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Got a completed “creature feature” script?

the screenwriting mofo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:35:12 +0000

Got an email from INFOList about a call for finished “creature feature” scripts. If you have a script like this then this just might be your break. Below is the complete email with all of the details. If you are submitting a script - good luck!

Hi everyone,

INFOLIST.com has forged an alliance with InkTip to bring you some great opportunities!

Here’s some info on a “creature feature” script wanted – be sure to read the specific details below!

Feel free to forward if you know anyone who would be interested, and please submit only if your script meets ALL the requirements!!

You should always be sure to register your material with the Writer’s Guild and the US Copyright Office before submitting to any leads.

Good luck, and have a great day!

-Jeff

Jeffrey R. Gund
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SCRIPTS WANTED – CREATURE FEATURE

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New World Entertainment - Mountain Creature Features
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We are looking for completed feature-length creature-feature scripts that can be shot in the High Sierras. As long as the story is specifically set in mountainous terrain, subjects could include snakes, spiders or even mythological creatures like a Minotaur, Cyclops, etc.

Budget will not exceed $1 million. WGA and non-WGA writers may submit.

Our credits include “Blood Predator.”

TO SUBMIT:
1. Please go to www.InkTippro.com/leads
2. Enter your email address (you will be signing up for InkTip’s newsletter - FREE!)
3. Copy/Paste this code: m3wda5xvm2
4. You will be submitting a logline and synopsis only, and you will be contacted to submit the full script only if there is interest from the production company.

IMPORTANT: Please ONLY submit your work if it fits what the lead is looking for EXACTLY.

If you aren’t sure if your submission fits, please ask InkTip first. Please mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com and please email any questions to:
jerrol@inktip.com

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WB Writers Workshop DOES get you a job

the screenwriting mofo — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:36:34 +0000

A while back I stumbled upon a blog of an aspiring writer that had just landed a spot in the WB Writers Program. I have been following her blog since then to see if this WB Writers Workshop is all that it is cracked up to be.

If I recall correctly, she did not give a lot of details regarding the actual program. However, she did just post that she landed a gig as a staff writer on the show “Cold Case.” And she credits the WB Writers Program with this success.

Those of you who are interested in this program may want to check out her blog. It is called Holliewood. To read her post on getting the word that she is a staffed writer, check out the Hip, Hip… post.

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WARNER BROS. TV WRITERS’ WORKSHOP

the screenwriting mofo — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:11:11 +0000

The website for the Warner Bros. TV writer’s workshop has been updated. You can find the site at writersworkshop.warnerbros.com. The submission period begins on July 1st this year. And the cut off is July 25th! So get those scripts polished! But remember that you do not get paid to do this if you are selected. You just get trained in writing at WB.

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Awesome seminar for making your own movies

the screenwriting mofo — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:12:04 +0000

If you are interested in making your own movies and going indie I have a seminar you need to know about. It takes places at Raleigh Studios. That is right across the street from Paramount. Here are all of the important details, which came from InfoList.com. So check it out!

NO BUDGET FILM SCHOOL
THE ART & SCIENCE OF NO BUDGET FILMMAKING
A TWO-DAY NO-BUDGET FILMMAKING IMMERSION

with
MARK STOLAROFF
of
NEXT WAVE FILMS
(former low-budget financing arm of The Independent Film Channel)

Saturday & Sunday, MAY 30 & 31, 2009
10am - 6pm
at
Raleigh Studios
Chaplin Theater
5300 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90038

No-Budget first-features launched the careers of filmmakers like Christopher Nolan (”Memento,” “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight”), Joe Carnahan (”Narc,” “Smokin’ Aces”), Darren Aronofsky (”Pi,” “Requiem For A Dream,” “The Wrestler”), Marc Forster (”Monsters Ball,” “Stranger Than Fiction,” “Quantum of Solace”), Tim Story (”Barbershop,” “Fantastic Four,” “Rise of the Silver Surfer”), David Gordon Green (”All The Real Girls,” “Pineapple Express”), Justin Lin (”Fast & Furious”), and Craig Brewer (”Hustle & Flow,” “Black Snake Moan”).

Their first films all went through the offices of Next Wave Films, the former low budget financing arm of The Independent Film Channel. Now Mark Stolaroff, a principal of Next Wave, is sharing what he’s learned from years in the trenches in this in-depth, one-of-a-kind class.

Micro-budget (under $200,000) filmmaking is unique. The rules of production and post are radically different from those of studio projects or even “low” budget $1 million films. Stolaroff and guest experts teach the specific methods, models and priorities of micro-budget filmmaking in this unique class specifically designed for the no-budget filmmaker.

In this two-day intensive class:
* LEARN cutting edge techniques and how to choose the latest digital cameras and software
* HEAR no-budget professionals offer first-hand knowledge of production, post production, marketing, and distribution
* EXAMINE a budget line-by-line and discover where and how to spend money (and, more importantly, not spend money)–whether your budget is $200,000 or $2,000
* SEE clips from micro-budget films illustrating the tricks-of-the-trade used by resourceful filmmakers

If you’re through talking about being a filmmaker and ready to become one, this will be the most practical filmmaking class you will ever take.

GUEST SPEAKERS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:

Peter Broderick, President, Paradigm Consulting. Considered one of the world’s leading authorities on alternative distribution strategy

Jay Duplass, Director. “The Puffy Chair” made for $15k; premiered at 2005 Sundance and released theatrically. No-budget follow-up “Baghead” premiered at 2008 Sundance and released by Sony Pictures Classics. Currently directing film for Fox Searchlight starring Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill & Catherine Keener.

Alex Holdridge, Director. “In Search Of A Midnight Kiss” made for $15k; released theatrically by IFC Films and won the coveted Cassevetes Award at 2009 Spirit Awards, given to best feature made for under $500k

Matt Radecki, Producer; Founder, Different By Design. Has produced numerous low-budget features and runs post house that caters to indie filmmakers.

Additional speakers to be announced.

SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR INFOLIST.com!!
Get up to $50 OFF on PREPAID Registration tuition prices if you mention INFOLIST.com when you register!
Full Class: $225 - (normally $275!)
Single Day: $125 (normally $150!)
Student Discount: take an additional $25 off the InfoList.com registration prices ($200 full, $100 single day)
Walk-in rate, at the door (if seats available): $325 full course, $175 single day)

TO GET YOUR DISCOUNT:
1. Go to NBFS Registration/Payment page: www.nobudgetfilmschool.com/id4.html
2. Select INFOLIST.com from the pull down menu line “How did you hear about this class.”
3. Enter the other information requested, and complete your registration.

For more information please visit:
www.NoBudgetFilmSchool.com/id14.html

Other Questions? Please email:
nobudgetfilmschool@earthlink.net

MARK STOLAROFF BIOGRAPHY
Mark Stolaroff has produced and financed numerous award-winning micro-budget and low-budget feature films. As a principal at IFC’s Next Wave Films, he evaluated over 2,000 feature films for investment and provided finishing funds to several exceptional low budget films, including Christopher Nolan’s “Following” and Joe Carnahan’s “Blood Guts Bullets & Octane”. He has worked closely with several talented directors at the beginning of their careers, including Nolan, Carnahan, David Gordon Green, Dan Myrick, Craig Brewer, Darren Aronofsky, and Amir Bar-Lev. While at Next Wave, he created festival strategy and secured distribution for an Academy Award nominated documentary (Sound & Fury), a Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner (Southern Comfort), and a $3,000 feature that was the first in Sundance Dramatic Competition to be both shot and projected digitally (Some Body). He was a producer on several indie hits, including Manic, starring Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Next Wave Films took seven films to Sundance and five to Toronto; nine were released theatrically in the U.S. and two premiered on HBO; nine were shot digitally and six of those were transferred to film.
Stolaroff has lectured around the world and at many major film festivals. He has taught film classes at UCLA Extension and participated in numerous filmmaking panels, including IFP-LA’s Digital Filmmaking Series in 2001 and 2002 (which he moderated and co-produced). He has written articles on micro-budget digital filmmaking for Scientific American, Filmmaker and many others. He has served on numerous festival juries, and is on the Advisory Board of the Filmmakers Alliance and was formerly on the board of HBO’s US Comedy Arts Film Festival. He has diverse low- and no-budget production experience–including production managing an Academy Award winning short film–and is currently in post on a new feature that he produced, “Pig.” He holds a business degree and a film degree from the University of Texas in Austin and previously worked in investment banking for Merrill Lynch Capital Markets.

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Spend the summer in Los Angeles with FREE rent!

the screenwriting mofo — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:42:43 +0000

Here is an awesome chance for some screenwriters out there to move to Hollywood for FREE for 3 months and try to make something happen with your script.

You can win 3 months of free rent and utilities this summer in a Los Angeles apartment that seems pretty nice - pool, parking garage, public transportation nearby, free wi-fi and partially furnished.

Enter to win at winmylosangelesapartment.blogspot.com

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Scriptapalooza Final Extended Deadline - Midnight tonight!!!

the screenwriting mofo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:08:18 +0000

This is your last change to submit your screenplay to Scriptapalooza! The extended final deadline is midnight tonight! The entry fee is $50. Hurry on over and submit your script today: scriptapalooza.com

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Recent Script Sales #47

the screenwriting mofo — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:23:10 +0000

Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are some recent script sales. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.

Full Metal Panic
Action, Comedy
Based on the Japanese manga series.
Buyers: Mandalay Pictures
Writer: none attached

Butter
Comedy
Follows a young orphan who that discovers she has an uncanny talent for butter-carving.
Buyers: Mandate, De Luca Prods.
Writer: Jason Micallef
Notes: Micallef was a Nicholl Fellowship winner and this script had the third slot on the unofficial Black List of 2008.

Table 19
Comedy, Drama
What marriage means to those at the singles table at a wedding.
Buyers: Fox Searchlight
Writers: Jay and Mark Duplass

Horse Soldiers
Action
Focuses on a band of elite special forces and CIA operatives who secretly invaded Afghanistan post-9/11 on horseback and helped Afghan fighters capture the city of Mazar-i-Sharif and topple the Taliban.
Buyers: Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer
Writer: Doug Stanton
Notes: Screen right’s for Staton’s book of same name that will be published by Scribner in May 2009.

Dumped
Comedy
A man searches for new meaning in his life after his wife abruptly files for divorce.
Buyers: Warner Bros.
Writer: Vic Levin
Notes: Steve Carrell will star.

The Many Deaths of Barnaby James
A teenager in a circus for the dead is trying to bring his true love back to life.
Buyer: Appian Way
Writer: Brian Nathanson
Notes: Spec sale. Script was on the unofficial 2008 Black List.

Bright Lights, Big City
Remake
A disillusioned magazine writer who numbs the pain of a failed marriage and writer’s block with drugs, alcohol and nightly carousing.
Buyer: MGM
Writer: Josh Schwartz

The Lucky One
Drama
Based on the Nicolas Sparks novel.
Buyer: Warner Bros., Di Novi Pictures
Writer: Will Fetters

Grandma’s Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast
Family
A boy discover his grandmother’s inn caters to vacationing aliens.
Buyer: Disney
Writer: None attached
Notes: Screen rights for Clete Smith’s upcoming novel of the same name.

Stephen King’s It
Horror, Remake
Will be a R-rated remake of the made-for-tv movie based on the book.
Buyer: Warner Bros.
Writer:Dave Kajganich

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Recent Script Sales #46

the screenwriting mofo — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:51:42 +0000

Want to know what Hollywood has been buying in the last week or so? Below are some recent script sales. Info on sales price and loglines are included as available.

Marmaduke
Family
Based on the comic strip.
Buyers: Fox
Writer: none attached

Dinner for Schmucks
Comedy
About the most pathetic guest to ever grace one man’s weekly dinner gathering.
Buyers: Spyglass Entertainment, Paramount
Writer: Jay Roach

Once Upon a Time…
Comedy
Cross between The Princess Bride and Shrek.
Buyers: MGM
Writer: Charles Vignola, Kevin Marcus and Bradley Marcus

Clue
Adventure, Drama
Based on the Hasbro game.
Buyers: Universal
Writer: none attached

Must Read After My Death
Drama
Feature film based on the documentary
Buyers: Alan Poul
Writer: Craig Wright

Shimmer Lake
Murder Mystery
A murder mystery with a bank heist at its center.
Buyers: Fox Atomic
Writer: Oren Uziel

Old Timers
Drama, Action
Centers on two sixty-something con men that reunite their old gang for one final night.
Buyers: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Writer: Noah Haidle

We Bought a Zoo
Adaptation
Based on memoir by Benjamin Mee about how the author and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo.
Buyers: Fox
Writer: No writer attached.

Nerveracker
Action
Set in the future and centers on part of an elite crime unit.
Buyers: Dimension Films
Writer: Robert Rodriguez

Advertisement: Trying to sell your script to Hollywood? Check out Writing Treatments That Sell: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry, Second Edition. Then have a look at Pitching Hollywood: How to Sell Your TV and Movie Ideas for some tips.

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Future superstar? Or delusional hack?

the screenwriting mofo — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:30:31 +0000

I think that confidence is a good thing. And you need it to break into Hollywood. But somepeople cross the line from confident to delusional.

Exhibit A:

A recent comment on one of the posts here by one Theodore Anthony Marchlevski III -

Remember my name. I have 3 great script ideas and will be nominated at the very least for one of them within the next 5 years. You should actually print this and keep it.

Keep it indeed.

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Script Frenzy 2009 starts in 7 days

the screenwriting mofo — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:03:22 +0000

Script Frenzy is set to start on April 1st and lasts through the end of April.

Script Frenzy is a writing challenge for screenwriters - can you write a 100-page screenplay in 30 days?

It doesn’t cost anything and you can’t win anything. But it just might be the push you needed jumpstart your writing.

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