|
Pitchfest | Screenwriting
Contest | TV
Writing Contest | Classes | Database | Script Notes May Newsletter LATE DEADLINE: Writing Competitions (WAB Only)
LATE DEADLINE MAY 15th Screenwriting & TV Writing Competitions Entry fee - $50 (two FREE entries with new Writers Database membership) The 10th Annual Script Pipeline Screenwriting and 5th Annual TV Writing Competitions give all finalists 1-on-1, personalized assistance in launching their careers by connecting them with over 200 agents, managers, and production companies looking for new material. Winning writers get meetings with top producers. All finalists receive an invite to the exclusive Secret Door Pitchfest this August in Hollywood, which gathers top companies looking for new material. Through Script Pipeline, screenwriters have sold millions of dollars in specs
to studios and over a hundred others have found representation, writing
assignments, or optioned, sold, and produced their screenplays.
Great Movie Idea Contest: Deadline July 15th
Pitching to the industry is how films get made.
Script Pipeline has always been about access, linking talented
screenwriters with the proper channels in the hopes of selling their
work. Now, all you need is a single, awesome concept.
LAST CHANCE: Discounted Entry - Secret Door Pitchfests
Secret Door Pitchfest August 4th, 2012 Pitch your scripts and ideas DIRECT to industry reps, including agents, managers, and producers. The Secret Door Pitchfest returns this summer to Los Angeles, August 4th 2012. Previous
companies have included Lakeshore Entertainment, Gersh, Principal
Entertainment, FilmEngine, Darko, Bold Films, and other top execs. Everyone attending will receive the following: --One-on-one meetings with 20-30 companies (confirmed list TBD) --Pitch consultation with Script Pipeline ($100 value) --1-year Writers Database membership ($100 value) --Two (2) FREE entries to the 2013 Script Pipeline Screenwriting or TV Writing Competitions ($100 value) *Spaces limited to 100 writers* REGISTER FOR THE SECRET DOOR PITCHFEST
Recent Script Sales - April
Novel (and graphic novel) adaptations are the hot item in April, including the sci-fi Anomaly with Joe Roth producing, and The Graveyard Book with Disney at the helm. Leonardo DiCaprio will star in Live By Night, set in the 1920s during the Black Sox scandal. Since we've gone way too long without a good poker movie: DiCaprio also producing a film with Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake about illegal online gaming, Runner Runner. And former Script Pipeline Workshop "Recommend" writer Michael Starrbury will write an adaptation of The Great Unknown, originally published by Image Comics. Other script sales include: - A reboot of Daredevil, to be drawn from Frank Miller's own reboot of the popular comic hero. - Based on the NBC TV series, The Rockford Files. Vince Vaughn to produce and star. - The 1982 film Poltergeist will get a Sam Raimi-esque remake. - An animated feature from Pixar, Day of the Dead, revolving around the holiday Dia De Los Muertos.
Script Pipeline Success Story: Disney Hires Contest Writer
Screenwriting Competition entrant Glenn Farrington was staffed on the Disney TV show Kickin' It as a writer. Although Glenn didn't place in the competition, based on his writing sample, Script Pipeline helped link him with manager Andrew Kersey (Kersey Management), who later signed him. Submit to the competition - LATE DEADLINE: May 15th
|
