April 8th, 2013: Shane Joseph Willis Scores Representation!

Screenwriter Shane Joseph Willis (ProSeries 33) just signed with manager Sidney Sherman at Rosa Entertainment. Shane recently got a flurry of attention after his sci-fi action/thriller ANONYMITY placed on the Tracking Board Recommend list. Out of companies that contacted him, Sidney's proved the best fit, and he's now working to sign Shane with an agent

Screenwriter Jim Ramsay (ProSeries 35) just signed with The Pitt Group for representation. After completing his latest script and querying production companies, Jim found himself inundated with script requests. Jim signed with Pitt Group to better pick between producers and networks for the project. See a list of clients of The Pitt Group on IMDBpro. 

Screenwriters Jacob Kamhis (ProSeries 38) and Tess Smith (ProSeries 38) have partnered with Pterodactyl Productions on a 3-screenplay deal (two horror films and a romantic drama) with producer Barney Cohen, Cohen is the creator of USA Network's vampire-detective series "Forever Knight" and originating writer/producer of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch." Congratulations to Tess and Jacob.  Looking

  By Jenna Milly The screenwriters who brought you the hilarious murder caper Horrible Bosses in the summer of 2011 are at it again with The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley co-wrote the new comedy about a tired magician who has to find his mojo again when everyone he works with

Screenwriter Don Macnab-Stark (ProSeries 6) has recently optioned "The Virgin Snatchers," a thriller that deals with sex-trafficking, to Soma Films.  Don also entered into a development deal with Starfront Pictures on a high concept horror story (sorry can't give the title – the concept is in the name!).  On this one, Starfront picked up the

Screenwriter Joan Macbeth (ProSeries 37) has been attached by producer Michael Gruskoff (My Favorite Year, Young Frankenstein, Quest for Fire) to adapt Jennie Shortridge's best-selling novel, "When She Flew," into a screenplay. The book "When She Flew" is a best seller and was inspired by true events.  It follows the story of a by-the-book policewoman

Screenwriter Vincent Fahy (ProSeries 30) has signed with The Monteiro Rose Dravis agency. Monteiro Rose Dravis' client list includes Suzanne Collins, writer of "The Hunger Games", and Brian Zelznick, writer of HUGO. The representation came about through a collaboration inside the ScreenwritingU Alumni.  Originally, Vincent had been hired to write the Cindy McCoy "Roller Derby

Screenwriter Marie Jones (ProSeries 38) and her partner, Larry Flaxman, just optioned two projects to Bruce Lucas Films, 19 HZ and AURORA. Bruce Lucas and Marie met through the InkTip Newsletter, and have built a relationship through the year culminating in these options, with plans for more deals.  19 HZ, paranormal thriller, is already in development with Bruce Lucas.  AURORA,

Laree’ D. Griffith (ProSeries 26) was one of the writers on the movie HALLOWEEN PARTY that just qualified for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. The announcement came out yesterday, after producer Linda Palmerspearheaded an innovative marketing campaign to get the movie considered for a possible Academy Award.  The song “Voodoo” was written and performed by Nashville songwriters CJ Watson