August 7, 2024 • 16 mins
The BUZZ had the chance to cover San Diego Comic-Con, and it was a jam-packed year! From activations to star-studded panels, it was one that was a can’t miss. During the course of the 5 days, which include preview night, we conducted several interviews with talent showcasing our nerd-dom but also love for this environment.
As we continue our coverage from SDCC, this interview was conducted prior to the event. We had the chance to sit down and chat with Stimson Snead, the writer/director of the film, "Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox." The film centers around a man who built a time machine and manages to kill his younger self. For someone who should not be able to exist, he does and will soon venture on a quest which will lead him to finally loving himself. We spoke with Snead about how the concept of the film came to be and how long was the process to film. We also got to speak about the casting of the film, which include Sam Dunning, Felicia Day, Danny Trejo, and Joel McHale. Also hear his response as he prepared to head to Comic-Con in San Diego with a panel that was set for opening night.
As we continue our coverage from SDCC, this interview was conducted prior to the event. We had the chance to sit down and chat with Stimson Snead, the writer/director of the film, "Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox." The film centers around a man who built a time machine and manages to kill his younger self. For someone who should not be able to exist, he does and will soon venture on a quest which will lead him to finally loving himself. We spoke with Snead about how the concept of the film came to be and how long was the process to film. We also got to speak about the casting of the film, which include Sam Dunning, Felicia Day, Danny Trejo, and Joel McHale. Also hear his response as he prepared to head to Comic-Con in San Diego with a panel that was set for opening night.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Buzz Buzz. The Buzz is on. The Buzz is on,
the show that gets you up close and personal with
some of the hottest stars. Now here's your host, Novelle Jaylee.
What's going on, guys. It's Novelle Jaye with the latest
Buzz at Buzzworthy Radio. Now, this interview that I conducted
(00:21):
was done prior to my arrival at Comic Con, but
it is still within our theme of Comic Con interviews.
I sat and spoke with Stimpson Sneed, who is the
writer and director of the movie Tim Travers and the
Time Travelers Paradox. And let me tell you, I did
watch this movie and it's very trippy, but it's also
hilarious along the way, because there was bits in this
(00:44):
movie that we did talk about with Stimpson that I
had to call out because it was just so I
don't want to use the word bizarre, because it wasn't
in my frame of mind bizarre, but it was so
it was just so out there that I wasn't expecting it,
but it was just hilarious all on the same breath.
(01:07):
So I had I had the pleasure of talking with
him about the casting of the movie as well, and
it was just. It was great. It was great to
sit down and talk with him, and hopefully you guys
enjoy it as well. So here it is our interview
with Stimson's need check it out. We're here to talk
about Tim Travers and the time traveling paradox. Oh my gosh,
I've watched this movie. I feel like it fits me
(01:29):
for my own statistic sense of humor. But for those
who have not seen it yet, because I know that's
been it's been at several indie film festivals recently. So
for those who haven't seen it yet, let's give it
a little bit of a rundown real quick of what
this movie is.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Well, good to say you, sir.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
This is a story about a man who wants to
test the time travelers paradox. You know, go back in
time one minute, kill your younger self. But then how
did you kill your younger self if you were already
dead in paradox lies We all know it from the
go back in time accidentally kill your grandfather's paradox.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So this is about a.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Guy smart enough that he actually does it, and he succeeds,
and the strangest thing happens, nothing that the universe doesn't break.
There's just two tim travers now, and this is the
story getting into the real science and the insanity of
just how deep that rabbit hole goes as he tries
(02:27):
to unravel the mystery of the paradox and why it
didn't just end the universe. And it may also be
a story about a man learning to meet himself or
he is literally literally I'll get into that part of
that later on, because there was there was a little
bit there that I was kind of.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Going, oh, we went literal with that statement.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Oh yeah, interesting.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Yeah, I can't tell you which statement we get literal with,
not without getting the spoilers, but uh, you know, we
will light on metaphor.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Oh yeah, we'll get into that comment a little, so
I will warn all of you when it's spoil of
their time. But you had a great cast in this
with Sam Dunning, Felicia Day, Danny Trejoe was in here,
Joel McHale, I mean, and Keith David and I'm the
list goes on, and I'm just kind of one getting
(03:20):
everybody involved in this project. How did he even that
become a First of all, it's a dream, so even
how did that dream become a reality? And I know
Felicia also was an executive producer in the film, but
I'm not mistaken in is that correct?
Speaker 3 (03:33):
That is correct, although she was attached to the project
later on and then sort of promoted into that role
because of how she felt about the material. Actually, this
was one of those stories where I'm always feeling bad
because it's such kind of a boring story. We sent
the actors the script, they liked it, we haggled with
their managers, signed them, and that was that. In fact,
(03:54):
the only real stressful part was that we were casting
so late in the game, Like we were only two
weeks from when we rolled camera when we started offering
people roles. In most of these actors' cases, they got
confirmed while we were already shooting, Like Keith David was
offered the role and accepted maybe seventy two hours before
(04:17):
we filmed this scene.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Are you freaking kidding me?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
I am not.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
And by the way he called me personally after accepting
the role and hearing that voice on the other end
of a phone line is a deeply intimidating thing.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
You kind oh my gosh, that's one hilarious, but you
also kind of answered a part of my next question
because I really wanted to know how much did this
take to shoot, the time stamping of it, because I'm
sitting here going all right, so how many extras did
we have to get because there had to have been
at least fifteen to twenty and I just don't know
(04:56):
how we were able to get this completed in a
record of my time.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Oh, I want to know what you think will be
shot it in I'm here now.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I mean listen, I don't eat I Oh my gosh,
I would say four weeks.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Actually, yeah, we did it in seventeen filming days, so
a little under four weeks, so about three and a half.
Look at that, and it was insane. Also becomes with
those split screen shots here just what people forget about
when you do a split screen. You're not filming it
once you're filming it. However, many times you're splitting the screen.
(05:37):
It really shots in this film that have twelve of
the same actor in it, so really, on what in
the film will be one shot, we had to devote
twelve times the run time the shooting time to it.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
That's one of the most interesting things about when people
do split screens, especially in this kind of magnitude where
it's so many of Sam and the scene I'm just
sitting here going like, did our technology really advance that
much that you can't really tell us it's a split screen,
but you can you know it's a split screen because
this one person. But it just looked, it just looks
(06:11):
so intense. I'm going like, how did we make this
happen in such a short amount of time. And then
you have even the scenes where it's not all in
the same room, but it's sim as Tim. You're in
this room where spoilerler guys, when Tim is telling his
other Tim's to go fuck yourself. Yeah, that's what literally
(06:35):
happened in the film.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
It's spoilers to it.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
But yeah, you know, going to the split screen, there
is a trick we used a lot of the time.
It's not a split screen, that's the sneaky trick. We
actually rely really heavily on body doubles and lookalikes in
this film. So almost anytime that the camera doesn't rest
on a face, like really rest and linger, that's just
a different actor. So the main thing we did was
(07:02):
old fashioned tricks.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
But you did the whole thing like the parent trap. Yeah,
pretty much.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Yes, we did a lot of trickery with that, and
a few shots were Yeah, we had to get really
advanced on the tech. We have a couple where we
basically had just a cig model of Sam's head put
onto other actors' bodies. Wait what Yeah, we straight up
have a cig model of Sam the actor who plays
Tim Travers in costume, and we're putting his head on
(07:30):
other people's bodies in some shots.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Wow, Holy crap. Okay, that kind of threw me away
a little bit, so thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
We kind of had this rule with the effects of
trying never to repeat the same effect two shots in
a row, because we know the audience knows that how
we did it in certain points, but by mixing it
up as much as possible, like this SHOT's a split
screen which cuts to a body double, which cuts to
the CG head, which cuts to camera trickery, and trying
to intermix that as much as humanly possible so that
(08:04):
you just don't notice it anymore. Yeah, because the biggest
goal for us is for you. We just don't want
you to even notice the effect after a certain point.
I see, well, you just accept it as a given.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Oh, you played it off well, because I never would
have suspected that at all.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Yes, when he goes to fuck himself, that is a
scene where we had to That was, believe it or not,
one of the first scenes in the film we filmed.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Really day one. Day one.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I remember the ad coming up and asking me, so,
do we need to get an intimacy coordinator for this.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
And me going, it's just Sam.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
I'm sure he can consent to himself.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Never would have thought of it like that, but you
are absolutely correct. He's not going to say no.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
I mean it's to himself.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
It's to himself.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
And for the record, I believe in a safe set,
if Sam was uncomfort with anything that he was doing
to himself, I would have taken Sam out of the
room and let that guy know that it's inappropriate to
protect Sam from Sam.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
I believe in a safe set.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
It is inappropriate, y'all inappropriate, But it kind of I
ironically from that scene and towards other parts of the film,
at least towards the end. Don't want to get too
much away about this, but.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
We can't give up. We can't give up the line.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
We're not giving up the ending. But I will say
that I feel like it was kind of you said
it yourself metaphorical in an aspect for Tim, because there
was a part in the movie where I was going like, yeah,
you said to go fuck yourself, but then in reality
you probably needed someone to love yourself and that was you. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Yeah, the film deals with a lot of stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
That was a very subtle Honestly, it was a very
subtle metaphor to that, and the way that it was
played out was done very well. So I appreciate that
very much. What was well? First of all, I do
want to know, like how long did this product? Like
how long did this concept of this film come into
(10:15):
comet fruition? How long? Yeah, how did you even come
up with the concept of doing this? How long did
it take to finally get from the pen to paper
onto the screen? Like, I really want to know the
backstory to it.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
So this was originally a short film that was never
intended to be a feature. We did the short, we
were done with the short, and there was none of
the arc in the short. It was just there was
no character. It was just the science. It was only
fifteen minutes long, with Samuel Dunning in the role.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Basically a one man cast.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Okay, putting together another feature, and the budget fell through,
and so we needed to make a new feature from
scratch to not lose our shooting window. So from the
time I made the decision to make a movie based
of Tim Travers to when we rolled camera, no script,
like just the decision to make a movie, no script,
(11:07):
not even an outline for a script. When we rolled
camera ninety days, this entire film was written in less
than thirty days. We started pre production immediately and the
only thing that changed in that remaining sixty days was
me polishing it and fixing the spelling errors.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yeah, ninety days was.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
The entire development and pre production of this entire film
from scratch.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
That's incredible. First of all, I don't have the mental
capacities to do that, so I applaud those that can.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
So many shamelessly recycled scenes from the short film. But
that's as close to a head start as I had.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
I had, I had your materials, so you you know,
that's okay, it's.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
The same character. It's the same character.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
It's fine, and that's all that matters. But I do
I do like the interactions with everybody in there, because again,
when I mentioned about how sadistic this hubor was.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I just.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I love the fact that I'm just sitting here laughing
at death scenes in this film because I'm going like, well,
if you find it funny, I definitely find it funny.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
So I have always, I have always one of those
people who believes that part of there's no wrong way
to cope with trauma. But I am one of those
people who cope with trauma by laughing at it. And
I don't fault anyone else how they cope, but I
laugh at it because it's my way of dealing with it.
(12:38):
Uh My, one of my writing partners, who plays a
brief role in the film, actually he plays the homeless man,
used to joke, you know, when we were talk about
our humor styles. He would joke, Stimson, my humor is
ha ha hoop, joke, your humor is someone who doesn't
deserve it suffers.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
That is a very dude statement about that. That is
definitely played out in this film, y'alls.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Quite a bit.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Although in fairness, there are very few sympathetic characters in
this film.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
That is fair.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
That is a fair point. So honestly, if you guys
haven't checked this out, I hope you do. But I
also want you guys to check out if you're going
to be in San Diego or Comic Con. They do
have a panel coming up on Thursday, the first day,
I believe, on the twenty fifth, if I'm not mistaken correct.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Not terrifying at all to be the opening night of
San Diego Comicon.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
No, you got some big shoes to fill for being
on the first nine.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Huh yeah, well we've got Felicia is going to be
part of the panel.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Doug Jones is going to be our moderator.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Yes. What was What was that like for you when
you were notified that you guys are having a panel
at the biggest event of the year.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Uh, my producer, Ben Yenni told me about it a
few months beforehand, that this is something that might happen.
I remember being like, okay, Ben, you look into that.
Don't let me tread on your dreams. I'm sure that'll
definitely happen.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Is not gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I devoted no mental effort to it at all. It's like, Yeah,
that's not gonna fucking happen.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
And then when he calls me just like what I
was genuinely shocked.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
So but I am thrilled because it's a great film
and this is such a great audience to get to
introduce the film to. And we're gonna be screening a
brand new trailer just for the Comic Con audience that
gets into a lot of stuff that our other public trailers.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Do not nice. Nice next question, Come and.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Check it out.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
There's gonna be uh, we'll get into some spoilers on
that panel.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Oh for sure. I definitely want to try to get
there since I will be there as well, so I
will come and say hello. I will definitely do my
best to come by and say hello for sure. I
appreciate you spending your time with me to talk about
the movie and getting pumped for Comic Con next.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
This was great, sir, Thank you so much, absolute pleasure.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Thank you. I want to thank Timson Sneed for stopping
by the Buzzcast to talk about Tim Travers and the
Time Travelers Paradox before we hit up Comic Con, and
any of you that did check out that panel while
you were there, please let us know. I would love
to know your thoughts on it as well, and more
information will be provided to you about the movie when
(15:23):
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(15:45):
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Speaker 3 (15:57):
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The Buzz Buzz. The Buzz is on. The Buzz is on,
the show that gets you up close and personal with
some of the hottest stars. Now here's your host, Novelle Jaylee.
What's going on, guys. It's Novelle Jaye with the latest
Buzz at Buzzworthy Radio. Now, this interview that I conducted
(00:21):
was done prior to my arrival at Comic Con, but
it is still within our theme of Comic Con interviews.
I sat and spoke with Stimpson Sneed, who is the
writer and director of the movie Tim Travers and the
Time Travelers Paradox. And let me tell you, I did
watch this movie and it's very trippy, but it's also
hilarious along the way, because there was bits in this
(00:44):
movie that we did talk about with Stimpson that I
had to call out because it was just so I
don't want to use the word bizarre, because it wasn't
in my frame of mind bizarre, but it was so
it was just so out there that I wasn't expecting it,
but it was just hilarious all on the same breath.
(01:07):
So I had I had the pleasure of talking with
him about the casting of the movie as well, and
it was just. It was great. It was great to
sit down and talk with him, and hopefully you guys
enjoy it as well. So here it is our interview
with Stimson's need check it out. We're here to talk
about Tim Travers and the time traveling paradox. Oh my gosh,
I've watched this movie. I feel like it fits me
(01:29):
for my own statistic sense of humor. But for those
who have not seen it yet, because I know that's
been it's been at several indie film festivals recently. So
for those who haven't seen it yet, let's give it
a little bit of a rundown real quick of what
this movie is.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Well, good to say you, sir.
Speaker 3 (01:49):
This is a story about a man who wants to
test the time travelers paradox. You know, go back in
time one minute, kill your younger self. But then how
did you kill your younger self if you were already
dead in paradox lies We all know it from the
go back in time accidentally kill your grandfather's paradox.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
So this is about a.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Guy smart enough that he actually does it, and he succeeds,
and the strangest thing happens, nothing that the universe doesn't break.
There's just two tim travers now, and this is the
story getting into the real science and the insanity of
just how deep that rabbit hole goes as he tries
(02:27):
to unravel the mystery of the paradox and why it
didn't just end the universe. And it may also be
a story about a man learning to meet himself or
he is literally literally I'll get into that part of
that later on, because there was there was a little
bit there that I was kind of.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Going, oh, we went literal with that statement.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Oh yeah, interesting.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Yeah, I can't tell you which statement we get literal with,
not without getting the spoilers, but uh, you know, we
will light on metaphor.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
Oh yeah, we'll get into that comment a little, so
I will warn all of you when it's spoil of
their time. But you had a great cast in this
with Sam Dunning, Felicia Day, Danny Trejoe was in here,
Joel McHale, I mean, and Keith David and I'm the
list goes on, and I'm just kind of one getting
(03:20):
everybody involved in this project. How did he even that
become a First of all, it's a dream, so even
how did that dream become a reality? And I know
Felicia also was an executive producer in the film, but
I'm not mistaken in is that correct?
Speaker 3 (03:33):
That is correct, although she was attached to the project
later on and then sort of promoted into that role
because of how she felt about the material. Actually, this
was one of those stories where I'm always feeling bad
because it's such kind of a boring story. We sent
the actors the script, they liked it, we haggled with
their managers, signed them, and that was that. In fact,
(03:54):
the only real stressful part was that we were casting
so late in the game, Like we were only two
weeks from when we rolled camera when we started offering
people roles. In most of these actors' cases, they got
confirmed while we were already shooting, Like Keith David was
offered the role and accepted maybe seventy two hours before
(04:17):
we filmed this scene.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
Are you freaking kidding me?
Speaker 2 (04:20):
I am not.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
And by the way he called me personally after accepting
the role and hearing that voice on the other end
of a phone line is a deeply intimidating thing.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
You kind oh my gosh, that's one hilarious, but you
also kind of answered a part of my next question
because I really wanted to know how much did this
take to shoot, the time stamping of it, because I'm
sitting here going all right, so how many extras did
we have to get because there had to have been
at least fifteen to twenty and I just don't know
(04:56):
how we were able to get this completed in a
record of my time.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Oh, I want to know what you think will be
shot it in I'm here now.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I mean listen, I don't eat I Oh my gosh,
I would say four weeks.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Actually, yeah, we did it in seventeen filming days, so
a little under four weeks, so about three and a half.
Look at that, and it was insane. Also becomes with
those split screen shots here just what people forget about
when you do a split screen. You're not filming it
once you're filming it. However, many times you're splitting the screen.
(05:37):
It really shots in this film that have twelve of
the same actor in it, so really, on what in
the film will be one shot, we had to devote
twelve times the run time the shooting time to it.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
That's one of the most interesting things about when people
do split screens, especially in this kind of magnitude where
it's so many of Sam and the scene I'm just
sitting here going like, did our technology really advance that
much that you can't really tell us it's a split screen,
but you can you know it's a split screen because
this one person. But it just looked, it just looks
(06:11):
so intense. I'm going like, how did we make this
happen in such a short amount of time. And then
you have even the scenes where it's not all in
the same room, but it's sim as Tim. You're in
this room where spoilerler guys, when Tim is telling his
other Tim's to go fuck yourself. Yeah, that's what literally
(06:35):
happened in the film.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
It's spoilers to it.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
But yeah, you know, going to the split screen, there
is a trick we used a lot of the time.
It's not a split screen, that's the sneaky trick. We
actually rely really heavily on body doubles and lookalikes in
this film. So almost anytime that the camera doesn't rest
on a face, like really rest and linger, that's just
a different actor. So the main thing we did was
(07:02):
old fashioned tricks.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
But you did the whole thing like the parent trap. Yeah,
pretty much.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Yes, we did a lot of trickery with that, and
a few shots were Yeah, we had to get really
advanced on the tech. We have a couple where we
basically had just a cig model of Sam's head put
onto other actors' bodies. Wait what Yeah, we straight up
have a cig model of Sam the actor who plays
Tim Travers in costume, and we're putting his head on
(07:30):
other people's bodies in some shots.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Wow, Holy crap. Okay, that kind of threw me away
a little bit, so thank you.
Speaker 3 (07:41):
We kind of had this rule with the effects of
trying never to repeat the same effect two shots in
a row, because we know the audience knows that how
we did it in certain points, but by mixing it
up as much as possible, like this SHOT's a split
screen which cuts to a body double, which cuts to
the CG head, which cuts to camera trickery, and trying
to intermix that as much as humanly possible so that
(08:04):
you just don't notice it anymore. Yeah, because the biggest
goal for us is for you. We just don't want
you to even notice the effect after a certain point.
I see, well, you just accept it as a given.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
Oh, you played it off well, because I never would
have suspected that at all.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
Yes, when he goes to fuck himself, that is a
scene where we had to That was, believe it or not,
one of the first scenes in the film we filmed.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Really day one. Day one.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I remember the ad coming up and asking me, so,
do we need to get an intimacy coordinator for this.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
And me going, it's just Sam.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
I'm sure he can consent to himself.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Never would have thought of it like that, but you
are absolutely correct. He's not going to say no.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
I mean it's to himself.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
It's to himself.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
And for the record, I believe in a safe set,
if Sam was uncomfort with anything that he was doing
to himself, I would have taken Sam out of the
room and let that guy know that it's inappropriate to
protect Sam from Sam.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
I believe in a safe set.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
It is inappropriate, y'all inappropriate, But it kind of I
ironically from that scene and towards other parts of the film,
at least towards the end. Don't want to get too
much away about this, but.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
We can't give up. We can't give up the line.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
We're not giving up the ending. But I will say
that I feel like it was kind of you said
it yourself metaphorical in an aspect for Tim, because there
was a part in the movie where I was going like, yeah,
you said to go fuck yourself, but then in reality
you probably needed someone to love yourself and that was you. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Yeah, the film deals with a lot of stuff like that.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
That was a very subtle Honestly, it was a very
subtle metaphor to that, and the way that it was
played out was done very well. So I appreciate that
very much. What was well? First of all, I do
want to know, like how long did this product? Like
how long did this concept of this film come into
(10:15):
comet fruition? How long? Yeah, how did you even come
up with the concept of doing this? How long did
it take to finally get from the pen to paper
onto the screen? Like, I really want to know the
backstory to it.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
So this was originally a short film that was never
intended to be a feature. We did the short, we
were done with the short, and there was none of
the arc in the short. It was just there was
no character. It was just the science. It was only
fifteen minutes long, with Samuel Dunning in the role.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Basically a one man cast.
Speaker 3 (10:47):
Okay, putting together another feature, and the budget fell through,
and so we needed to make a new feature from
scratch to not lose our shooting window. So from the
time I made the decision to make a movie based
of Tim Travers to when we rolled camera, no script,
like just the decision to make a movie, no script,
(11:07):
not even an outline for a script. When we rolled
camera ninety days, this entire film was written in less
than thirty days. We started pre production immediately and the
only thing that changed in that remaining sixty days was
me polishing it and fixing the spelling errors.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
Yeah, ninety days was.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
The entire development and pre production of this entire film
from scratch.
Speaker 1 (11:36):
That's incredible. First of all, I don't have the mental
capacities to do that, so I applaud those that can.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
So many shamelessly recycled scenes from the short film. But
that's as close to a head start as I had.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
I had, I had your materials, so you you know,
that's okay, it's.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
The same character. It's the same character.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
It's fine, and that's all that matters. But I do
I do like the interactions with everybody in there, because again,
when I mentioned about how sadistic this hubor was.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
I just.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
I love the fact that I'm just sitting here laughing
at death scenes in this film because I'm going like, well,
if you find it funny, I definitely find it funny.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
So I have always, I have always one of those
people who believes that part of there's no wrong way
to cope with trauma. But I am one of those
people who cope with trauma by laughing at it. And
I don't fault anyone else how they cope, but I
laugh at it because it's my way of dealing with it.
(12:38):
Uh My, one of my writing partners, who plays a
brief role in the film, actually he plays the homeless man,
used to joke, you know, when we were talk about
our humor styles. He would joke, Stimson, my humor is
ha ha hoop, joke, your humor is someone who doesn't
deserve it suffers.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
That is a very dude statement about that. That is
definitely played out in this film, y'alls.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Quite a bit.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Although in fairness, there are very few sympathetic characters in
this film.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
That is fair.
Speaker 1 (13:12):
That is a fair point. So honestly, if you guys
haven't checked this out, I hope you do. But I
also want you guys to check out if you're going
to be in San Diego or Comic Con. They do
have a panel coming up on Thursday, the first day,
I believe, on the twenty fifth, if I'm not mistaken correct.
Speaker 3 (13:29):
Not terrifying at all to be the opening night of
San Diego Comicon.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
No, you got some big shoes to fill for being
on the first nine.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
Huh yeah, well we've got Felicia is going to be
part of the panel.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Doug Jones is going to be our moderator.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
Yes. What was What was that like for you when
you were notified that you guys are having a panel
at the biggest event of the year.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Uh, my producer, Ben Yenni told me about it a
few months beforehand, that this is something that might happen.
I remember being like, okay, Ben, you look into that.
Don't let me tread on your dreams. I'm sure that'll
definitely happen.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Is not gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
I devoted no mental effort to it at all. It's like, Yeah,
that's not gonna fucking happen.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
And then when he calls me just like what I
was genuinely shocked.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
So but I am thrilled because it's a great film
and this is such a great audience to get to
introduce the film to. And we're gonna be screening a
brand new trailer just for the Comic Con audience that
gets into a lot of stuff that our other public trailers.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Do not nice. Nice next question, Come and.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
Check it out.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
There's gonna be uh, we'll get into some spoilers on
that panel.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
Oh for sure. I definitely want to try to get
there since I will be there as well, so I
will come and say hello. I will definitely do my
best to come by and say hello for sure. I
appreciate you spending your time with me to talk about
the movie and getting pumped for Comic Con next.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
This was great, sir, Thank you so much, absolute pleasure.
Speaker 1 (15:03):
Thank you. I want to thank Timson Sneed for stopping
by the Buzzcast to talk about Tim Travers and the
Time Travelers Paradox before we hit up Comic Con, and
any of you that did check out that panel while
you were there, please let us know. I would love
to know your thoughts on it as well, and more
information will be provided to you about the movie when
(15:23):
we receive it. But that's gonna do it. For me
For right now, I'm no ljly making sure you keep
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(15:45):
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Speaker 3 (15:57):
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