sentences:  After completing the screenplay, Badat's agent dismissed it as "the worst piece of shit [he'd] ever seen".Undeterred, Badat showed the script to numerous friends and eventually caught the attention of independent film producers George Braunstein and Ron Hamady, who put together financing and eventually sold the project to production company Arista Films at the Cannes Film Festival.Arista had planned to film "Surf II" in 3-D; though several pre-production posters were made carrying the title "Surf II 3-D", the idea was eventually scrapped.