 According to an interview with Greg Araki (qv), MTV projected the  budget for this TV series pilot to be $1.5 million. Instead of  giving him that amount, they only gave him $700,000 and were hoping  find partners to finance the difference. Araki offered to make the  pilot for $700,000 and MTV took him up on it. After the pilot was  shot, it was not picked up for broadcast.