Recommended Screenwriters

Screenwriter Ann Kimbrough (ProSeries 21) has been hired to write a family-oriented action film for Skylight Films. Ann met producers Mark McNabb and Kelly Rae Irwin at the InkTip Pitch Summit, where they requested her screenplay.  After reading it, McNabb and Irwin liked her writing so much that they hired her to write a script

Screenwriter Nicole Jones (ProSeries 19) has been hired to co-write the screenplay for DRACULA : FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE with the director Pearry Teo. The production company is Crystal Sky Pictures (GHOST RIDER), with Steven Paul producing.  When Teo was tapped to write and direct, he brought Nicole on as a co-writer based upon

Screenwriter Don Macnab-Stark (Proseries 6) has recently written "Hope for Love", a drama exploring themes of adultery and fidelity for indy producer Dan Garcia. Shooting has already started in New Orleans.  This is the second script Don has written for Dan, and he will shortly be starting writing on a third project, a wedding comedy. Great

Screenwriter Tess Smith (ProSeries 38) has partnered with producer Barney Cohen to co-write an unnamed feature-length script. Barney will also be producing it through his company Pterodactyl Productions. Friends for over 8 years, Tess and Barney recently decided to work together after Tess' work in the ProSeries. Tess is writing a draft based on Barney's

Screenwriter Nicole Jones (ProSeries 19) wrote the movie PRIVACY last year for producer Anre Garrett of Hard Headed Films, LLC.   (See original announcement.)  This week, their movie will premier at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Getting into such a prestigious worldwide market is actually an incredible step.  This journey began on a request from

Screenwriter Christopher Gibbons (ProSeries 35) has been hired by producer Darius Kamali of Waiting For Connect Productions to write the full-length animated feature, FLIGHTLESS. The outline for FLIGHTLESS was originally optioned by Waiting For Connect, but the original screenwriter didn’t have time to pursue the project. That screenwriter recommended Christopher to Darius after seeing his

Hal Croasmun of ScreenwritingU interviewed screenwriters Hannah Shakespeare and Ben Livingston about about their move, THE RAVEN. THE RAVEN is directed by James McTeigue and stars John Cusack. In this interview, Hannah and Ben talk about: The power of a great concept. The research that went into THE RAVEN. How this deal came together for the

Screenwriters David McClellan (ProSeries 26) and partner Martyn Eaden had their script optioned by producer Kristine Kreska of Collaboration Entertainment. David and Martyn attended the recent InkTip Pitch Summit, where they pitched 60+ production companies and got over 45 requests for their work. Their script, DEVIL’S BIBLE, was conceived in a ScreenwritingU class.  As soon

Screenwriter Jackie Devereaux (ProSeries 34) has signed an option agreement with Susan Johnston, President of Select Services Films Inc., for her screenplay, BANDIDOS. Returning from ScreenwritingU’s 20th Producer Meetings Event (put on by Gary Shusett at Sherwood Oaks Experimental College) Jackie followed up with the producers she met, and generated a lot of interest in

Screenwriters Craig Ouellette (ProSeries 33) and Neal McLaughlin (ProSeries 33) had their romantic-horror script, STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING, optioned by producer Willie Boy Jr. of Boy Jr. Entertainment. Credits for STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING will be as follows: Screenplay by Neal McLaughlin, Story by Neal McLaughlin & Craig Ouellette, with Craig Ouellette attached to direct.