I Was Accused of Using AI. You Will Be Too.
On AI, writing, and the nightmare we all currently live in.
ALMOST GREENLIT
Celebrating the passes.
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Case File 008: DJ Khaled "You the Best!" Part 2
It could have been Tony Robbins meets The Defiant Ones meets Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, executive produced by Jay-Z. Instead, it became a $20 million lesson.
Case File 009: ANDREW TATE: GIANT PIECE OF SHIT
The project that died over a toilet flush.
Bonus Deck: Andrew Tate Giant Piece of Shit
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Case File 008: DJ Khaled "You the Best!" Part 1
It could have been Tony Robbins meets The Defiant Ones meets Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, executive produced by Jay-Z. Instead, it became a $20 million lesson.
Resource: 3 Real Pitch Decks That Got Passed On
Download the original pitch decks for Dogg Pound on Death Row, Mississippi River Styx, and Strange Encounters and see what got us in the door at HBO (and Netflix, Hulu, P+, Apple, etc).
A Filmmaker, his Childhood Hero, and the Dream Documentary that Got Just Close Enough to Feel Real
How Brandon Harris came within inches of directing an ESPN documentary about his childhood idol, Cincinnati Reds legend Eric Davis and why he still believes the film will happen.
BONUS - ERIC DAVIS DECK
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Everyone Said the Show Was Greenlit. Then a VICE Executive Walked Into the Edit Room the Night Before the Screening.
Sam Lipman-Stern on the unreleased Illegal Civilization pilot, one insane all-night recut, and the strange way a TV show can disappear without anyone ever telling you why.
Required Viewing: Surviving Edged Weapons
Everybody in Milwaukee Has a Knife.
Case File 007: The Paranormal Series That Apparently Wasn’t Paranormal Enough
I got to build a paranormal comedy docu-series with Tim and Eric. Then HBO made a show that made me wonder whether we were early, unfinished, or both.
Case File 007: Bonus Interview with Andrew Porter of Abso lutely
Date: June 25, 2026
Case File 007: Bonus - Original Deck
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The World's Best Failed Project
Will Moran got the interviews, the footage, the fancy rights agreements, and a great sizzle. What he never found was the one sentence that could sell it.
Untitled War Zone Documentary Budget
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Case File 006: The War Zone Documentary that Blew Up in our Hands
We spent $96,495 building a pitch for HBO. Then everyone started fighting over who owned it. So, who actually did?
The Andy Kaufman Documentary That Took Nine Years to Get Made
From a two-day $20K development shoot to Venice, Telluride, and theaters nationwide after nearly a decade of stalled deals, competing projects and dead ends.
Case File 005 Bonus: DOGG POUND ON DEATH ROW (Full Budget)
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Case File 005 Bonus: DOGG POUND ON DEATH ROW (Original Deck)
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Case File 005: The Hip Hop Documentary I Built for Someone Else to Sell or Industry Rule Number 4,080
I Had RZA, Rough House, and the Death Row Archive. Then I Found Out Someone Else had Sold it.