The Pineapple Express is here. Our first day of the shoot was scheduled for today, on an exterior location. The last 24 hours saw the most rainfall in one day in Los Angeles County in the last 20 years.

We ended Week 3 of production prep with some exciting drama. One of our lead actors, who all but signed on the dotted line, and whose agent had been dragging their heels for weeks on closing the deal, took a job on a bigger film, leaving us scrambling to re-cast the part.

I’m writing at the end of our second week of prep from the production office on Yucca and Vine, around the corner from the famous Capitol Records Building, in the heart of Hollywood.