.
Spielberg = Hello...  Spielberg!  The man can do anything.  Just look at the genres he's either re-defined, or created outright.
And finally...
Michael Bay = Bay teaches me what not to do, and exactly how to do it.  Let me explain.  His movies, though incomprehensible cesspools of putrescent excrement, are really, really exciting.  They're big, flashy, gaudy money-makers.  And while I like to think of myself as an artist, and a thoughtful entertainer, I'm also a businessman. 
That's what makes filmmaking so hard.  If you're just an artist, you end up producing beautiful things that no one understands (to me, intellectual masturbation,) if you're a businessman, you produce the same crap that Hollywood studios churn out 100's of per year, and if you're merely an entertainer, pandering to the lowest common denominator, you're Michael Bay.
But if you figure out how to combine all three, you're Jackson, you're Spielberg, you're George Lucas pre-1983, you're Seawright

My 2 cents.

Sorry, the shirts were hand-made by a friend of mine, I think they only printed up about 15 of 'em, and of course, they've all gone to fans and friends here locally.  Otherwise I'd totally hook you up.

And I have to say, Jack Bauer would definitely use a Mac.  He always needs things to work right now!

Let me know how that goes.  We've had some moderate success showing the movie to 24 non-fans, or to casual fans, but most of those people were the friend/relative types.  I've been too busy working on other projects to really set up a "Premiere" with all the trappings.  You know, red carpet, tuxes, fabulously beautiful women, after-parties...

Point is, I'm interested to see the reaction of the common folk to the movie. 

And as always, thanks for the support.