MY OWN WORST ENEMY, LLC requested a copy of the
top 10 Screenplays
Michael Z. Gordon with MY OWN WORST ENEMY, LLC requested a copy of the
top ten screenplays.
"Narc" w/Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
w/Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin and In Enemy Hands w/William Macy
and Lauren Holly
Adam Marshall, Energy Entertainment, Management / Production Company,
requested a copy of the top ten screenplays.
"The Turning" and "The Prom".
EnTheon EnTertainment requested to read the ten finalists
EnTheon EnTertainment, Production Company, requested a copy of the top
ten screenplays. EnTheon has some projects in development, seek other
scripts to option and/or develop.
Kaplan Entertainment Group requested top 10 log lines and
synopsis
Kaplan Entertainment Group, a Literary Management Company based in
Manhattan, requested the loglines and synopsis of the top ten scripts.
Winning Writer Lands a Representation Deal
Lorelei Armstrong signs a representation deal with David J.
Freedman of Hollywood View Agency. Lorelei Armstrong was the 2004
winner in the Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards for her
supernatural thriller "GHOSTCATCHER".
Samuel Goldwyn Films requested four winning scripts for
development considerations
The Development department at Samuel Goldwyn Films requested the
following Finalists in the FilmMakers.com / Radmin Company screenplay
contest for development consideration.
PIANO IN THE DARK
BACKPACK
TARA
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
SANDMAN
THE SECRET BOY
THE CRETAN BULL
Samuel Goldwyn Films requested semifinalists' loglines and
synopsis
The Development department at Samuel Goldwyn Films requested the
loglines and synopsis for the top 20 scripts in the FilmMakers.com /
Radmin Company screenplay contest winners.
RADMIN COMPANY REQUESTED CONTACT INFO FOR SIX FINALISTS
The Radmin Company requested contact information for six of the top
eleven finalists.
Harbor Light Entertainment options FilmMakers Contest Winner
As a direct result of winning the FilmMakers.com / Radmin Company
screenplay competition Christian Parkes got to pitch a romantic comedy
idea to Harbor Light Entertainment and they optioned it. Harbor Light
currently has a deal at Paramount with Morgan Freeman attached.
Shoot the Moon Productions requested finalists
Shoot the Moon Productions requested the finalists submit their
projects for consideration.
Blye has been active in the motion picture industry since 1997. During
her career as an attorney, she represented such companies as The Walt
Disney Company, Miramax Film Corporation, and Warner Brothers Studios.
In April of 2003, Blye left her legal career behind to produce
independent films and currently has two features in her slate. In
addition to "Roseneath" and "Never Mind Nirvana", Blye is also
currently finalizing the option on a critically acclaimed novel and is
developing several other projects with young emerging writers.
Samuel Goldwyn Films requested contact and synopsis of contest
winners
The Development department at Samuel Goldwyn Films requested contact
details and synopsis for the 2003 FilmMakers.com / Radmin Company
screenplay contest winners.
THE SECRET BOY BY WHIT RUMMEL GETS OPTIONED
Whit Rummel, FilmMakers / The Radmin Company Fourth Place
Screenwriting Competition Winner, for his script THE SECRET BOY was
optioned by KONK Productions and director Chris Koch (whose feature
credits include "Snow Day" and "A Guy Thing"). Whit Rummel says " I'm
very pleasantly surprised by all the activity your contest has
generated... Almost immediately after THE SECRET BOY became a winner
in your contest, it was optioned by KONK Productions... I want to
thank you once again for running such a terrific contest - it's really
helped make a difference".
Brillstein-Grey Ent. requested five from ten finalists
Jai Khanna with Brillstein-Grey Entertainment requested to read the
following five screenplays:
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
THE SECRET BOY
MAN OF CLAY
TINSEL WINGS
DOWN THE DIRT ROAD
Katzir Productions requested to read 5 scripts
After reading loglines from the 21 semifinalists, Katzir Productions
requested the following screenplays:
The Cretin Bull
My Brother's Keeper
Deep Sleepers
Dropping Like Flies
Jokers Wild
Studio Film Projects requested 5 of 21 semifinalists
Studio Film Projects in search of an immediate project. The first 10
pages from each of the following scripts were provided, via protected
area of the filmmakers website:
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER
SANDMAN
THE SECRET BOY
MAN OF CLAY
THE CRETAN BULL
DOWN THE DIRT ROAD
THE PLANTATION
Katzir Productions requested to read 21 semifinalists' loglines
*Katzir Productions; a young and hip production company based in Los
Angeles. Katzir Productions has secured international financing and
they are currently looking for scripts to produce. The company is
headed by acclaimed Independent Director/Producer Dan Katzir. Mr.
Katzir's films have appeared in over 100 film festivals and in TV
stations worldwide. He has garnered over seventeen International
awards. His films have been screened in theaters and on such
prestigious television stations as HBO, Channel 4 (UK), France 2 , CBC
(Canada) and many more.
American Creative Agency requests to read loglines for top 50
American Creative Agency (ACA) requested to read the loglines for the
top fifty scripts.
The Radmin Company Requested Contact information
The Radmin Company Requested Contact information for 1st and 2nd place
winners. Christian Parkes for, MY BROTHER'S KEEPER and John Morby,
Jr. for SANDMAN.
Guy Walks Into a Bar requests ten finalists
Guy Walks Into a Bar, a new production/management company created by
Jon Berg, J. Cobe and Todd Komarnicki requests to read log lines and
synopsis of top ten finalists in the FilmMakers.com New Millennium
Screenwriting Contest.
CurbSide Pictures request top ten finalists
CurbSide Pictures request to read log lines and synopsis of top ten
screenplays.
New York-based CurbSide Pictures was formed in 2001 to develop,
finance and produce feature length films for theatrical release.
CurbSide's founding partners, an accomplished producer, a former
entertainment attorney and a former Wall Street executive, are pleased
to have New York as their home base and believe that it will allow
them to successfully develop pictures outside the fray of the
Hollywood studio system. Currently, the company is seeking dramas,
thrillers, comedies and teen/family oriented projects to be produced
in the $3-7 million budget range. CurbSide will consider higher (or
lower) budget pictures, co-productions and other joint financing
ventures on a project-by-project basis. Although the company is in
development on several projects, they are actively pursuing additional
projects to build out their production slate.
Production Companies request FilmmMakers.com ten finalists
VIACOM Productions requests to read log lines and synopsis of
top ten screenplays.
Steven Pearl requests top ten finalists
Steven Pearl's first feature film as producer, Attraction, starring
Tom Everett Scott, Gretchen Mol, Samantha Mathis and Matthew Settle,
is scheduled for a winter 2001 release from Lions Gate Films. However,
Pearl has written, produced and directed commercials, industrial
videos and two short films including The Dog Ate It, winner of several
competitions including an Academy Award for best student film and the
DGA young filmmakers' award.
Among a unique collection of projects for his company ImageMaker
Films, Pearl
is currently producing Lone Star State of Mind, for Screen Gems
Pictures (Sony), a quirky action comedy in the vein of FARGO and TRUE
ROMANCE he found off the internet and subsequently developed. In
addition, he is also producing along with Digital Domain, Shining
White, a powerful multiple award winning drama that embodies the
powers of redemption and re-birth, and Taking Five, a comedy about two
high school best friends who have a major falling out and in order to
save the friendship, the girl blamed for the disaster resorts to
kidnapping the love of her friend's life - who just happen to be the
world's most famous boy band.
Cindy Cowan Entertainment joins our team of Judges
Cindy Cowan with Credits like "Dr. T and the Women", "Very Bad
Things", "Savior", "Little City ". We are proud to include them in our
list of judges.
Cindy Cowan Entertainment requests three of top ten finalists
Cindy Cowan Entertainment, a new production company based in Los
Angeles, requests to read three of the top ten finalists. CROSSING THE
LINE by Kelly Alan Bancroft, BACKUP by Sandra Cook Jerome, and
CATHEDRAL by Anne Mahla.
Cindy Cowan, used to own Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) where she
produced such films as Very Bad Things starring Christian Slater and
Cameron Diaz,
Savior starring Dennis Quaid, and Little City starring Jon Bon Jovi,
Josh Charles, and Annabella Sciorra. She sold that company last year,
and has started an indie production company. Her latest film, Dr. T
and the Women starring Richard Gere and Laura Dern, an Artisan
Entertainment release.
The Gersh Agency request filmmakers.com contest winners.
The Gersh Agency requests to read all five winning screenplays.
Zide/Perry Entertainment request two of five winners
Zide/Perry Entertainment request two winning
scripts, CROSSING THE LINE by
Kelly Alan Bancroft and THE PRECEDENT by David Bacal.
Lilac Production request ten finalists.
Lilac Production (Guild Mgmt) requests to read the screenplays
of all ten finalists.
Adam Kline Productions request ten finalists.
Adam Kline Productions request to read top ten screenplays.
Adam Kline produced the film, SHADOW OF DOUBT, a political-thriller
for Largo
Entertainment, which will be released on HBO this winter. It stars
Melanie Griffith and Tom Berenger and was directed by Randal Kleiser.
Adma Kline Productions signed an overall deal at Lions Gate TV to
develop TV and feature length movies.
Axial Entertainment request third place winner.
Axel Entertainment requested to read third place winning
script, THE PRECEDENT by David Bacal.
Axel Entertainment is a new production management company based in New
York with Bill Eville (Sonnenfeld Josephson), Lisa Fragner (Fox
Searchlight), Riaz Patel (Chicagofilms), and Laura Parker (Clinica
Estetico).
Their emphasis is on new writers and staffing them for in-house
projects.
Nightstar Productions requests to read Filmmakers.com top ten
Nightstar Productions, based in Los Angeles, requested the top ten
scripts.
Berg-Saccani Entertainment request ten finalists
Berg-Saccani Entertainment requests contact info on ten
finalists.
Berg-Saccani Entertainement is a feature film and television
Production Company based in Los Angeles, with a First Look deal at
Universal.
Bender-Spink Management requests ten finalists
Bender-Spink Management requests to read synopsis of top ten
screenplays.
Bender-Spink is a management and production company representing
up-and-coming writers and directors, formed in October of 1998 by
former Zide/Perry Entertainment staffers Chris Bender and J.C. Spink.
Some of their current clients include: Adam Herz (writer, AMERICAN
PIE, EASTBOUND AND DOWN, AMERICAN PIE 2), Mike Mitchell (director,
DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGALO), John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (writers of
FIGHTING LIKE CATS AND DOGS) and Andrew Gurland (writer/director
CHEATERS for New Line Cinema).
Their production side is currently working on two films: FIGHTING LIKE
CATS AND DOGS at Warner Brothers and CHEATERS at New Line Cinema
(where they have a first-look deal).
Oak Island Films Inc. requests FilmMakers.com finalists
Oak Island Films Inc. requests contact information and synopsis of the
top ten finalists.
As an independent production company, Oak Island Films often
introduces the viewer to fresh new Hollywood talent. Their latest
feature, American Intellectuals, proudly introduces Portia de Rossi of
TV's Ally McBeal to the big screen.
Oak Island Film has produced and collaborated in over 20 feature film
projects. They have a project in development, Evolution, Montecito
Productions collaborative project with Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock,
DreamWorks. Cursed Part III in Postproduction.
Echo Lake Productions requests five of top ten
Echo Lake Productions requested a one to two page synopsis on five of
the ten
finalists. BACKUP by Sandra Cook Jerome, CROSSING THE LINE by Kelly
Alan Bancroft, PSYNPASE by Andre Roman Rivers, THE MYTH ABOUT ROSES by
Shannan Leigh Thompson and WALK-IN by Diane Lacey.
Echo Lake Productions, LLC, is an independent film financing and
production company with exclusive access to a private investment fund.
Echo Lake consists of a loan financing division and a production
division. Since its first film investment in October of 1997, Echo
Lake has provided loan financing for six films and optioned four
others for its development slate.
Over the past two years, Echo Lake has carefully and selectively built
a development slate of five films. Echo Lake has access to a separate
fund to invest in development and to make pay-or-play offers for
projects on which Echo Lake serves as the primary producer. As primary
producer, Echo Lake is open to collaboration with other producers, but
must retain final decision-making rights regarding script, budget, and
key cast and crew.
Echo Lake evaluates original scripts, plays, and novels. Echo Lake
prefers stories with traditional three-act structures, strong themes,
and well-defined, strong characters. While Echo Lake rules out no
submission on the basis of genre, the company is less interested in
broad comedies and stories with frivolous themes. The most important
quality of an Echo Lake film is that it be about something that
matters.
Nova Pictures requests ten finalists
Nova Pictures, based in Los Angeles, requested contact info and
synopsis of ten finalists.
Nova Pictures is a Development, Production and Distribution Company,
listed in the Hollywood Creative Directory and the Hollywood
Distributors Directory. The company has optioned several books and
scripts, produced award-winning shorts such as The Yellow Badge of
Courage and distributed award winning feature films including
Extraordinary Visitor. They look for quality material in any stage of
development or completed projects. They are a filmmaker friendly
company that looks for partnerships with other filmmakers.
Their staff has a vast background in Film/Television production, Film
Finance,
Budgeting and Accounting. Their staff can provide several production
services, at any stage of production.
Entertech Media Group Inc. request top ten Screenplays
Entertech Media Group Inc. request to read top ten screenplays.
Entertech Media Group Inc. is a production & distribution company
based in LA. It is made up of: Entertech Home Entertainment Inc;
Entertech Releasing Corporation; Entertech Picture Corporation; and
Entertech 3-D.
The Knight Company request to read top ten
The Knight Company requests to read synopsis of top ten screenplays.
The Knight Company is a feature film and television Production Company
based in Santa Monica, who’s principal, Christopher W. Knight, has
been in the entertainment industry for more than 18 years. Christopher
W. Knight feature credits include: Producer of THE DREAM TEAM, for
Universal/Imagine Pictures; Producer of WINNERS TAKE ALL, for Apollo
Pictures; and Executive Producer of HOT DOG…THE MOVIE, released by
MGM/UA. The Knight Company will begin production of a feature film,
DEEP WATER, in the fall of 2000 in association with New Legend
Entertainment.
Promark Entertainment requests top ten screenplays
Promark Group requests to read synopsis of top ten screenplays.
Promark is a foreign sales company specializing in producing action
thrillers. They develop and produce in-house and can green light
(fund) their films without pre-sales. They produce 4-6 films a year,
usually filming outside the United States (as they are a British-owned
company).
Last year, Promark Entertainment produced CONTAMINATED MAN, a
bio-medical thriller, with William Hurt; PILGRIM with Ray Liotta; THE
ENEMY starring Luke Perry, Tom Conti and Roger Moore. They just
finished a heist film with Peter Weller and Brian Brown called STYX.
They will be filming THE MAN OUTSIDE, a post cold war thriller, with
Armand Assante. Many of their films are shown as HBO Friday premieres
in the US.
IMMI Pictures requests to read all five winners
IMMI Pictures request to read the five winning screenplays.
IMMI Pictures is a new company formed two years ago by Heriberto
Schoeffer.
At present, they are in post-production on their first feature film,
DELIVERING MILO. The film was directed by Nick Castle (THE LAST
STARFIGHTER, MAJOR PAYNE, THE BOY WHO COULD FLY) and stars Albert
Finney, Briget Fonda, and Campbell Scott. They are currently in
negotiations with Sid Gannis (producer of BIG DADDY) on a romantic
comedy that is in turnaround from Sony. They prefer comedy, romantic
comedy, drama, and coming of age/teen scripts that could be done in
the $10 million range.