Recommended Screenwriters
The anti-Bullying drama CONTEST, written and directed by ScreenwritingU Alum Anthony Giunta (Proseries 31), was picked up by Cartoon Network. Howard T. Alter and Steven N. Lerner produced the film which Anthony wrote and directed. The movie includes many on-the-rise stars. Among them are Kenton Duty (Shake It Up), Katherine McNamara (Madison High) and Dan Flaherty (Skins),
The movie "Dracula: The Dark Prince" starring Academy Award® winner Jon Voight as Van Helsing, has been released today to DVD and PPV. The script was written by ScreenwritingU Alum Nicole Jones-Dion (ProSeries 19, MSC 2) , and the films director Pearry Reginald Teo. The production company Crystal Sky Pictures (GHOST RIDER), producer Steven Paul, and
By Jenna Milly Those familiar with eccentric WikiLeaks inventor Julien Assange know that writing a movie about him would be an enormous endeavor to say the least. Screenwriter Josh Singer got his fill when asked to adapt two books, hundreds of online articles and a heap of text chains between Assange and his coworkers into
ScreenwritingU Alum Don Fried (ProSeries 38) had his romantic comedy, SENIOR MOMENTS, optioned by producer Thomas Augsberger of Eden Rock Media . The announcement came out in Deadline.com as ‘Solace’ Producer Eden Rock To Adapt Don Fried Play ‘Senior Moments’ The film will be produced by Jana Augsberger and Katja Emcke of Eden Rock Media. Eden Rock Media currently has the movie
ScreenwritingU Alum Paul Cunninham (ProSeries 38) had his screenplay PERVINGTONS optioned by Voyage Media. Paul had already gone through a rewrite with producers Nathien Mundel and Elizabeth Kushman before Voyage Media optioned the script. The script is currently in development and Paul will stay on the project through production. In addition, Paul is writing a novel
ScreenwritingU Alum Dan Gordon (ProSeries 40) had his Sci-Fi script optioned by actor/producer Henry LeBlanc. The development of the project is currently under wraps. Dan credits the skills he learned in the ScreenwritingU ProSeries for getting his script producer-ready. Congratulations Dan!
Robert Stannage (ProSeries 43) has been hired by producer Don Clovis of Joyto Films Ltd. to re-write a full feature martial arts screenplay. The writing assignment originated when Robert was asked for feedback on the screenplay. The quality of his feedback prompted the producer to offer the rewrite job. The movie is set to be shot
According to IMDBpro, actress Bai Ling (The Crow, Wild Wild West) has attached to the project DRAGON LADY, written by ScreenwritingU Alum Ed Rinkiewicz (ProSeries 34). Also attached are Jade Xu, and director Pearry Teo, along with producer Gabriel Horn of New Palace Films. New Palace Films is also developing another of Ed’s projects, an
Tom Bauer (Proseries 46) has been hired by Kathleen Messmer of Anvil Springs Entertainment to rewrite a drama script. While marketing his writing services to the industry, producer Kathleen Messmer contacted him about a rewrite assignment. Tom pitched his idea for the rewrite on her project which lead to the deal. The project is now
Our ScreenwritingU Alumni just came back from the InkTip Pitch Summit and had a lot of success. Every day right now, more script requests are rolling in for the group. But one person stood out. J.T. Quinn Going in with 12 scripts, J.T. and his partner used a different strategy up front — They asked