My buddy from college has since gone on to become an emerging playwright has just been inducted into the New Dramatists - kinda like the Justice League for people who write plays.  The play that got him into this cool club, along with tons of awards?  Year Zero.  The world premiere of Year Zero is going on in Chicago, and I am the one lucky guy not from town who was able to be a part of the whole shebang.  We opened a couple nights ago to an incredibly receptive audience and the reviews have come out.

"n many ways, Golamco is telling, with spirit and without preachiness, a traditional American immigrant story. "Year Zero" revolves around such typical flash points as assimilation, economic destiny, cultural memory, the processing of homeland atrocities and the pervasiveness of racial prejudice and hierarchies among immigrants themselves. But Golamco's self-aware characters are smart enough to know they're living the traditional immigrant experience and to probe their places within that narrative. This play also offers an entry into the complexity of the oft-overlooked Cambodian experience, and it is gutsy enough to probe the polarities that mark a community obsessed with both its physical size (or lack thereof) and its low spot on the hierarchical Asian-American totem pole. "

-Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

In what seemed FOREVER, The Weinsteins have finally put together some press material for Crossing Over - the film I did in mid-2007 about illegal immigration in the US.  It stars Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, and Ray Liotta, and features Alice Eve, Jim Sturgess, Cliff Curtis and Justin Chon.

The film tells multiple stories that interweave into one epic canvas, similar to Crash and Traffic.  As you may be able to tell from the trailer, the Asians have their own story.  I can tell you that we worked really hard to portray Korean American gang culture as faithfully as possible.

So check out the trailer in HD over at Yahoo, or view the YouTube video below!


And yes, Harrison Ford looks really old.

Finally...

Seventh Moon, the upcoming horror flick I did with the producers of The Blair Witch, will be premiering Sept. 19, in the Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas.  Any of you Texans interested in swinging by and checking it out, should look up www.fantasticfest.com


And for a look at the film, along with a nifty teaser trailer and poster go to the newly launched website: www.seventhmoon.com

Tim has completed filming of national, 15-second spot for haircare product Head & Shoulders. The commercial is entitled En;ightenment.

Ive been working on an episode of "Chuck" this week, alongside NFL Superstar Michael Strahan.  He is a great person to work with, and easy to hang out with.  Look for him to become more of an entertainment figure in the future.