A fellow NYU alum has had an incredible journey in getting his first film produced. Pretty much the standard requirement (it’s hard to make a movie!) but this is a great testament to what hard work, persistence, and a bit of luck can do for your artistic career. I can’t wait to see this film!
When the fledgling filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki was trying to get his financial thriller off the ground a few years back, “we had everything going wrong,” he says. The billionaire who had promised to cover the entire $13 million cost of making the movie turned out to be bankrupt. The original leading man, Al Pacino, bailed a few months before shooting was scheduled to start. And Jarecki got tangled in a nasty legal battle with a producer who claimed co-ownership of the script. “I swear to God, I started to cry,” says the 33-year-old writer and director. “I called one of my friends, and I said, ‘Come on over. Bring a bottle of scotch. We’re gonna get wasted…
