This was so low budget all we got was an old bus and four team members. It needed at least two more on the team. And just so badly filmed, I've seen Youtube videos done better. I'm just surprised because it got some good actors, but they are really slumming it with this. There's not much here to see.
shareYeah I wondered what the budget was for something like this where it looks cheap as hell but has some fairly popular actors in the leads. First time produced writer, a super indie director of mostly short films and producer of other short or super indie movies...I wonder how they put it together.
My guess: All of these are actors that don't get many film roles, but they're in constant demand on television. They took what they could get, knowing they were doing it to add to their filmography, not necessarily to pay the bills. Paul Guillfoyle has been on CSI for like 16 years, Mekhi Pfifer, amongst other series, did 135 eps. of E.R. meaning he probably made like $30M...but he's also in bankruptcy so maybe he takes anything he can get.
My guess: $25k to $125k per name cast member (like being paid for an episode of television) and another $1M in production costs. $1.25-1.5M total budget sounds realistic.
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