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June Newsletter
2010
Writing Competitions: 3,300+ Writers Entered
8th Annual 2010 Script P.I.M.P. Screenwriting & Teleplay
Competitions - Now Closed
The 2010 Script P.I.M.P. Screenwriting and TV Competitions received
over 3,300 entries from around the world, the contest's biggest year
since launching in 2002.
We'll be randomly selecting the prize
winners in late June and announcing the top 20 finalists on July
1st.
From all our judges and staff, we look forward to reviewing
everyone's material and are extremely excited to help this year's
winning writers with their work.
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The Living
Wake - Nationwide Premieres & Creative Screenwriting Interview
Thanks to everyone
who attended the New York City and LA premieres of The Living Wake.
For
those of you in Seattle. . . . The film will be playing at The Grand Illusion Cinema
June 4-10.
Creative Screenwriting's Jeff
Goldsmith interviews director Sol Tryon and stars Mike O'Connell
and Jesse Eisenberg to discuss The Living Wake, how the film and
script originated, upcoming projects, and other exclusive (and pretty
entertaining) content.
Listen to the entire Podcast
and download it for FREE!
View
The Living Wake trailer on iTunes
The Living Wake Site
Recent
Script Sales – May
A number of
novel adaptations, a handful of specs, and some low-to-mid budget
projects dot the May script sales landscape. Disney will remake a
live-action version of Cinderella, in addition to 20,000
Leagues Under the Sea. Cameron Crowe dips back into directing and
will helm the family-drama project We Bought a Zoo. And since
it's been so long since we've seen the beginnings of the Spider-Man
series, the franchise will get a re-boot (it has been almost
eight years since the "original" awesome version came out. . .). Maybe Die
Hard 5 will make up for it--John McClane's coming back.
Other
selected sales include:
--New Line's MacGyver will see a
reload for the big screen. Jason Richman will pen the adaptation.
--JJ
Abram's Bad Robot and writer Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams)
will team up on a heist action/thriller revolving around the true story
of thieves that robbed a jewelry facility in Belgium.
--A film
adaptation of the TV series Gidget.
--The Age of
Adelaine, focusing on a women who becomes immortal after an
accident. Katherine Heigl will star.
--Lionel Grandison's story
of helping cover up Marilyn Monroe's apparent suicide in Marilyn.
--The
comedy Clown Girl, optioned by and starring Kristen Wiig. Plot
is sort of self-explanatory. . .
View previous
script sales
Script
Pipeline Recommends: The Script-a-Thon Competition
The
Script-a-thon – Premieres this July
The Script-a-thon, a 31-day
screenwriting marathon and competition, offers screenwriters an
opportunity to be part of a community, embrace a deadline that spurs
them into action, and win cool prizes.
Chosen cafés across Los
Angeles will offer a 25% discount to all registered participants. The
Script-a-thon Team will be available at their member cafes twice a week
in July, running impromptu contests and raffles, and offering support
and advice to participants in the hope that each and every one will make
it to their own personal finish line in this writing marathon.
The
website, www.thescriptathon.com, has
writers’ resources and updates on the many mini-events and competitions
as well as a blog and advice column. The Script-a-thon Team is
available by email, Twitter, and Facebook every day.
Fees lower
than most screenwriting contests.
Early deadline May 31! Regular
entry deadline June 31!
Prizes will be awarded in
five categories: drama, comedy, horror, action and overall favorite.
Prizes include meetings with top agents, consultations with industry
professionals, script notes, a cash prize, lifetime subscriptions to
industry magazines, screenwriting software and much more.
The
top prize includes a videotaped reading of the winning screenplay at a
Los Angeles theater, as well as a travel voucher and a two-night stay in
a top LA hotel. The reading will be performed by professional actors
and will culminate in an awards ceremony. There will also be awards for
best loglines, themed scenes, and assorted eclectic categories. Judges
for the contest are accomplished filmmakers culled from Hollywood and
the indie film world.
A percentage of all proceeds will benefit
SOVA, a Los Angeles based charity that operates three local food
pantries and community resource facilities.
All Script
Pipeline newsletter subscribers entering a script in the contest will
receive 10% off ANY service from the Writers
Workshop. E-mail support@scriptpimp.com for more info.
www.thescriptathon.com
contact:
thescriptathon@gmail.com
Steve
Kaplan Seminar, June 5-6 / WB Writers Workshop (w/discounts)
Script Pipeline Partner Steve Kaplan will be holding his Comedy
Intensive Seminar this June 5-6.
SPECIAL OFFER:
Sign up for the seminar and receive 10% off ANY Script Pipeline
service. E-mail support@scriptpimp.com for details.
Steve
Kaplan Comedy Intensive
June 5 – 6th
Universal
Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles
Register for
the Script Pipeline Discount (save $45)
The seminar
is The Industry's #1 Course on Comedy, attracting top writers,
producers, directors and executives from such companies as Dreamworks,
Disney, Aardman Animation, NBC, Touchstone, ABC and more.
David
Fury, Emmy-Winning Writer/Producer for 24, Lost, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer and more said of Steve:
"I wrote...my best, funniest
sketches thanks, in no small part, to the lessons I learned from Steve
Kaplan's comedy classes. Steve breaks the fine art of comedy down. . .
that helps the unfunny become funny, and the funny become funnier."
ScriptPipeline
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Get your TV Spect script polished by Script
Pipeline before submitting to. . . .
The Warner Bros
Writers’ Workshop
Submit your TV specs. To apply submit
a half-hour or hour writing sample based on a primetime network or
cable series that aired new episodes during the 2009-2010 television
season. Submissions are being accepted now through June 1, 2010.
REGISTER HERE
The
Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop consists of three components,
all geared towards preparing the writer for a successful career in
television writing.
Lectures: Weekly lectures feature guest
speakers currently working in television and include a mix of
showrunners, directors, actors and agents. Each seminar will teach a new
skill essential for surviving and excelling in a writers’ room as a
staff writer and beyond.
Simulated Writers’ Room: After the
lectures, the Workshop participants are divided into smaller groups for
an intensive writing experience. Each participant will be required to
complete a new spec script under the same deadlines found on a show
currently in production. How participants perform during this exercise
will determine whether they will be chosen for a possible staffing
position on a Warner Bros. show. Yes, the stakes are that high!
Staffing:
Upon completion of the program, Studio executives will help
participants, who pass the Writers' Room, obtain a staff position on a
Warner Bros. television show currently in production. We can’t guarantee
you will get staffed, but we will get your material in front of the
people who make the ultimate decisions – the showrunners.
The
2010–2011 Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop will run October
2010–March 2011, with meetings on the Warner Bros. lot in Los Angeles,
California, every Wednesday evening from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Full
participation is mandatory.
Script
Pipeline Success Stories
2008
Script Pipeline Winning Script “Shrapnel” Optioned by FilmEngine
“Shrapnel”
by Evan Daugherty, one of the four grand prize winners of Script
Pipeline’s 2008 competition, was recently optioned by FilmEngine LA.
The script is currently going out to talent and the process of securing
financing has begun.
After introductions to Jake Wagner
(previously of Energy Entertainment) by Script Pipeline, Evan landed
representation with Energy. After meetings with top execs, Evan was
hired by Warner Bros. to pen an adaptation of their then-franchise
Greyskull, based on the TV show and action figure line He-Man. To top
off a big year for the young writer: "Shrapnel" made The Blacklist as
one of the “hottest” unproduced scripts of 2008.
From the judges
who reviewed "Shrapnel" and the entire staff at Script Pipeline, we wish
Evan the best as his career steams ahead.
Read the Script Pipeline interview with Evan Daugherty
2009
Writers Workshop “Recommend” Screenplay Optioned by Paranormal Activity
Producers
Micah Barnett’s “The Merc List,” submitted to
the Script Pipeline Writers Workshop in 2009, has been optioned by Jason
Blum and Steven Schneider, the producers of Paranormal Activity.
In
what was a somewhat quick progression of events, writer Micah Barnett
submitted the action script to the Workshop, received his notes with a
“strong consider” grade, and was given some additional feedback from a
senior analyst within a handful of days. Script Pipeline then sent "The
Merc List" direct to some potentially suitable management companies, it
was quickly read, and Micah signed with a manager within the week. The
script getting optioned took less than a year.
For more info on
the Writers Workshop and our process of circulation assistance, click here.
Recommend Writers Suzanne Gill and Ann Isherwood Option
“The Pet Sitter”
Through an extensive series of notes and
feedback, including one-on-one consults, from Script Pipeline’s Writers
Workshop, Suzanne Gill and Ann Isherwood have drawn the attention of
Barbara Bitel with the Silver Bitela Agency, who is now repping their
project, “The Pet Sitter.” Barbara discovered the screenplay through
Script Pipeline partner InkTip. Numerous drafts of the romantic comedy
were submitted, as Suzanne and Ann reworked the screenplay based on
in-depth Workshop notes.
Other
recent or notable success stories:
- 2009
Screenwriting Competition finalist Kevin Jones found representation with
Zero Gravity Management.
- Writer
Joseph Calabrese, whose script "The Eyes of Mara" was a finalist in the
2004 Script P.I.M.P. Screenwriting Competition, has adapted the story
into a comic book series, Her Majesty's Bulldog Brigade. More
info can be found here: www.bulldogbrigade.com.
- 2009
Screenwriting Competition finalist Matt Allen garners representation
with Script Pipeline industry contact Abstract Entertainment.
- Brian
Watanabe, writer of "Rogues Gallery, has signed with The Gersh Agency.
- 2009
Screenwriting Competition winner Troy Taylor's script, "The Eleven,
optioned by Etch Media.
- Former
Script Pipeline Recommend writer Sam Benavides' short horror script
MANSFIELD PATH completed production in 2009.
- Former
Script Pimp Recommend screenplay Strength and Honour (dir. Mark Mahon), now
a multi-award-winning film with plans for a sequel, Strength
and Honour LA, was featured on NBC's Today show.
The film's star, Michael Madsen, was
interviewed by Meredith Viera on his role and
the film's success, along with an appearance by
writer/director Mark Mahon. The
entire interview.
- Former
Script Pimp Competition finalist Mandie Green recently began a writing
assignment
through Larry Levinson Productions to write a TV movie,
"Sisterly Advice, for the Hallmark
Channel, an opportunity credited in part to contest placements
for her script "The Michaels."
- With
the assistance of Kersey Management, Matt Savelloni, a former Script
Pimp writer, has
been placed with the agency Hohman, Maybank, and Lieb, one of
the top boutique agencies in Los
Angeles. Matt is currently teamed with another writer
developing two projects with high-profile producers.
More success
stories
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Script
Pipeline Recommends: 2010 Horror Screenplay Contests
www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
Hollywood, CA - The creators of www.ScreenplayContests.com and
Executive Producer,
Michael David Jensen present the 2010 Horror Screenplay Contest.
The mission of the Horror Screenplay Contest - www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
- is to further promote the horror genre in screenplay form.
The contest is open to all
writers, eighteen years and older. The contest is limited to
the first 600 entries and
the submission deadline is July 20, 2010. Writers may also
submit their material online.
The 2010 Horror Screenplay Contest is sponsored by: Brain Damage
Films, Gorilla Software,
www.ScreenplayContests.com,
www.TopFilmFestivals.com, Cherub
Productions,
www.KillerPumpkins.com,
Final Draft, Palace of Horror, The Haunted Studio and
Instock Costumes.
Winners of the 2010 contest will receive cash and industry
related prizes in
addition to having their material submitted to Hollywood
producers, agents and studios.
The
2010 HORROR SCREENPLAY CONTEST is now accepting
entries. Contest rules, information, and entry forms are
available at:
www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
Script
Pipeline Feedback
Thanks to all the writers worldwide who took the time to send
in their comments. For more extensive list of Feedback, click here.
Here
are just a sampling of some recent quotes:
"My notes were provided in record time. I really
appreciate that. Very pleased with the notes themselves; very
good coverage analysis; examples were greatly appreciated."
"Once
again, after a first quick read, these notes are already useful. The
script is still developing, as you know, but I am excited to report that
it has been optioned and I am working with a producer/director to
develop it. That process is underway, and your notes are timely."
"Thanks
for the prompt service.
I found the notes to be exceptional— well written, incisive,
thorough,
and upbeat. I have taken many of the suggestions to heart and
will begin a
rewrite forthwith."
"Although I'm just printing this out now to
read, I would like to extend a big thank you for responding
so promptly to
my questions. It looks like Andrew [consultant] addressed
everything I wanted to know."
"I appreciate the thoughtfulness of your
comments and the time you invested in this. This is way
above and beyond
anything I've encountered from contests in the past--and
I've entered many of them."
"As for your evaluator, I would give him/her a
10 across the board. Although I didn't agree with
everything, the comments
and suggestions were all valid and smart. In my revised
script, I incorporated
many of the suggestions. Money well spent. Thanks again."
"I have to say Script P.I.M.P. has been a great
experience. The staff is always courteous and professional.
Any questions are
immediately answered, 24/7. The writer's database has been a
fantastic resource
and I look forward to continuing my relationship with the
P.I.M.P. –
Sean Fallon (2009 Finalist)
"I've found SP to be very professional and proactive, even
going
so far as calling me the day before the contest posted, to
let me know that I was a finalist.
Matt, over at Script P.I.M.P, has been very communicative
throughout the entire process,
and answered all my questions in a timely manner. The best
thing about the contest though,
is that I've already received several read requests from
managers and production companies. –
Jason Carreiro (2009
Finalist)
"Script P.I.M.P.'s contest is very professionally run, and
so far it has been an excellent experience. I feel that the
contest definitely has potential
to open doors, and potentially offer significant exposure to
winners and finalists. I highly
recommend this contest and commend the very helpful people
running it! –
Matthew Altman (2009
Finalist)
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Living Wake Picked by Movieline as a "Masterpiece of the 00s"
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Clough Interview: Filmmaking.net
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Pipeline's Operation Endgame (aka "Rogue's Gallery") in The
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Miscellaneous
- Top Websites for Screenwriters
The following is a guide for the Script Pimp community of five-star
websites
for screenwriters and aspiring filmmakers. To post your site in
this section
for approval, please contact us at matt@scriptpimp.com.
NETWORKING
SITES:
Screenwriters
Federation of America
Shooting People
Talentville
International Screenwriters
Association
RECENT
SCRIPT SALES
Done Deal
SCRIPT
COPIES
MovieJigsaw.com (UK)
FREE
SCREENPLAYS ONLINE
Script
Pipeline
Simply Scripts
SCREENPLAY
RECORDING
iScript
SCREENPLAY
CONTESTS
Screenplay Contests.com
Kairos Prize
Cinestory
Movie
Bytes
SCREENPLAY
FACILITATORS
InkTip
SCREENPLAYS
TO BUY
Hollywood Script Shop
SCREENPLAY
REVIEWS
Screenwriters Utopia
WRITING
SPACES
The Writers Junction
WRITER
COURSES
Writers Boot Camp
SCREENWRITER
INTERVIEWS
MovieBytes
SCREENWRITING
BOOKS
Writers Store
SCREENWRITING
SOFTWARE
Final
Draft
Movie Outline
SCREENWRITING
MAGAZINES
Moviemaker
Script
Magazine
Creative Screenwriting
SCREENWRITING
SCHOOLS
AFI
Vancouver
Film School
SCREENWRITING
SUPPLIES
Writers Store
SCREENWRITING
HOW-TO
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