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Newcomers Score Writing Assignment
Newcomers Brian McGreevy and Lee Shipman, whose spec Of Every Wickedness scored significant industry buzz, have won an assignment to write a remake of Brian DePalma's 1978 supernatural thriller The Fury. The project, about a young man with heightened kinetic powers who is abducted by the government, was based originally on a novel by John Farris. McGeevy and Shipman are repped by Paradigm and manager Michael Connolly. For more information about this sale and dozens of others by first-time writers, subscribe to MovieBytes' Who's Buying What.
Kathy Muraviov: Hard Work Does Pay Off
When it comes to getting real work done, nothing beats experience. In her twenty-plus years at NBC Universal, Kathy Muraviov worked as a script services manager on projects such as "Erin Brockovich," "Junior," "Mask," "The Mummy," "The Nutty Professor," and her favorite, "Scent of a Woman." On reading "Scent," Muraviov said, "I knew, the first ten pages in, we had something special, really terrific."
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- Silver Screenwriting Announces Quarterfinalists
The Silver Screenwriting Competition has their quarterfinalists. (Posted: 08/25/2008)
- 10 Things to Hate about Lutz and Smith
- Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith live the good life in sunny California.
- They can afford that because they are successful screenwriters.
- They are young, attractive, and charismatic.
- Their "Legally Blonde" helped boost Reese Witherspoon's career.
- Their "10 Things I Hate About You" kick-started the careers of Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles.
- Their hits keep coming.
- They write by a swimming pool in sunny California, usually with a bottle of excellent wine.
- They once wrote a script on a beach with a bucket of Corona between their legs.
- They have at least three projects in the production phases.
- They are producers as well as writers.
(Posted: 08/21/2008)
- Scriptapalooza Announces Winner
Scriptapalooza has announced Matt Umbarger's The Terminals as the First Place winner of their 2008 Screenwriting Competition. (Posted: 08/18/2008)
- Acclaim TV Announces Spring/Summer 2008 Competition Winners
Acclaim TV has announced their Spring/Summer 2008 TV Writing Competition winners. (Posted: 08/18/2008)
- Acclaim Announces Spring/Summer 2008 Screenplay Competition Winners
Acclaim has announced Eric Carlson's Long Overdue as the winner of their 2008 Spring/Summer Screenplay Competition. (Posted: 08/18/2008)
- BlueCat Announces Top 20
The BlueCat Screenplay Competition has announced their top 20 finalists for 2008. (Posted: 08/15/2008)
- Who's Buying What Interview: Screenwriter Michael Gilvary
Michael Gilvary grew up in New Jersey, went to college in Boston and now lives in Los Angeles, but he says he initially tried very hard to be a screenwriter from New Jersey.
Afraid of Los Angeles, he notes, "I had tried living there and I hated it and thought I could do this thing without being there. I entered contests and sent out query letters and did all the futile things you're supposed to do. It's like a rain dance, I suppose. It feels silly and useless, but you need the rain, right?"
Finally, he did move to LA and he found success there with his screenplay "Greta." "I earned money from 'Greta'" five years after I wrote it," he notes.
(Posted: 08/14/2008)
- Scriptapalooza Announces Finalists
Scriptapalooza has announced their 30 top finalists for 2008. (Posted: 08/13/2008)
- Omaha Film Festival Announces Contest Winners
The Omaha Film Festival has announced their 2008 Screenplay Competition Award winners. (Posted: 08/13/2008)
- Action on Film Announces 2008 Contest Results
Action on Film has announced their 2008 writing awards in all categories. (Posted: 08/12/2008)
- CWA Releases New Video Interview
The Creative World Awards (CWA) video of the week for the series, THE BUSINESS OF STORYTELLING, is now live on the website featuring Mark Gooder - CEO, Icon Entertainment Group. (Posted: 08/12/2008)
- WBW Interview: Jarred Paul and Andy Mogel
Jarred Paul and Andy Mogel have had quite a bit of success in the past year, even though the writer's strike had hit just as their script "Yes Man," was being shot starring Jim Carrey. In fact, Carrey had handpicked these writers because he had read some of their earlier work.
"Jim liked our first script and was coming close to doing it and then it didn't work out, but he remembered us," they note. "When "Yes Man" needed a rewrite he asked for us. We met him and we got along great with him." (Posted: 08/08/2008)
- HSI Announces August Contest Winner
The Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute (HSI) has announced Jeff Lewis as the winner of their August screenwriting compeititon for Hell's Bells, a horror script with comedic overtones. (Posted: 08/06/2008)
- Moondance Announces Contest Winners
Moondance has announced their 2008 contest winners in all categories. (Posted: 08/06/2008)
- Scriptapalooza Announces Semifinalists
The Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition has announced their 2008 Semifinalists. (Posted: 08/04/2008)
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- Law Review
Under the guidance of Professor Robert Law, an aging observer of the University of Seattle's elite College of Law, a group of twenty-something students experience the competition and heartaches of becoming attorneys. (Posted: 08/16/2008)
- THE BURDEN OF ANGELS
God warns goofy Humphrey, he's on the verge of failing Angel School when an elite class of angels head to earth to help major catastrophes, yet poor Humphrey plans to aid just one man who lost a piece of paper. (Posted: 08/11/2008)
- THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT
A young conjurer sets out to discover why his father was killed, and uncovers secrets about his past, about the death of his mother, and about his father's brothers who are steeped in the dark arts, tortured by betrayals, and bent on deadly revenge. Before his journey is done, he will be called upon to overcome an army of demons, ghosts, witches, and miscreants, to avenge his father's death and assume his place as a leader of men and a conjurer with the utmost of power. 26 Award Nominations and Official Selections. (Posted: 07/10/2008)
- HER SWASTIKA SWORD
Like a lone gunman of the American west, the greatest swordwoman since Joan of Arc, half-Jewish German Helene Mayer, stands her ground against the Nazi Team and American Olympic officials threatening a boycott to make her point during 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. No Helene, no Jesse Owens. (Posted: 06/30/2008)
- You Like Chinese Food
An awkward young New York City newspaper reporter, frustrated by his plans not working out, finds direction in fortune cookies, leading him to fall for the wrong woman while stumbling onto the story of a lifetime. (Posted: 06/16/2008)
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Great Lakes Independent Film Festival Scriptwriting Competition (January 5, 2008 (first); March 29, 2008 (second); June 28, 2008 (third); August 30, 2008 (final).)
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Rack Focus Production, Inc Short Film Competition (August 31, 2008)
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Straight Twisted Horror Screenplay Contest (August 31st, 2008)
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Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition (July 15, 2008 (early); August 31, 2008 (final)
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Horror Creek's Festival of Fear Screenplay Competition (September 1, 2008. )
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One in Ten Screenplay Competition (September 1, 2008)
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American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest (August 1, 2008 (early); September 2, 2008 (final) )
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WriteMovies Writing Contest / TalentScout TV Writing Contest (July 4, 2008 (early); August 3, 2008 (standard); September 5, 2008 (late).
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Open Curtain Screenwriting Contest
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Guy Hanks & Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program (Must be postmarked between July 15th to September 15th. )
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Great Lakes Film Association Scriptwriting Competition (March 1, 2008 (early deadline); May 31, 2008 (second deadline); July 27, 2008 (third deadline); September 27, 2008 (Withoutabox deadline).
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StoryLink's Pitch Your Story Contest (Extended to September 30, 2008)
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Gotham Screen (August 31, 2008 (earlybird); September 15, 2008 (regular); September 23rd, 2008 (extended); September 30, 2008 (WAB extended).
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WriteSafe Present-A-Thon (Quarterly, next deadline September 30, 2008)
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Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition (Early: August 15, 2008; Regular: September 15, 2008; Late: October 1, 2008)
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Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition (October 1, 2008)
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Screenplay Festival (August 1st, 2008 (early); October 1st, 2008 (final).
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Cinequest Screenwriting Competition (July 31, 2008 (early); October 10, 2008 (final).)
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IndieProducer Screenwriting Contest (October 15th, 2008)
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Acclaim Film (Early: August 23, 2008; Regular: September 27, 2008; Late: October 25, 2008
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Acclaim TV Screenwriting Competition (Early: August 23, 2008; Regular: September 27, 2008; Late: October 25, 2008
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In late 19th Century Paris, ERICA CLAUDIN is the brightest star in opera. After a horrible accident leaves her husband dead and her face hideously disfigured, she wants just one thing: Revenge. Inspired by Gaston Leroux' Phantom of the Opera.
Hey Scotti, beam me up! Mirian, spins around to face Thaddeus, scared, he smiles wickedly at her. "How many spankings do I owe you now, wife..." she gets a hug, a quick peck on the lips, "...you know you're in big trouble don't you, woman?" He glances up at the folks in the window, nods his head. Mirian stutters, "If you maim me then who'll tie your tie." sweet innocence in the mountains of Silbiss, West Virginia
Adrian Garza, a young Navy boot camp recruit, realizes he must suffer the demands of his officers and fellow recruits in order to achieve his dreams. However, after failing to keep a promise to a friend, he must struggle to stay alive. Even after Adrian believes he has made it through his journey, he realizes his torment has just begun.
When a reformed gambler's friends are taken hostage by brutal criminals, he is forced to play in an underworld high stakes poker tournament to save them.
A troubled teen becomes an errand boy and son-figure for a mysterious loner who uses a model railroad to escape into heroic fantasies.
2008 Scriptapalooza Semifinalist.
Supernatural Thriller. When Satan tries to rewrite The End Of Days scenario, who would have thought that an atheist Jew from the Midwest would be the one chosen to stop him?
2008 Story Pro Quarterfinalist.
High Noon at the White House.
When an extraterrestrial gets drawn into the Machiavelian machinations of politics and war, mystery, murder and mayhem ensue.
2008 PAGE International Quarterfinalist. In tie-breaker round for Semifinalist. Called a strong script.
A thrilling ensemble action/adventure about a Maine sheriff who gets caught up in industrial sabotage and murder when a pharmaceutical company discovers what it thinks is the fountain of youth.
What does a Director of a library and a Billionaire stock broker have in common? His mother.
Neville Barker must choose between cashing in on an alien body that he's found, and the unexpected friendship that arises when the creature (Bob) wakes up.
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