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The Sizzle Reel is here! And I lost my job!
Jacob de la Rosa October Update
Oct 30 • Jacob de la Rosa
Losing my job the week my Sizzle Reel was going to premiere
My newsletter for October was going to be all about my filmmaking sizzle reel.
Oct 28 • Jacob de la Rosa
Using AI to make The Shadow
My Official Statement
Oct 16 • Jacob de la Rosa
What I learned from the actor who threatened to steal my movie (in my own home!)
Filmmaking advice, NOT legal advice
Oct 11 • Jacob de la Rosa

September 2026

Modern viewers are flabbergasted by Katharine Hepburn inexplicably saying "Hewwo, Daddy" to Spencer Tracy in this 1942 film
Don’t you hate annoying headlines like this?
Sep 27
Why I’m making The Shadow
My journey from fan to fan filmmaker
Sep 25 • Jacob de la Rosa
Goldfish Tales
A Short Story
Sep 20 • Jacob de la Rosa
Going my own way, but never on my own
Jacob de la Rosa September Update
Sep 11 • Jacob de la Rosa
Watchlist - Shadows of Hollywood Cinema Past pt 1
Watching films from the era The Shadow was published
Sep 7 • Jacob de la Rosa
Shadows of Hollywood Cinema Past - Intro
Watching films from the era The Shadow was published
Sep 7 • Jacob de la Rosa

August 2026

Finding an audience at my age??
The Kickstarter page for The Shadow film is now live.
Aug 21 • Jacob de la Rosa

July 2026

Who knows what film I'm making next?
Last month, I announced I was coming out of (my very brief) retirement to attempt to make one more movie.
Jul 30 • Jacob de la Rosa
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