Doug Liman Blog: Flying to Canada to protect the action in 'Covert Affairs'
[...] Our TV show, Covert Affairs starts shooting this week. We've already shot a pilot, but now it's time to shoot the series. I had hoped to direct this first episode but it's just not possible because of the pressure to finish Fair Game in time for Cannes.
The script of first episode is one of the best scripts I've seen of TV writing. It's ambitious, smart and so much fun that I'm throwing myself into the episode as a producer as much as I can. So, I flew myself up to Toronto on Monday. This is my idea of a perfect day. I get up in the morning, drive myself to the airport, fly myself to Canada (which is a fun flight because it's just complicated, enough because it's international, to be interesting) work for a day on a project I'm excited about and then fly back that night.
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It's so that it's the first episode and we can establish a tone for the series that people for years to come will say "How are they able to get so much production value for the TV on that budget" I think we're going to set a look for the show that isn't like any other show.
Read full article at 30ninjas.com
The script of first episode is one of the best scripts I've seen of TV writing. It's ambitious, smart and so much fun that I'm throwing myself into the episode as a producer as much as I can. So, I flew myself up to Toronto on Monday. This is my idea of a perfect day. I get up in the morning, drive myself to the airport, fly myself to Canada (which is a fun flight because it's just complicated, enough because it's international, to be interesting) work for a day on a project I'm excited about and then fly back that night.
[...]
It's so that it's the first episode and we can establish a tone for the series that people for years to come will say "How are they able to get so much production value for the TV on that budget" I think we're going to set a look for the show that isn't like any other show.
Read full article at 30ninjas.com