By Attorney John W. Cones In my 30-year practice as a securities/entertainment attorney, working with independent film producers seeking...
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(Guest Posting by script reader Joanna Ke) There are numerous steps that have to take place in order for...
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Erman Baradi (center in photo above), is the founder of “Ermantourage”, which hosts an impressive slate of Hollywood networking...
Greg Mania is a New York City-based writer and comedian. His work has been featured in The Huffington Post,...
Our friends over at Film Courage have a YouTube channel, and in case you weren’t aware, it contains a...
Screenwriter Mark Renshaw resides in the UK. He’s a husband, father, and one heck of a wordsmith. Filmmatic...
The 2017 Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship results are in. Mark Renshaw, a wonderful writer out of the UK, has been...
What sets the Capital Fund Screenplay Competition apart from some of the other contests available to up-and-coming writers? ...
Scott Simpson is a talented and passionate screenwriter. He was tops in the Historical category of Season 2 of...
The 2018 Sundance Film Festival is just around the corner, running from January 18-28 to be precise. The annual 10-day...
Calling all screenwriters, filmmakers, and film+music lovers! The Richmond international Film Festival (RIFF) is one of the largest...
Jason Petrovitch is a passionate screenwriter, who also happened to win the Comedy category of Season 2 of the Filmmatic...
The French Riviera resort town of Cannes has long been the entertainment industry’s favorite place to showcase the best...
Hollywood is the home of the entertainment industry, and the Hollywood International Screenwriting Competition was created by a passionate group...
Jason Brubaker is a Los Angeles-based movie distribution executive specializing in direct to consumer distribution strategies. As the founder...
The Independent Cinema Foundation is dedicated to making the on-screen creative process accessible to everyone and visible for all...
Tom Rico is an accomplished screenwriter, whose post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller “The God Particle – Resurrection” has garnered numerous accolades...
Karleen McSherry is a passionate screenwriter, who also happened to garner a Finalist placement in our initial (2016) season...
Now in its 22nd year, Los Angeles-based CineStory Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing new screenwriting talent....
Leave it to a mediocre director (who somehow keeps getting work) with poor “Tomatometer” scores to declare that Rotten...
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” is scheduled to release May 5, 2017 (including 3D and IMAX 3D). The...
Tribeca organizers have opted to cut down the total number of feature titles by 20% this year. Cara Cusumano,...
Freeform’s “Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger” has landed its leads. Former Disney star Olivia Holt will play Dagger, a.k.a. Tandy Bowen,...
Sundance has been kind to virtual reality over the years, and the 2017 festival is doing its part to issue...
Burbank, CA – Continuing to conjure box office magic, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” has surpassed the...
Tokyo, Japan/Culver City, California – Sony Corporation announced today that Michael Lynton will step down as CEO of troubled...
The Slamdance Film Festival is right around the corner, taking place in Park City from January 20-26, 2017. Driven...
Coverage Ink has opened the call for submissions for it’s “Get Repped Now” coverage/promotion. Basically writers you get good...
Mia Terra Retreats produces story-based retreats for screenwriters, TV writers, novelists, playwrights, storytellers, directors, actors, creative souls – anyone...
Announcing the 2017 Scriptapalooza Fellowship. The program was developed to honor dedicated writers and to help accommodate their creative...
Filmmatic.com recently wrapped up judging on it’s 2016 Screenplay Awards competition. One of the great bi-products of that process...
Jessica Chastain and Daniel Bruhl are currently filming the latest film by New Zealand writer and director Niki Caro,...
The winners and runners-up of the 2016 Script Pipeline Screenwriting and TV Writing Competitions were announced Saturday, July 23rd,...
Congratulations to all of the 2016 Filmmatic Screenplay Awards Finalists and Winners, the writers listed below should all be...
There are a limited amount of prestigious and reputable screenwriting competitions. Wouldn’t it be interesting to pose the...
What’s up next for Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o? She’s starring in the Disney and ESPN produced, Mira Nair...
In today’s risk-averse movie studio system, movie product is often derived from pre-existing material, including movies and TV shows....
Gal Gadot is a Wonder W-O-M-A-N I have no doubt that Gal Gadot can ‘ Rub & scrub this...
These are film industry terms used to designate a film’s box office actual and predicted success. Both terms refer...
Dave Trottier of KeepWriting.com is a produced screenwriter, award-winning teacher, top-selling author, and distinguished script consultant. He’s helped hundreds of...
You’ve finished your first (or third) screenplay. You’ve done several passes and dig your current draft. Your favorite...
Whether British writer/director Andrea Arnold wins the Palme d’OR at Cannes in 2016 or not, her first American feature,...
In its inaugural year, the Hollywood Boulevard Film Festival aims to reward and expose undiscovered filmmaking talent. The “HBFF”...
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Jason Lane Fenton (below), via his Boston-area production company, recently launched the Visually Sound Pictures Short Screenplay Contest. The...
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Hail Diablo Cody. Hollywood’s own Veni, Vedi, Veci. This Diablo’s got words, and she’s not afraid to use them....