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#1 On THE RED LIST - Johnny Gilligan's TV Pilot REVELATIONS

By: Johnny Gilligan
ISA 2021 Top 25 Writer Johnny Gilligan's TV pilot REVELATIONS tops Coverfly's The Red List for 1-Hour Sci-Fi pilots. His two other Sci-Fi pilots WOKE and SAVANT follow closely in #3 and #4 spots.
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ISA Top 25 2021 Writer with Two Sci-Fi Pilots In Big Breaks 2020 Top 10
By: Johnny Gilligan
Starting off 2021 with a bang, both of ISA Top 25 2021 Writer Johnny Gilligan's one hour Sci-Fi TV Pilot scripts REVELATIONS and WOKE made the Final Draft Big Break Top 10 1-Hour Pilot list for 2020. The overall winner will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tags: Revelations, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest(Quarter Finalist)

A Big Year For TV Sci-Fi Writer Johnny Gilligan
By: Johnny Gilligan
It continues to be a banner year for ISA Development Slate and TV Sci-fi writer Johnny Gilligan. In the last week, all four of his 1-hour pilots REVELATIONS, SAVANT, RE.FORM(ED) and WOKE made the Quarter-Finals (Top 3%) of 2020 Final Draft Big Break Competition, WOKE and RE.FORM(ED) were both chosen as Semi-Finalists (Top 25) in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition and WOKE was selected to advance to the Semi-Finalist round of the 2020 Screencraft Pilot Competition.

Johnny Gilligan's Sci-Fi Pilots Garner More Awards & Top RED LIST
By: Johnny Gilligan
After his 1-hour Sci-Fi Pilot REVELATIONS won the Horror/Sci-Fi Category of the 2020 Table Read My Screenplay competition, Johnny Gilligan was invited to join ISA's Development Slate. REVELATIONS joins Johnny's two other 1-hour Sci-Fi pilots SAVANT and WOKE to take the top 3 positions on Coverfly's RED LIST (Sci-Fi TV 1 Hour) this month, positions 2,3 and 4 for the year.
Tags: Revelations, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Category Winner), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Category Winner)

CHAT - On RED LIST

By: Kim Hornsby
Kim Hornsby's short screenplay, CHAT, ended the year in the top ten in Short Thrillers on Coverfly's Red List for 2020 after making it to the 2nd Round of Austin Film Festival. This was the second time Hornsby has had a script on the Red List and in AFF. A 20-page script of a woman's revenge on a serial killer, CHAT is unproduced but available.
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Contest Success for Seattle Screenwriter
By: Kim Hornsby
THREE projects by screenwriter, KIM HORNSBY, were recognized in Table Read my Screenplay. Her TV Pilot, MOODY & THE GHOST, reached the top 100 in Table Read my Screenplay, as did her Features, NECESSARY DETOUR, and THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE, the former moving up to the Top Ten in Mystery/Suspense and the latter making the quarterfinals in Page Turner Screenplays. All scripts are adapted from her Bestselling books. MOODY & THE GHOST also made 2ND ROUND at Austin Film Fest as did her Short script, CHAT. Moody was in the top 20 of The Adapted Screenplay Contest, recently won a table read at the Seattle Film Summit and is under consideration at CBS. Kim is represented by JD DeWitt of 5x5 Literary Management
Tags: Moody & The Ghost, Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Top 100)

Screenplay Optioned
By: Kim Hornsby
Kim Hornsby's feature screenplay, CHRISTMAS IN CRYSTAL CREEK, was optioned by 5x5 Productions and with the lead actress attached, is planning to film this year. 5x5 Productions and Emerald Bay Entertainment will produce. This option replaces the previous option on her novel of the same name.
Tags: Christmas in Crystal Creek - IN DEVELOPMENT,

THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE Wins Big
By: Kim Hornsby
After winning the Hollywood Fellowship and Grand Prize Award at the Seattle Film Summit's BIGFOOT SCRIPT CHALLENGE, Kim Hornsby's supernatural Suspense Feature, THE DREAM JUMPER'S PROMISE has entered into a shopping agreement with Indy Entertainment who recently produced Justin Long and Cobie Smulders film "Literally, Right Before Aaron." JD DeWitt of 5x5 Productions negotiated the deal that was brought to Ms. Hornsby by the Bigfoot team.
Tags: The Dream Jumper's Promise, Bigfoot Script Challenge(Grand Prize)

Christmas Novel Optioned
By: Kim Hornsby
CHRISTMAS IN CRYSTAL CREEK, the novel, was optioned by 5x5 Productions and is in development as a TV movie with a star attached. The spec screenplay was written by USA Today Bestselling Author and Awarded Screenwriter, KIM HORNSBY. Repped by JD DeWitt
Tags: Christmas in Crystal Creek - IN DEVELOPMENT,

Accepted into the Writers Guild Foundation's Veterans Writing Project

By: Anthony Pittore
The mission of the Writers Guild Foundation’s Veterans Writing Project is to identify emerging writers from United States military backgrounds and provide them with the tools and insights to nurture their passion for writing and successfully navigate the entertainment industry.

Visit Films boards ICE

By: Stéphanie Joalland
Following its selection for the Frontières international co-production market at Fantasia back in July, Stéphanie and her production partner at Frenzy Films, Sean McConville, have just secured a deal with NYC-based Visit Films ( IT FOLLOWS, PRIMER, UPSTREAM COLOR,) to finance and distribute ICE which Stéphanie will also be directing.
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ICE selected for Coverfly's Fall 2020 Pitch Week
By: Stéphanie Joalland
Stephanie was choosen out of 2,500 writers to pitch ICE and her other projects to LA Managers this week through Coverfly's Fall 2020 Pitch week.
Tags: ICE,

ICE selected for virtual edition of 2020 BiFan's NAFF Project Market

By: Stéphanie Joalland
A total of thirty projects took part in this year's NAFF project market. Nineteen international projects participated in the It Project Selections. ICE by Stephanie Joalland was one of them. 
Tags: ICE,

ICE selected for the Filmarket Hub's UK Online Pitchbox

By: Stéphanie Joalland
Online development marketplace Filmarket Hub has announced the projects in development selected for the UK Online Pitchbox, the new virtual pitch event running July 2-3, in partnership with Film London. ICE by Stephanie Joalland was one of them. 
Tags: ICE,

UK project ICE among 38 selected for 2020 Sofia Meetings
By: Stéphanie Joalland
Sofia Meetings, the industry platform of the Sofia International Film Festival has selected 38 projects to be pitched, presented and discussed at the event. Stéphanie Joalland's Ice was one of six projects selected as part of the Second Film section of the event. 
Tags: ICE,

WUNDERLAND optioned by Omnifilm Entertainment

By: Christopher DeWan
WUNDERLAND, Chris DeWan's TV series set inside a VR world, has been optioned by Vancouver-based Omnifilm Entertainment
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AVALON optioned by Awesomeness TV
By: Christopher DeWan
Chris DeWan's screenplay AVALON, a "gay, teen Shape of Water," has been optioned by Awesomeness/Viacom
Tags: Avalon,

Christopher DeWan - Shows in Production + Writing Residencies
By: Christopher DeWan
Since being selected as one of ISA's Top 25, Chris has developed a TV show with Electric Entertainment, partnered with a showrunner, and now has two new shows in development with two other studios. He's been awarded a pair of writing residencies, guest-lectured a few workshops on screenwriting, and, on the side, wound up writing a book of nonfiction journalism for Harper-Collins to be released in spring of 2020. ----- "In an industry where we often feel alone, the ISA gives us a team of steadfast allies who not only know the industry, but who also understand writers." - Christopher DeWan

Christopher DeWan - Finalist Cinestory Fellowship
By: Christopher DeWan
Christopher DeWan places as a finalist in Cinestory's TV/Digital Fellowship for the script Live From Mars.
Tags: CineStory T V / Digital Retreat & Fellowship

Christopher DeWan - Top Finalist, Creative World Awards
By: Christopher DeWan
Christopher DeWan's recognition for writing excellence continues, as he places as a Top Finalist in the 2017 Creative World Awards for his pilot The Calling.
Tags: Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest

AVALON optioned by Awesomeness TV

By: Christopher DeWan
Chris DeWan's screenplay AVALON, a "gay, teen Shape of Water," has been optioned by Awesomeness/Viacom
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WUNDERLAND optioned by Omnifilm Entertainment
By: Christopher DeWan
WUNDERLAND, Chris DeWan's TV series set inside a VR world, has been optioned by Vancouver-based Omnifilm Entertainment
Tags: Wunderland,

Christopher DeWan - Shows in Production + Writing Residencies
By: Christopher DeWan
Since being selected as one of ISA's Top 25, Chris has developed a TV show with Electric Entertainment, partnered with a showrunner, and now has two new shows in development with two other studios. He's been awarded a pair of writing residencies, guest-lectured a few workshops on screenwriting, and, on the side, wound up writing a book of nonfiction journalism for Harper-Collins to be released in spring of 2020. ----- "In an industry where we often feel alone, the ISA gives us a team of steadfast allies who not only know the industry, but who also understand writers." - Christopher DeWan

Christopher DeWan - Finalist Cinestory Fellowship
By: Christopher DeWan
Christopher DeWan places as a finalist in Cinestory's TV/Digital Fellowship for the script Live From Mars.
Tags: CineStory T V / Digital Retreat & Fellowship

Christopher DeWan - Top Finalist, Creative World Awards
By: Christopher DeWan
Christopher DeWan's recognition for writing excellence continues, as he places as a Top Finalist in the 2017 Creative World Awards for his pilot The Calling.
Tags: Creative World Awards Screenwriting Contest

THE REAL THING - Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (2020)

By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was an Honorable Mention: Best Original Script, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (2020) Athens, GRC.
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THE REAL THING - SWN Screenplay Competition (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Finalist, Screenwriters' Network Screenplay Competition (2020) London, GBR.
Tags: The Real Thing, Screenwriters Network Screenplay Competition(Finalist), Screenwriters Network

THE REAL THING - Hollywood Blood Horror Festival (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Winner: Best Original Screenplay, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival (2020) Los Angeles, California USA.
Tags: The Real Thing, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival(1st Place)

THE REAL THING - Queen Palm International Film Festival (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Winner: Bronze Award - Best Concept Feature Script, Queen Palm International Film Festival (2020) Palm Springs, California USA.
Tags: The Real Thing, Queen Palm International Film Festival(Bronze)

THE REAL THING - WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Winner: Top WILDsound Festival Screenplays of 2019, WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival (2020) Toronto, Ontario CAN.
Tags: The Real Thing, WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival(Category Winner)

THE REAL THING - SWN Screenplay Competition (2020)

By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Finalist, Screenwriters' Network Screenplay Competition (2020) London, GBR.
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THE REAL THING - Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was an Honorable Mention: Best Original Script, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (2020) Athens, GRC.
Tags: The Real Thing, Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival(Honorable Mention)

THE REAL THING - Hollywood Blood Horror Festival (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Winner: Best Original Screenplay, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival (2020) Los Angeles, California USA.
Tags: The Real Thing, Hollywood Blood Horror Festival(1st Place)

THE REAL THING - Queen Palm International Film Festival (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Winner: Bronze Award - Best Concept Feature Script, Queen Palm International Film Festival (2020) Palm Springs, California USA.
Tags: The Real Thing, Queen Palm International Film Festival(Bronze)

THE REAL THING - WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival (2020)
By: Matthew Papadopoulos
THE REAL THING was a Winner: Top WILDsound Festival Screenplays of 2019, WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival (2020) Toronto, Ontario CAN.
Tags: The Real Thing, WILDsound FEEDBACK Film and Screenplay Festival(Category Winner)

ISA Top 25 2021 Writer with Two Sci-Fi Pilots In Big Breaks 2020 Top 10

By: Johnny Gilligan
Starting off 2021 with a bang, both of ISA Top 25 2021 Writer Johnny Gilligan's one hour Sci-Fi TV Pilot scripts REVELATIONS and WOKE made the Final Draft Big Break Top 10 1-Hour Pilot list for 2020. The overall winner will be announced in the coming weeks.
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#1 On THE RED LIST - Johnny Gilligan's TV Pilot REVELATIONS
By: Johnny Gilligan
ISA 2021 Top 25 Writer Johnny Gilligan's TV pilot REVELATIONS tops Coverfly's The Red List for 1-Hour Sci-Fi pilots. His two other Sci-Fi pilots WOKE and SAVANT follow closely in #3 and #4 spots.
Tags: Revelations,

A Big Year For TV Sci-Fi Writer Johnny Gilligan
By: Johnny Gilligan
It continues to be a banner year for ISA Development Slate and TV Sci-fi writer Johnny Gilligan. In the last week, all four of his 1-hour pilots REVELATIONS, SAVANT, RE.FORM(ED) and WOKE made the Quarter-Finals (Top 3%) of 2020 Final Draft Big Break Competition, WOKE and RE.FORM(ED) were both chosen as Semi-Finalists (Top 25) in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition and WOKE was selected to advance to the Semi-Finalist round of the 2020 Screencraft Pilot Competition.

Johnny Gilligan's Sci-Fi Pilots Garner More Awards & Top RED LIST
By: Johnny Gilligan
After his 1-hour Sci-Fi Pilot REVELATIONS won the Horror/Sci-Fi Category of the 2020 Table Read My Screenplay competition, Johnny Gilligan was invited to join ISA's Development Slate. REVELATIONS joins Johnny's two other 1-hour Sci-Fi pilots SAVANT and WOKE to take the top 3 positions on Coverfly's RED LIST (Sci-Fi TV 1 Hour) this month, positions 2,3 and 4 for the year.
Tags: Revelations, Creative Screenwriting UNIQUE VOICES Screenplay Competition(Category Winner), Table Read My Screenplay Genre Competition (Action, Horror, Mystery)(Category Winner)

THE VOICE OF SANTA ANITA: THE LIMITED SERIES --Optioned

By: Rodolfo Alvarado
THE VOICE OF SANTA ANITA: THE LIMITED SERIES was recently optioned by Turn Left Productions in association with Caballo Productions, after producers read the first two episodes. Officials at Santa Anita Park have agreed for filming to take place at the historic Thoroughbred horse racing track in Arcadia, California.

POSITIVE LEE Off To A Very Positive Awards Start.

By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton and Lindiwe Suttle Mueller-Westernhagen's latest pilot POSITIVE LEE made it to the semis for both WeScreenplay and ScreenCraft contests. They were chuffed as it's the first time they've entered our script into any competition, and both times it came just shy of making the finals. Watch this space... or rather, this script.
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THAT SISTER THANG makes Launch Pad Top 50.
By: Dale Winton
Our comedy-drama about two black South African sisters tackling life in weird 'n wacky Austin, and the arrival of a conservative white Texan mother, has made it to the last Top 50 pilot scripts!
Tags: That Sister Thang , Launch Pad Pilots Competition(Top 50), ISA

SAUSAGE & SUSHI makes Finals of WeScreenplay Diverse Voices

By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton's latest pilot about a bisexual guy secretly juggling a traditional straight life with a more hedonistic gay one is through to the final round! (Script and pitch deck available.)
Tags: Sausage & Sushi, Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay(Semi Finalist), WeScreenplay

THAT SISTER THANG makes Screencraft Pilot Launch semis
By: Dale Winton
Dale Winton is chuffed to see his pilot THAT SISTER THANG advance through to the semifinals. They've enjoyed over 15 top contest placements for their script and are hopefully one step closer to seeing a story about African sisterhood in Texas become an original series. (they've created a website for any producers wanting to know more about the show.)
Tags: That Sister Thang , ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Contest(Semi Finalist), ISA, ScreenCraft

SAUSAGE & SUSHI makes WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Semis
By: Dale Winton
Great to see Dale Winton's pilot make the next round! A story about a bisexual guy secretly juggling a traditional straight life with a more hedonistic gay one and finds his two worlds colliding when his fiancee gets pregnant and his boyfriend proposes. (Pitch deck with pilot script available on request.)
Tags: Sausage & Sushi, Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay(Semi Finalist), ISA, WeScreenplay

ISA DEVELOPMENT SLATE LEADS TO MANAGER

By: Denise Meyers
A new management company recently found LUCKY 13, FREEFALL, POWDERKEG and the TV pilot for THE DARK OF NIGHT on the International Screenwriters Association website and is now in negotiations with writer Denise Meyers to represent her material. Meyers is the 2019 inaugural recipient of a Sloan Foundation Development Grant in partnership with the Athena Film Festival and Barnard College, a development grant winner through the Stowe Story Labs and winner of the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.
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EVERYTHING AND NOTHING Genre Winner (Drama) 2020 Fast Track Fellowship
By: Denise Meyers
EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, based on the true story about a female jockey who agrees to train a mounted anti-poaching unit in the Eastern Cape, was selected by the ISA Fast Track Fellowship as a Genre Winner (Drama).
Tags: Everything and Nothing, ISA Fast Track Fellowship(Category Winner)

LUCKY 13 Is a Finalist for the 2020 Screencraft Fellowship
By: Denise Meyers
LUCKY 13 has been selected from out of nearly 3000 submissions as a Finalist for the 2020 Screencraft Fellowship. The selection represents 1.5 percent of submissions, and adds to the growing list of accolades for this powerfully written screenplay about female pilots in World War Two. LUCKY 13 is the inaugural recipient of a Sloan Foundation Development Grant, awarded a development grant by the Stowe Story Labs for their 2020 fall season, won the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition and was a Finalist for The Writers Lab and the Nashville Film Festival.
Tags: LUCKY 13, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship(Finalist)

LUCKY 13 Selected by Stowe Story Labs for a Fall Development Grant
By: Denise Meyers
The Stowe Story Lab has selected LUCKY 13 for a $1000 development grant for the 2020 Fall Lab in Stowe, VT. LUCKY 13 is the inaugural recipient of a Sloan Foundation development grant. The script won the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition in 2017 and has also been a finalist for The Writers Lab, the Nashville Film Festival and placed in the Next 100 for the Nicholl Fellowship in 2019.
Tags: LUCKY 13, Stowe Story Labs(Finalist)

EVERYTHING AND NOTHING advances to Finalist
By: Denise Meyers
The Stowe Story Labs, in partnership with Final Draft, have advanced EVERYTHING AND NOTHING, based on a true story about rhino poaching in the Eastern Cape, to finalist for a fellowship grant. Everything and Nothing was a second place selection for Table Read My Screenplay Park City in 2020.
Tags: Everything and Nothing, Stowe Story Labs(Finalist), Stowe Story Labs

Ted Campbell Wraps A DANGEROUS DEFENSE for MarVista Entertainment

By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's feature writing and directing debut A DANGEROUS DEFENSE wrapped principle photography in Los Angeles this week. The indie thriller is produced by MarVista Entertainment and Shadowboxer Films. Next up, Ted is writing and directing another thriller for MVE. As well as directing his award winning heist thriller UNDERGROUND for Film Bridge International and New York based Choice Films. Ted was named a Top Screenwriter to Watch in 2018 and is a member of ISA's Development Slate.
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Ted Campbell's A DANGEROUS DEFENSE produced by MarVista Entertainment
By: Ted Campbell
Development Slate and Top 25 Screenwriter to Watch Ted Campbell, will write and direct the dramatic thriller A DANGEROUS DEFENSE for MarVista Entertainment. The film will be produced by Robert Ballo and his Shadowboxer Films. VP of Development & Production at MarVista Entertainment Marianne Wunch will Executive Produce.

Ted Campbell's DEVIL WINDS Semi-Finalist Microbudget Horror Competition
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's contained supernatural triller DEVIL WINDS was named as a Semi-Finalist in Stage32's Microbudget Horror Competition.
Tags: Devil Winds, Stage 32

Ted Campbell's HARM'S WAY Second Rounder Launch Pad Feature Competition
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell's thriller HARM'S WAY has placed as a Second Rounder in the Launch Pad Feature Competition 2020-2021.
Tags: Harm's Way, Launch Pad Feature Competition(Second Round)

Ted Campbell repped at Zero Gravity
By: Ted Campbell
Ted Campbell has secured representation with Cameron Cubbison at Zero Gravity Management. Prior to becoming a literary manager, Cubbison worked as a freelance reader and story analyst for ten years, writing agency and production company coverage, and is the co-founder of ScreenCraft. Ted Campbell recently won the Grand Prize in Your Script Produced's screenplay contest. And is slated to direct the heist thriller UNDERGROUND (co-written with legendary filmmaker John Boorman) later this year.
Tags: Zero Gravity Management

77th Venice Film Festival

By: Hanna Vastinsalo
Virtual Reality Short Film MAN UNDER BRIDGE (writer/director) premiere at 77th Venice Film Festival, 2020

Produced comedy web series for Playboy

By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg co-wrote, co-produced, and performed in TALES OF TINDER, a comedy web series for Playboy.
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Produced web series with astronaut Mike Massimino
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg produced the web series ASK THE ASTRONAUT with Mike Massimino for Science Channel: https://www.sciencechannel.com/playlists/ask-the-astronaut

Hired to write four low-budget fantasy adventure screenplays
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg was hired to write four low-budget screenplays, for production, all set in the same fantasy world. The first two films were based on existing pages and outlines. The last two were entirely his own ideas. The first film, The Sorcerer Beast, had its opening delayed by COVID, but will release this year. It stars Corey Feldman and Star Trek's Jeffrey Combs. IMDb: http://tinyurl.com/beastfilm. The second film, The Warlock's Curse, begins production this summer. It stars Michael Madsen. IMDb: https://tinyurl.com/warlockfilm

Produced web series with astronaut Mike Massimino

By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg produced the web series ASK THE ASTRONAUT with Mike Massimino for Science Channel: https://www.sciencechannel.com/playlists/ask-the-astronaut
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Produced comedy web series for Playboy
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg co-wrote, co-produced, and performed in TALES OF TINDER, a comedy web series for Playboy.

Hired to write four low-budget fantasy adventure screenplays
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg was hired to write four low-budget screenplays, for production, all set in the same fantasy world. The first two films were based on existing pages and outlines. The last two were entirely his own ideas. The first film, The Sorcerer Beast, had its opening delayed by COVID, but will release this year. It stars Corey Feldman and Star Trek's Jeffrey Combs. IMDb: http://tinyurl.com/beastfilm. The second film, The Warlock's Curse, begins production this summer. It stars Michael Madsen. IMDb: https://tinyurl.com/warlockfilm

Hired to write four low-budget fantasy adventure screenplays

By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg was hired to write four low-budget screenplays, for production, all set in the same fantasy world. The first two films were based on existing pages and outlines. The last two were entirely his own ideas. The first film, The Sorcerer Beast, had its opening delayed by COVID, but will release this year. It stars Corey Feldman and Star Trek's Jeffrey Combs. IMDb: http://tinyurl.com/beastfilm. The second film, The Warlock's Curse, begins production this summer. It stars Michael Madsen. IMDb: https://tinyurl.com/warlockfilm
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Produced comedy web series for Playboy
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg co-wrote, co-produced, and performed in TALES OF TINDER, a comedy web series for Playboy.

Produced web series with astronaut Mike Massimino
By: Jason Ginsburg
Jason Ginsburg produced the web series ASK THE ASTRONAUT with Mike Massimino for Science Channel: https://www.sciencechannel.com/playlists/ask-the-astronaut

KALTENHOUSE Wins Top Prize At New York Film Awards

By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's WWII Action-Drama KALTENHOUSE wins the Best Feature Screenplay Award at the New York Film Awards (December 2020). The script has also won other top awards at the Los Angeles Film Awards (2019) and Festigious Film Festival (2020). For more info regarding Thompson you can visit www.nextpixprods.com
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KALTENHOUSE Wins Top Awards
By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's WWII action-drama screenplay KALTENHOUSE has won top awards, including 'Best Drama Screenplay' at the Los Angeles Film Awards (2019), as well as 'Best Action Screenplay' and 'Screenplay of the Month' at the Festigious International Film Festival (2020).
Tags: Festigious International Film Festival(Category Winner), Los Angeles Film Awards(Category Winner)

MEDEA, SOUTH CAROLINA is a finalist in the New York Screenplay Competition
By: Don Thompson
Medea, South Carolina was among the Official Finalists in the New York Screenplay Contest, 2017. The competition had over 1000+ submissions.
Tags: New York Screenplay Contest

MESSAGE TO SHIGATSE a Finalist in Filmmatic Screenplay Awards, 2017
By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's screenplay Message to Shigatse is a finalist in the 2017 Filmmatic Screenplay Awards.

MEDEA, SOUTH CAROLINA selected among TOP 50 for ISA Fast Track Fellowship
By: Don Thompson
Don Thompson's screenplay 'Medea, South Carolina' has moved forward in the TOP 50 for the ISA Fast Track Fellowship.
Tags: ISA Fast Track Fellowship

GOOD CHANCE on 2020 Black List!

By: Tricia Lee
Tricia Lee's comedic drama feature script GOOD CHANCE was honoured on the 2020 Black List!

Good Chance Feature Script On A Roll!
By: Tricia Lee
Recognized as one of Hollywood’s top new writers, Tricia Lee has been named on the CAPE List (BlackList), Young &Hungry List, Athena List, Red List and BitchList.  GOOD CHANCE (formerly titled MOTHER-DAUGHTER), her feature script, is a semifinalist in The Academy Nicholl Fellowship, grand prize winner Francis Ford Coppola's ZoetropeScreenplay Competition, top 14 finalist Universal Studios Writer's Program, winner Cinequest Best Feature Screenplay, winner WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Features, and selected for the prestigious ProducersGuild of America Power of Diversity Master Workshop. 
Tags: Good Chance, Nicholl Fellowship(Finalist), American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest(Finalist), Cinequest Screenwriting Competition(Finalist), Diverse Voices presented by WeScreenplay(Finalist), UNIVERSAL STUDIOS GTDI FELLOWSHIP(Finalist)

David Allen Options LAST FLAG ON OAK ISLAND

By: Jordan Baines
David Allen of Once Upon A Dream Productions found the script LAST FLAG ON OAK ISLAND and optioned it for audio production from writer Jordan Baines. David’s credits include “Woman on the Edge” and “Another Day in Paradise,” among others. This is Jordan’s first success through InkTip, and the script is still available for film production.
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SCI-FI LIU CIXIN: Baines' Edited Translations of Chinese Bestsellers
By: Jordan Baines
Jordan Baines' edited the English version of sci-fi THE WANDERING EARTH novel by bestselling Chinese author Liu Cixin is scheduled to be released as a film in 2018/2019 (dist. Netflix). Two more movies based on other stories in the sci-fi collection are also expected. Liu Cixin is also the author of THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM, a novel series Amazon Studios wants to develop into a series. Jordan has edited the English versions of all THE WANDERING EARTH fiction titles.

Script Editing (English Version)
By: Jordan Baines

Jordan Baines edited and formatted the English version screenplay of Diao Yinan's thriller 'Black Coal, Thin Ice' (previously Daylight Fireworks) on a freelance basis. The final Chinese version won the Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

Baines' Edited Translations of Chinese Bestselling Novels to Film, Series
By: Jordan Baines
Jordan Baines is a freelance writer and editor (ghostwriting with NDA). She has edited three novels for an English audience, which are now a series in China, by bestselling police/crime/thriller author Lei Mi (Fang Mu series). She also edited the English version screenplay of Diao Yinan's thriller Black Coal, Thin Ice (originally Daylight Fireworks). The final Chinese version won the Golden Bear award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
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