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September Newsletter
SP 10th Anniversary Discount: 20% off Database/Workshop
The Living Wake: Now Available on Netflix
SP Partner: Scriptwriters Network - New Contest
SP Partner: Chris Soth - Interview with 'Machete' Writer
Recent Script Sales - July
Script Pipeline Success Stories
Script Pipeline Partner: The Writers Store
Script Pipeline Recommends: International Gay Screenplay Contest
Script Pipeline Feedback
Script Pipeline in the News
Miscellaneous - Top Websites for Screenwriters
SP 10th Anniversary Discount: 20% off Database/Workshop
To celebrate Script Pipeline's 10th anniversary, we're offering 20% off ALL Workshop notes and new Writers Database member subscriptions (yes, that includes consults--an over $100 savings).
USE PROMO CODE Pipeline2010 DURING REGISTRATION. This offer is set to expire soon!
About the Writers Database
Through a composite directory, Script Pipeline has gathered the specific needs and submission guidelines
of production and management companies, literary agencies, independent producers, and creative executives
searching for scripts. Along with extensive resources, this information is available through their
members-only Writers Database, where users may search through 1,300-plus listings. Database members also
have the ability to send inquires to our members-only E-mail for answer about writing, film, and the
industry in general.
More info: Writers Database
About the Writers Workshop
The Writers Workshop reviews screenplays, short scripts,
and TV specs/pilots, with options for full Development Notes, an Overall Review, or Studio-Style Coverage. Though mainly analyses are given via E-mail, the nature of the Workshop promotes a more one-on-one style of development. Writers may engage in FREE follow-ups with their evaluator, as well as ask our staff for any advice pertaining to the circulation of their scripts. Writers receiving a "Recommend" on their script are given further assistance in preparing for the spec marketplace, in addition to working with a Senior Analyst one-on-one to polish/fine-tune their work.
Recent quotes from Workshop writers:
"[The Workshop reader] does a fantastic job of telling me what I need to
hear.
. . also does a great job with telling me about how well certain changes
may play out given the suggestions. Worth every penny."
"As a writer with very limited experience, the assistance your company
has given me has been wonderful. I had my consultation on Saturday and
have begun the process of re-working my script. Just three days after
the consultation, the script is reading better than ever. I just wanted
to thank everyone for their help."
More info: Writers Workshop
SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPT
Check back in early September for:
The 2011 Script Pipeline Screenwriting & TV Writing Competitions
The Living Wake: Now on DVD & VOD 
Now available on Netflix, DVD, and VOD: the Mike O'Connell / Jesse Eisenberg dramedy The Living Wake.
Produced by Script P.I.M.P./Pipeline, the film traces the final day of K. Roth Binew (O'Connell), who, alongside his trusted assistant Mills (Eisenberg), attempts to find meaning and make amends with those around him before an inevitable death. The film also features appearances by veteran actress Ann Dowd and comedian Jim Gaffigan.
The Living Wake won the Comedic Vision award at the 2007 Austin Film Festival, as well as the Audience Award at the Woodstock Film Festival. Director Sol Tryon notched the Heineken Red Star Award at CineVegas in 2007 as well.
In 2009, Wake was noted by Movieline as one of the top 7 "masterpieces you've likely never seen" of the 2000s.
Add The Living Wake to your Netflix queue and follow the film on Facebook:
SP Partner: Scriptwriter's Network - New Contest
Script Pipeline highly recommends all writers check out the Scriptwriters Network, an extraordinary organization that has been assisting writers for over two decades. More info below on their upcoming contest. . . .
The Scriptwriters Network is launching its inaugural High Concept Screenplay Competition, currently the only one of its kind. It emphasizes the "high concept" aspect of storytelling in writing for all genres. This sets it apart from other competitions due to the overwhelming demand by studios and producers of this type of motion picture material.
A high concept screenplay:
• has a great premise – the idea is king (Big)
• has a memorable title – it conveys what the movie is about (Wedding Crashers)
• has a visual logline – you can see the movie (40 Year Old Virgin)
• has universal appeal – all demographics “get it” (Star Trek)
• has a simple throughline, clear conflicts, high stakes, a hook, a ticking clock and/ or a twist (Liar Liar)
• can be summed up succinctly in 25 words or less (Seven, Home Alone)
The Winners, Finalists, and Semi-finalists will gain tremendous exposure to the entertainment community by placing in this competition and will be listed on our website. Also, the first, second, and third place winners will be awarded $3000, $1000, and $500, respectively.
To enter, please visit www.scriptwritersnetwork.org for further details.
The deadline is November 30, 2010. Good Luck!
SP Partner: Chris Soth - Interview w/'Machete' Writer
Script Pipeline partner Chris Soth will be interviewing Alvaro Rodriguez, writer of the new Robert Rodriguez film Machete. The movie stars Danny Trejo, Robert DeNiro, Jessica Alba, and more. Best of all, the call is FREE.
More info below. . . .
TALK WITH THE WRITER OF MACHETE -- LIVE!
Register here: http://www.hollywoodbyphone.com/machete/
FREE Live Conference Call, 5:30 Pacific Time, Thursday, September 9th -- but you have to sign up at:
http://www.hollywoodbyphone.com/machete/
See the instant cult hit this weekend, talk with the writer, Alvaro Rodriguez, THURSDAY -- live,
on the phone, from the comfort of your home!
But you have to register now! You can't miss this!
http://www.hollywoodbyphone.com/machete/
Recent
Script Sales - August
Riding his train of popularity, Steve Carrell hops on board another comedy, a remake of an Argentine film, A Boyfriend for My Wife. Kind of self-explanatory. . . . The immensely popular comic series (well, sort of--at least for the seventies) Iron Fist is getting a film version, and Angelina Jolie dips her feet in the romance/war drama genre again in an as-of-yet untitled Serbian/Bosnian love story. And if that doesn't get you crying, don't weep too hard fans of the 1980s (all 12 of you): the Jaden Smith version of Karate Kid will see a sequel.
Other notable sales include:
--Morgan Creek will take on the Tupac story. Antoine Fuqua is set to direct.
--A 3-D film chronicling the Battle of Midway during WWII.
--Piranha 3-D = sequel. No word yet on what dimension it'll be in. . . .
-- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are returning to their live-action renditions. Hopefully less retro muppet-like than the last version.
--Take that super-cool Jesse Eisenberg Facebook movie: Google has its own story hitting the screen with Googled: The End of the World As We Know It.
View previous
script sales
Script
Pipeline Success Stories
2009
Script Pipeline Finalists Sean Fallon and Charlotte Barrett's Film to be
Produced - August, 2010
Thanks to their top 20 placement in the
2009 Script P.I.M.P./Pipeline
Screenwriting Competition with the script Denny Delivers, writers
Sean Fallon and Charlotte Barrett caught the attention of a producer
who would end up producing their first feature, Virgin Alexander.
Production is slated for 2010. View the film's IMDB
page.
2008
Script Pipeline Winning Script “Shrapnel” Optioned by FilmEngine - 2010
“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 - 2010
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” - 2010
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: International Gay Screenplay Contest
INTERNATIONAL GAY SCREENPLAY CONTEST
For
more information:
Mike
Dean
One
In Ten Screenplay Contest
303.629.3072
www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com
Hollywood, CA - The ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST, a
screenplay contest dedicated to the positive portrayal of gays,
lesbians, bisexuals, transgender and queer individuals in film, celebrates its
12th anniversary in 2010. Entries are now being accepted online and are limited
to the first 600 for 2010. Executive Director, David Jensen, "We are excited to
celebrate our 12th anniversary and are looking at a record number of entries
this year. We are continually amazed with the quality of talent that comes
through the door year after year." Jensen continues, "We receive entries from
around the globe and Hollywood is taking notice in a very big way. Many of our
past winners are now hard-working screenwriters. Last year's winner has
received substantial interest and representation by one of Hollywood's top
management and production houses."
The ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST has
gained respect and notoriety from Hollywood studios, agents, and producers.
Entries for the 2010 screenplay contest are now being accepted online at: www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com -
Writers from around the world are eligible.
Prizes for 2010
include cash, industry exposure, and merchandise. The 2010 One In Ten Screenplay
Contest is sponsored by: Cherub
Productions, Hollywood Creative Directory, www.iScript.com,
Brainstorm Warehouse, LLC, Michael Weise Productions, www.ScriptPipeline.com, www.ScriptDelivery.net , www.TopFilmFestivals.com , www.ScreenplayContests.com and Jungle
Software.
The submission deadline for 2010 ONE IN
TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST is September
1, 2010. Entry forms are available
online through the contest website:
www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com. Entry forms may
also be obtained through the mail by sending a self addressed stamped envelope
to:
CHERUB PRODUCTIONS
One In Ten Screenplay Contest
Post
Office Box 540
Boulder, Colorado 80306
(303) 629-3072
www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com
E-mail: Cherubfilm@aol.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, including feedback on contest entry notes:
"As a writer with very limited experience, the assistance your company
has given me [Writers Workshop consult] has been wonderful. I had my consultation. . . and
have begun the process of re-working my script. Just three days after
the consultation the script is reading better than ever."
"The Script Pipeline Writers Workshop is a huge help with rewrites. I was
impressed with The Script P.I.M.P. Contest‘s ability to stay on time
and their overall professionalism. It was great to meet industry people
and the other finalists." - Russ Meyer (2010 Finalist)
"What drew me to enter Script Pipeline was their reputation for helping
to discover young writers and my own desire to compete. Being in a
contest with over 3,400 people forces you to elevate your own material
-- that level of competition is great for all writers to experience
because it simply makes your stuff better. My experience since being
named a finalist has been wonderful. Not only have the fine people at
Script Pipeline helped develop my material, they've introduced me to a
number of people and have expanded my own circle of contacts within the
industry." - Greg Ernstrom (2010 Finalist)
"It was a really great experience all around working with Matt and the
team at Script P.I.M.P./Script Pipeline. They were amazingly professional, organized,
and committed to helping me and my script reach the next level. . . . The contest win itself was enormously helpful
to me, but beyond that, they offered me script notes, feedback,
mentoring, and a wide variety of industry contacts to help me get my
work out there and move my script forward." - Daniel Ragussis (2010 Finalist)
"I wanted to thank you for your feedback. I think it was very helpful and
constructive, but most importantly, it was thoughtful and professional.
It made me feel like they took the time to actually analyze rather than
just skim through."
"My experience has been nothing but positive with Matt, Chad, and Script
Pipeline. The guys have created a wonderfully supportive environment
for up and coming writers and are truly interested in helping to promote
new talent. I couldn't recommend them more highly." - Debbie Chesebro (2010 Finalist)
"The
notes are extremely helpful and I look forward to re-shaping the script
based on your notes."
"Thank you for the direction [re: contest notes], I truly appreciate your candor and insight."
"I had an awesome experience with Script Pipeline. They are extremely
organized and well-connected in the industry, and as a writer aspiring
to "break in," I felt like they really worked to use their resources to
help me and all the other finalists reach our writing goals." - Teresa Lo (2010 Finalist)
"I think it's an awesome service you provide, and especially
cool that you are willing to critique queries. Thank you!!"
"Being Script Pipeline finalists changed our
careers. We went from begging friends for a read to now directing our
own script with an incredible cast (Virgin Alexander). We are
forever grateful to Matt, Chadwick, and the entire Script Pipeline team."
- Sean Fallon / Charlotte Barrett (2009 Finalists)
"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."
Script
Pipeline in the News
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view all Script Pimp company credits, visit:
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Chadwick Clough/Matt Misetich Script Pipeline Blogtalk Radio Interview
The
Living Wake - Creative Screenwriting Podcast Interview
Operation
Endgame Facebook page
"The
Living Wake Picked by Movieline as a "Masterpiece of the 00s"
Script
P.I.M.P. Named Top 50 Websites by Moviemaker
Script
Pipeline Reviewed by Associated Content
Chadwick
Clough Interview: Filmmaking.net
Script
Pipeline's Operation Endgame (aka "Rogue's Gallery") in The
Hollywood Reporter
Script
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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@scriptpipeline.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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