CP Sideshow 116 - Bill Fay, Co-Founder of Legendary Pictures and for some reason ... friends with Jacques

Published: Dec. 18, 2023, 5:07 a.m.

b'Legendary Film Maker and \\u2026 Co-Founder of Legendary Pictures, Bill Fay zooms in to chat with Joe, Biff and Jacques \\u2026 who for reasons we still don\\u2019t understand has been a close friend and mentor to Jacques for 20 years!\\n\\xa0\\nThe first two film companies Bill worked for out of college went bankrupt \\u2026 and then he learned to fly a plane to be Hollywood\\u2019s man on the ground in Africa ... along the way working with folks like James Cameron for (politely putting it) eccentric film maker Rodger Corman to producing such block busters The Patriot and Independence Day with Director Roland Emmerich.\\n\\xa0\\nAlong the way ACCIDENTLY doubling his 24-year-old selves lives saving by making a 3-day investment based on getting to see a sneak preview of Back To The Future\\n\\xa0\\nBill (and partner Thomas Toll) created Legendary Pictures in 2000 with a plan for a slate of big budget (largely Superhero / Action) films \\u2026 Along the way just for giggles \\u2026 also produced the Hangover (well for giggles and 470m at Box office making it largest grossing rated R comedy in history.)\\n\\xa0\\nBill also talks his favorite project, a small indy sci fi horror called Replicate \\u2026 well favorite project Jacques was an associate producer on.\\n\\xa0\\nBill did fly to see Jacques she he was living in Qatar in 2026 \\u2026 and in Qatar gave college lectures and gave road map to finance minister of how too get their country on the film making map.\\n\\xa0\\nBill currently is CEO of Steric Systems \\u2013 a company that has developed a electronic process of smoothing liquor and spirits at distilleries.\\xa0\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a45uEuVH6jI\\nSteric Systems has grown exponentially over last few years \\u2026 which leaves very little time for the other new company Bill started with his brother \\u2026 a Salmon spread they\\u2019ve made for friends and family for years \\u2026 at a few pound batches at a time \\u2026 now scaling up (pun intended) to 7500 lbs test with a national food chain retailer.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nBill and Jacques now have the stage show rights to the 1999 movie Happy Texas and hope to have a 6 weeks test run (maybe in Seattle) next fall.\\xa0 To be clear \\u2026 BILL has the rights, Jacques just loves the movie and wants to work on the play!\\n\\xa0\\nCPP on IG: @CarnivalPersonnelPodcast and on Twitter: @Carnival Podcast\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nBiff on Twitter is @BiffPlaysHockey\\nJoe on Twitter is: @Optigrabber\\nJacques on Twitter is @CarnivalPodcast and FB @JacquesLambert\\n\\xa0\\nOpening Song: WKRP parody by @Model_CHP3Y (Twitter and Youtube)\\n\\xa0\\nClosing Song: Other Break by Dan Cray and Beyond Id (1993)'