Project Greenlight

- Season 1

(2001)

The concept of the show is introduced and three finalists are chosen from thousands of script submissions.

After hours of deliberations a winner is selected from the three finalists. Ben then reveals him to the world on The Tonight Show.

Pete deals with his first production meetings and script notes and begins to see the compromises and challenges he will be facing.

There are more budgetary concerns that must be dealt with. Further issues come up when the potential lead actor makes a series of requests.

Pre-production gets underway as Pete tries to nail down a cast, locations, and a shooting schedule.

It's the first day of shooting and Pete feels the pressure when he has to deal with sound issues from passing trains and looming time deadlines.

Producer Chris Moore flies to Chicago for day two of production and everything that can go wrong does.

Things continue to be difficult as the crew have to contend with a rainstorm when they are filming an outdoor softball game.

Tension mounts as Chris feels like he needs to let one of the producers go. Pete has to contend with filming an action sequence involving fire.

People start to notice that Biagi may have a little too much control. Later, the crew prepare to work on a difficult scene at a lake.

The problems continue on the lake as the crew race to complete the scene before the sun goes down.

The film is finally completed and is premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.