Apparently, Neil De Groot, who was an adamant no at first has softened.
Perry even had a chat with Neil over the weekend.
The saving grace is this: since it’s a non-airing pilot and we’re unable to use the show’s actual footage there should not be a problem.
There are other stipulations, too, things like how close we can get to the contestants, who can and cannot be mic’d by us… all of which we capitulated to immediately.
Next was George Gray’s agent at William Morris who, and I have to be honest here, was genuinely looking out for his client.
In other words, he was really doing his job well.
Final words on the phone from him today: “We’re almost there. I think we’ll be able to work this out.”