"I've always been struck that stories about movie making tend to be very satirical. It's not that I object to movie-makers running themselves through the wringer--far from it--but all the documentaries and commentaries that I have listened to on all my many DVD's tend to show a more hard-working side to the process. There are ego's aplenty, to be sure, but I hope that this is a more thoughtful approach to making a movie today. "Actually, I just hope you enjoy the book."

The Bad Guy
John Duncan is an actor who has relished playing the villain. His newest project, a much hyped summer block buster based on an immensely popular series of crime novels called "The McCain Diaries." But thanks to the Internet, movie rumor sites, and a mole on the shoot, bad publicity is sinking the stock of the studio. A rival media conglomerate is threatening to buy out the studio in a hostile takeover. Cerner studios has always put creative freedom above all else, and that strategy has been a successful one, if not the most profitable. "Raising McCain" has financially stretched Cerner studios. John must stop the Internet rumors and complete the movie before the stock prices of the studio sink low enough for a corporate raider to destroy.