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FINAL DEADLINE: May 1st, 2010 - $50
$100,000 in cash and prizes
**Writers may also request general script notes for an additional $40**
The 2010 Script Pimp Screenwriting and TV Competitions are accepting entries for feature film and TV scripts—all genres, styles, and lengths accepted. This is an international competition and non-U.S. writers are welcome. Writing teams are welcome to submit as well.
$20,000 in cash to the finalists/winners, and $80,000 in prizes given away to ANYONE who enters. Finalist loglines/scripts are sent to over 200 companies.
Four (4) Grand-Prize winners receive:
Top 20 Finalists receive:
$1,500 Cash to Best Overall TV Script; Top 10 Finalists chosen
The 3rd Annual Script Pimp TV Writing Competition
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Acceptable entries: Specs (current or former TV shows); Original Pilots; Reality/Game Show Proposals. Any length or genre.
Grand prize is $1,500 to the best spec, pilot, or reality series proposal. Nine (9) other finalists receive $150 each, as well as guaranteed circulation to 200 companies and other prizes.
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Every genre
you can think of makes up April script sales, from horrors and legal
thrillers, to teen comedy franchises (see: American Pie 4) and an
animated religious drama.
I Dream of Jeannie is in
another stage of rewrites, as is Stretch Armstrong--yes, the
Hasbro toy. Sascha Baron Cohen will star in and produce a new
project (comedy, of course), and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,
based on the short story, has found new life at 20th Century Fox. And
for those of you who can't get enough of a solid "stoner Western,"
Johnny Knoxville will take the lead in Mustache Riders. Hilarity will
undoubtedly ensure. . . . On the other end of the spectrum, Khalil
Gibran's The Prophet will be adapted as an animated feature.
Other
selected sales include:
--Think The Ring parts 1 and 2
were scary? No? Well, brace yourself: Ring 3D is on its way.
Vertigo and Benderspink will exec produce.
--The legal thriller The
Lincoln Lawyer, based on the best-selling novel, will star William
H. Macy, Marisa Tomei, and Ryan Phillippe.
--Final Destination
5, proving you can always find more clever ways to kill off a
character, is on the burner.
--Rachel Weisz will play Jackie
Kennedy in a biopic of the former first lady.
--He-Man and the
Masters of the Universe, now with Columbia since 2009, will take
another shot at development. Former Script Pipeline contest winner Evan
Daugherty worked on a previous draft for Warner Bros.
View previous
script sales
The Living Wake, Script P.I.M.P.'s first feature film production company credit, will be premiering at the following cities/dates this May:
May 14th – New York City, Cinema Village
May 21st – Los Angeles, Laemmle's Sunset 5
The
film, produced by Chadwick Clough,
stars Mike O'Connell and Jesse Eisenberg
("Zombieland, "The Social Network") and revolves around the
final day in the life
of the eccentric K. Roth Binew as he prepares to make amends and
hold his living wake amidst
a timeless, storybook landscape. Sol Tryon directs.
*All newsletter subscribers (and their guests) who see the film in CA or NY will receive a FREE 6-month membership to the Script Pipeline Writers Database. Mail your ticket stub, along with your name and E-mail, to 7223 Beverly Blvd. #205, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
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2008
Script Pipeline Winning Script “Shrapnel” Optioned by FilmEngine
“Shrapnel”
by Evan Daugherty, one of the four grand prize winners of Script
Pipeline’s 2008 competition, was recently optioned by FilmEngine LA.
The script is currently going out to talent and the process of securing
financing has begun.
After introductions to Jake Wagner
(previously of Energy Entertainment) by Script Pipeline, Evan landed
representation with Energy. After meetings with top execs, Evan was
hired by Warner Bros. to pen an adaptation of their then-franchise
Greyskull, based on the TV show and action figure line He-Man. To top
off a big year for the young writer: "Shrapnel" made The Blacklist as
one of the “hottest” unproduced scripts of 2008.
From the judges
who reviewed "Shrapnel" and the entire staff at Script Pipeline, we wish
Evan the best as his career steams ahead.
Read the Script Pipeline interview with Evan Daugherty
2009
Writers Workshop “Recommend” Screenplay Optioned by Paranormal Activity
Producers
Micah Barnett’s “The Merc List,” submitted to
the Script Pipeline Writers Workshop in 2009, has been optioned by Jason
Blum and Steven Schneider, the producers of Paranormal Activity.
In
what was a somewhat quick progression of events, writer Micah Barnett
submitted the action script to the Workshop, received his notes with a
“strong consider” grade, and was given some additional feedback from a
senior analyst within a handful of days. Script Pipeline then sent "The
Merc List" direct to some potentially suitable management companies, it
was quickly read, and Micah signed with a manager within the week. The
script getting optioned took less than a year.
For more info on
the Writers Workshop and our process of circulation assistance, click here.
Recommend Writers Suzanne Gill and Ann Isherwood Option
“The Pet Sitter”
Through an extensive series of notes and
feedback, including one-on-one consults, from Script Pipeline’s Writers
Workshop, Suzanne Gill and Ann Isherwood have drawn the attention of
Barbara Bitel with the Silver Bitela Agency, who is now repping their
project, “The Pet Sitter.” Barbara discovered the screenplay through
Script Pipeline partner InkTip. Numerous drafts of the romantic comedy
were submitted, as Suzanne and Ann reworked the screenplay based on
in-depth Workshop notes.
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www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
Hollywood, CA - The creators of www.ScreenplayContests.com and Executive Producer, Michael David Jensen present the 2010 Horror Screenplay Contest.
The mission of the Horror Screenplay Contest - www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com - is to further promote the horror genre in screenplay form. The contest is open to all writers, eighteen years and older. The contest is limited to the first 600 entries and the submission deadline is July 20, 2010. Writers may also submit their material online.
The 2010 Horror Screenplay Contest is sponsored by: Brain Damage Films, Gorilla Software, www.ScreenplayContests.com, www.TopFilmFestivals.com, Cherub Productions, www.KillerPumpkins.com, Final Draft, Palace of Horror, The Haunted Studio and Instock Costumes.
Winners of the 2010 contest will receive cash and industry related prizes in addition to having their material submitted to Hollywood producers, agents and studios.
The 2010 HORROR SCREENPLAY CONTEST is now accepting entries. Contest rules, information, and entry forms are available at: www.HorrorScreenplayContest.com
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"Once again, after a first quick read, these notes are already useful. The script is still developing, as you know, but I am excited to report that it has been optioned and I am working with a producer/director to develop it. That process is underway, and your notes are timely."
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Screenwriters
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Talentville
International Screenwriters
Association
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Pipeline
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Screenplay Contests.com
Kairos Prize
Cinestory
Movie
Bytes
http://www.writersbootcamp.com
Moviemaker
Script
Magazine
Creative Screenwriting
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