# amman (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover amman. Page: Feed: --- ## [Eight Seconds of Thunder, Six Figures to Release It: The Bull-Riding Movie That Can't Leave the Gate](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/eight-seconds-of-thunder-six-figures) _2026-08-22 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Sidd Finch taught himself filmmaking, followed a struggling Michigan bull-rider for two years, landed a distribution offer he couldn't even take. Now we have a chance to help him. ## [Bonus Interview: Amman Abbasi, director of DJ Khaled "You the Best!"](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/bonus-interview-amman-abbasi-director) _2026-08-18 · ALMOST GREENLIT_ I sit down with Amman Abbasi to reminisce about the shoe covers, the starfruit elixirs, and the $20 million no and he proceeds to blow the entire story wide open by remembering it almost completely differently than I do. ## [Case File 008: DJ Khaled "You the Best!" Part 3 (The End?)](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-008-dj-khaled-you-the-best-93c) _2026-08-18 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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. ## [BONUS: DJ Khaled "You the Best" Teaser Budget and Schedule](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/bonus-dj-khaled-you-the-best-teaser) _2026-08-18 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ This was the budget and schedule Amman Abbasi and I put together for the Khaled documentary. ## [BONUS: DJ Khaled "You the Best" Full Deck](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/bonus-dj-khaled-you-the-best-full) _2026-08-18 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ This was the full deck for the project, written and designed by Amman Abbasi. ## [I Was Accused of Using AI. You Will Be Too.](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/i-was-accused-of-using-ai-you-will) _2026-08-12 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ On AI, writing, and the nightmare we all currently live in. ## [Case File 008: DJ Khaled "You the Best!" Part 2](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-008-dj-khaled-you-the-best-739) _2026-08-11 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/bonus-case-file-andrew-tate-giant) _2026-08-06 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ The project that died over a toilet flush. ## [Bonus Deck: Andrew Tate Giant Piece of Shit](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/bonus-deck-andrew-tate-giant-piece) _2026-08-06 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Read more ## [Case File 008: DJ Khaled "You the Best!" Part 1](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-008-dj-khaled-you-the-best) _2026-08-04 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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. ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pErfqAgOmbJt) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Resource: 3 Real Pitch Decks That Got Passed On](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/resource-3-real-pitch-decks-that) _2026-07-29 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/a-filmmaker-his-childhood-hero-and) _2026-07-28 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/bonus-eric-davis-deck) _2026-07-28 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Read more ## [Everyone Said the Show Was Greenlit. Then a VICE Executive Walked Into the Edit Room the Night Before the Screening.](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/everyone-said-the-show-was-greenlit) _2026-07-25 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/required-viewing-surviving-edged) _2026-07-22 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Everybody in Milwaukee Has a Knife. ## [Case File 007: The Paranormal Series That Apparently Wasn’t Paranormal Enough](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-007-the-paranormal-series) _2026-07-21 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/interview-with-andrew-porter-of-abso) _2026-07-21 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Date: June 25, 2026 ## [Case File 007: Bonus - Original Deck](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-007-bonus-original-deck) _2026-07-21 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Read more ## [The World's Best Failed Project](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/the-worlds-best-failed-project) _2026-07-18 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/untitled-war-zone-documentary-budget) _2026-07-14 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Read more ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sV47ch68mBhY) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Case File 006: The War Zone Documentary that Blew Up in our Hands](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-006-the-war-zone-doc-grenade) _2026-07-14 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/the-andy-kaufman-documentary-that) _2026-07-11 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ 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)](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-005-bonus-dogg-pound-on-aa8) _2026-07-06 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Read more ## [Case File 005 Bonus: DOGG POUND ON DEATH ROW (Original Deck)](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-005-bonus-dogg-pound-on) _2026-07-06 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ Read more ## [Case File 005: The Hip Hop Documentary I Built for Someone Else to Sell or Industry Rule Number 4,080](https://almostgreenlit.substack.com/p/case-file-005-the-hip-hop-documentary) _2026-07-06 · Adam Bhala Lough · ALMOST GREENLIT_ I Had RZA, Rough House, and the Death Row Archive. Then I Found Out Someone Else had Sold it.