We’re big fans of director Dante Tomaselli on the site, so it’s always interesting to hear what he’s up to- and it looks like he’s gearing up for his next film, THE OCEAN- this time, as a collaboration with Fangoria scribe Michael Gingold.
So what was the process like getting these two dudes together and writing, what appears to be, one hell of a movie? Tomaselli explains:
“A while back, Michael and I were talking about the possibility of collaborating on ALICE SWEET ALICE 2,so [original ALICE director] Alfred Sole, my cousin, asked to see some of his writing. At that time, I had just finished up PLAYGROUND and was starting to write THE OCEAN, and I knew for sure that on that I wanted to collaborate with someone for the first time on the screenplay. Michael jumped right out at me, but I didn’t want to officially announce anything until I saw proof of what he could bring to the table. Well, I wrote a first draft and then we had a meeting, and a few weeks later he sent me a revised draft that blew me way. It didn’t change the original concept or the characters, but rather enhanced everything and gave the story more depth. It definitely brought the quality of the screenplay up. Now you really care about the characters before all the horror consumes them.”
And as we all know, if you don’t care about the characters- you don’t care if they get slaughtered or not, hence, taking the horror out of it. Bravo to Dante and Michael!
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