Under the Tree

I'm back in LA, and it feels great. I love this place, the land of movie-making. I spent just over two weeks in Amman, and it was a very important trip. It was more like a business trip this time around as I met with people, companies, and organizations, scouted locations, and developed new ideas to make what will be the first Jordanian feature film, "Under the Tree".

We're assembling the team over the next six months, and the movie will shoot in Amman in July and August. It's a dramatic story about an old airport janitor, poor street kids, and a female pilot. This will be a jordanian film with universal appeal. We're going to shoot on film with an American/Jordanian camera crew working together hand in hand. We're going to have a Jordanian editor, Laith Majali. A Jordanian writer/director, myself. And this film will provide an experience for various Jordanians who want to have a career in filmmaking. We can't continue this reputation for bad television soaps. We'll show the world that Jordan can be a filmmaking country.