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SCREENPLAYER NEWS Script Mechanics, a monthly screenplay reading series, read Mary Schirmer's urban feature script DOWNLOW in February 2008. TWO
FRONT TEETH, the Christmas horror extravaganza written/co-directed
by Jamie Nash, is screening in LA on December 21st, midnight, at the
Regency Fairfax Movie Theater (Beverly and Fairfax Boulevard). Tickets
are $7.00. TWO FRONT
TEETH will be distributed by Unearthed Films in 2008. Pete Barnstrom's short film MARS NEEDS BIBLES will screen at the Montezuma International Film Festival in Costa Rica, November 1-5. The filmmaker will be in attendance, come have a movie vacation! www.montezumafilmfestival.com Seventh Moon (story by Jamie Nash) starring Amy Smart and Tim Chiou and directed by Eduardo Sanchez is in production in Hong Kong. Seventh Moon involves a couple visiting China during the superstitious Ghost Festival, revolving around the seventh lunar moon cycle, and of course they run into some sort of spooky troubles. Visit www.seventhmoon.com Pete Barnstrom's trailer 'Idea Book' has won the Austin Film Festival trailer competition. It will be screening before movies October 11-18. www.austinfilmfestival.com Jamie Nash's TWO
FRONT TEETH has been picked up for distribution by Unearthed Films.
Visit www.twofrontteethmovie.com Pete Barnstrom has just been announced as the recipient of the 2007 Chez Bernard endowment, sponsored by The Lifshutz Foundation and distributed by the Artist Foundation and Artpace San Antonio. The endowment will support an art exhibition of Pete's work. Pete Barnstrom's award-winning short MARS NEEDS BIBLES closes out the Seattle True International Film Festival on Sunday, June 3rd. Joe Calabrese's screenplay, THE EYES OF MARA, is a semifinalist in the Filmmakers International Screenwriting Awards. Also, read about the upcoming graphic novel based on THE EYES OF MARA here: http://www.theeyesofmara.com Jamie
Nash's feature film TWO
FRONT TEETH will premiere October 29 at the Spooky Movie Film
Jamie Nash's Altered (directed by Eduardo Sanchez) will be released by Universal Home Video on December 19th, 2006. Hank Isaac has signed a development deal with Mark Rodriguez of MDR Entertainment to help get his family/scifi TV series, "317" in front of an audience. Pete
Barnstrom's short film MARS
NEEDS BIBLES! plays at the Philadelphia
International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. It runs on July
18 and 22, at 9:30 pm, before the feature CREATURES FROM THE PINK LAGOON.
The festival organizers compare it to PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, which
may be the highest compliment possible for a zero-budget period sci-fi
movie about the first evangelists to Mars. Click
here to read more about Mars Needs Bibles! Mary
J. Schirmer's urban feature screenplay CAN'T STOP earned a spot
in the semi-finals of the 2006 Hollywood Black Film Festival. Schirmer
was the sole screenwriter, and director/producer Kevin Coleman co-created
the story. Mary J. Schirmer is writing an urban script in collaboration with Coleman Entertainment and Stairway Productions. They plan an independent production. Mary J. Schirmer addressed the St. Louis chapter of Sisters in Crime, a mystery writers' organization, about screenwriting in September 2005. Pete Barnstrom's short LUCKY NUMBERS will screen at the first Seguin Film and Arts Festival, October 1st, Seguin, TX. Pete
Barnstrom's short MARS NEEDS BIBLES will screen at the OUTer
Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction Fantasy Film Festival, November
5th, Austin, TX. Blake Snyder will discuss his new book SAVE THE CAT on Thursday, September 15, 2005, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., at The Writers Store, 2040 Westwood Blvd., Westwood, CA. For more information, email Blake, bsnyder264@aol.com, or call The Writers Store, 310-441-5151. Austin Hodgens' .33 REVERSE GUNTHER has been optioned by Twilight Productions. Hodgens will be an Associate Producer on the project. The second episode
of Pete Barnstrom's short film series, THOSE LIGHT-FINGERED KELLYS,
will premiere Saturday, June 25th, at the Alamo Drafthouse in San Antonio."
Click
here for tickets! Rogue Pictures, the genre branch of Universal specialty unit Focus Features, has picked up worldwide rights to ALTERED written by Jamie Nash. The film is set to be released in 2006. Check out the website here -- www.alteredmovie.com. Jamie Nash's horror-comedy TWO FRONT TEETH just completed shooting and is in post-production. Sable
Jak has hired on with Jim
French Productions in Bellevue, Washington. JRF is one of the
leading production houses of audio drama in the United States. Their
four main series: Harry Nile, Sherlock Holmes, Kincaid the Strangeseeker,
Raffles – Gentleman Thief, are augmented by stand-alone shows.
All the shows are professionally written and produced, use professional
actors and are heard weekly on over 100 stations across the country
and via XM satellite. Sam Quo Vadis has been engaged by award-winning director Rich Newey of FORM ENTERTAINMENT to pen a thriller that Rich is slated to direct. Mary
J. Schirmer's screenplay JAMES
AVERY, a detective story, won 16th place in the 2004
Writer's Digest competition, TV/movie script category.
The competition overall had 17,500 entries. Lisa Ford's teleplay WAKING BEAUTY (for the HBO Original Series DEADWOOD) is a semifinalist in the 2004 Disney Writing Fellowship Program. THROUGH THIN AIR, a feature-length screenplay about electrical engineer Nikola Tesla written by Mary J. Schirmer, earned second place in the 2004 Words From Here screenwriting competition. The Missouri Association
of Playwrights gave a staged reading of Mary J. Schirmer's 10-minute
play SENOR GATO on Sept. 18, 2004. Joe Calabrese's screenplay, THE EYES OF MARA, is a second-rounder (quarterfinalist) in the Austin Film Festival's Screenplay Competition. Lisa
Ford's teleplay WAKING
BEAUTY (for the HBO Original Series DEADWOOD) is a second-rounder
(quarterfinalist) in the Austin Film Festival's Teleplay Competition. Lisa Ford's screenplay, CHANGE, is a quarterfinalist in the 2004 Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships. Austin Hodgens has been hired by director Josef Rusnak (THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR) to do a rewrite of his next feature, VICTIMS, which stars JESSE BRADFORD (SWIMFAN) and is schedule to begin filming in August. VICTIMS is a psychological thriller about college students who begin to experience horrifying visions while undergoing a fraternity initiation. Some initial buzz has surfaced on Internet sites for Jamie Nash's TWO FRONT TEETH. Check out the news on Red Hot Planet and Rumour Machine. THROUGH THIN AIR, a feature-length screenplay about electrical engineer Nikola Tesla written by Mary J. Schirmer, earned a spot in the top 10 of the 2004 Words From Here screenwriting competition. Sam Quo Vadis' 22 minute comedy short, BABYSITTERS, is being filmed in Chicago from July 6 - 11, with SAG actors and a union crew. Pete
Barnstrom's BUY AMERICAN was shot by Alston Cox (Assistant Director
of Barnstrom's feature VAYA
CON DIOS, ASSHOLE) and will show at the San
Antonio Underground Film Sam
Quo Vadis',
HANDLE
WITH CARE advances to the semi-finals of the Moondance Film Festival.
The Hollywood Reporter announces that Austin Hodgens'
action/drama IN THE BELLY OF THE FAT MAN will begin
shooting in Arkansas on September 1st, with Asal Mosami and Shani Rigsbee
producing.
Sam Quo Vadis'
BABYSITTERS advances to the final round
of the CineStory
Screenwriting Awards Short Script Competition. Blake
Snyder's new book, Save
the Cat: The Last Book On Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, has
been accepted for publication by Michael
Wiese Productions. "Save the cat" is the immutable
law that says the hero must do something to induce the audience to follow
him (i.e. saving a cat). Snyder uses examples from current and past
movies in addition to ancient tales to illustrate that what works in
any form of storytelling is a constant. In addition, he presents the
screenwriting method that he has used to write, sell, and option many
original specs and pitches to the major studios. Sam Quo Vadis'
BABYSITTERS advances
to the semifinals round of 20 for the CineStory
Screenwriting Awards Short Script Competition. Mary
J. Schirmer's screenplay THROUGH THIN AIR earned honorable mention
in the 2003 Writer's Digest competition, TV/movie script category. The
contest drew more than 18,000 entries. Lisa
Ford's screenplay, CHRYSALIS, was given a staged reading at
the Glendale
Centre Theatre on October 19. Lisa
Ford, Pete Barnstrom,
and Jamie Nash presented
a panel (Internet Options and Opportunities) at the 2003
Austin Film Festival. The Missouri Association
of Playwrights gave a staged reading of Mary
Schirmer's short screenplay CHANCE MEETING in
September 2003. Lisa
Ford is a semifinalist in the 2003 Chesterfield
Film Project. Sam Quo Vadis'
HANDLE
WITH CARE finishes 4th in the Texas
Film Institute Screenwriting Competition. Mary
Schirmer interviewed writer/producer/director
Jim Amatulli, whose feature film Artworks won a top prize at
the 2003 Houston Film Festival, for Script
Magazine.
Script Mechanics, a screenplay
reading series, featured Mary J. Schirmer's
detective story JAMES
AVERY.
Hank Isaac's
one hour TV pilots 317 and EARTHLINGS are semifinalists in the
"aTalentScout"
contest.
Lisa
Ford has optioned her screenplay Chrysalis to James
Castle Stevens (Powerpack Studios).
Pete
Barnstrom's VAYA CON DIOS,
ASSHOLE, is now in preproduction with rehearsals slated to begin
August 11th and principal photography starting August 18th.
Sam Quo Vadis'
HANDLE WITH CARE advances
to the finals (top 10) of the Texas Film Institute (TFI) feature screenplay
contest.
Jamie Nash
has optioned Dying For Love to Candy Heart Productions.
Sam Quo Vadis
' RED MERCURY advances
to the semi-finals of the American Accolades screenwriting competition.
Hank Isaac
's THE STARS DON'T TWINKLE IN OUTER SPACE
wins the British Short Screenplay Competition.
Sam Quo Vadis
'
BABYSITTERS is a Top
Three short screenplay on American Zoetrope and a Top Four short screenplay
in the Texas Film Insititute (TFI) competition.
Mary
Schirmer
interviewed screenwriter Esther
Luttrell for the April issue of Script
Magazine
Jenna Glatzer
's SEEING
THE LIGHT optioned by Chotzen-Jenner Productions.
Scorpio Pictures hired Jamie Nash to write a romantic
comedy slated for production in fall 2003.
Jenna Glatzer's SEEING THE LIGHT wins
the People's Picture Show competition. Jamie Nash's DYING FOR LOVE advances
to the quarter-finals of the Fade In Screenwriting contest.
Sam Quo Vadis' HANDLE WITH CARE advances to the semi-finals
of the Words From Here screenwriting competition.
James Barrett is voted the top reviewer
on American Zoetrope for the month of December.
Mary J. Schirmer's feature-length
screenplay LOSING BATTLE was in the top 10% of the 2002 Screen Arts
Foundation, comedy category.
Mary J. Schirmer wrote two pieces
appearing in the December 2002 online Scr(i)pt magazine - an interview
with producers David Comtois and David Carr of Beantown Productions
(click
here), and coverage of the 2002 Independent Feature Project in New
York (click
here).
Jenna Glatzer is currently penning
Words You Thought You Knew: Commonly Misused and Misunderstood Words
and Phrases for Adams Media. She was also honored with the Best
Screenplay award at the 2002 Ajijic International Film Festival.
Jamie Nash was named a semifinalist
in the 2002 Austin screenplay competition, placing in the top 12 in
the comedy category. His screenplay YARD SALE also placed in the top
250 scripts at this year's Project Greenlight.
In November, Daphne Charette began a screenplay
assignment for Mindstorm Productions. Sam Quo Vadis was voted a top 5
reviewer at American Zoetrope during September. James Barrett was also voted
a top 5 reviewer in October, making James' twelfth time being honored
as an outstanding reviewer. Screenplayers Lisa Ford and Pete Barnstrom will speak
on a panel concerning Internet Marketing at the Austin Film Festival
in October. Sable Jak will also be in attendance,
covering the event for Scr(i)pt magazine. Screenplayer Pete Barnstrom's script 80
PROOF was a semifinalist in the 2002 Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.
Jenna Glatzer has been hired to
write THE SECRET OF THE FAIRIES for Avalanche Publishing. The book will
feature the artwork of famed children's photographer Lisa Jane.
Mary J. Schirmer's interviewed
actor/writer/director Dirk Benedict, TV star of The A-Team and Battlestar
Galactica for Screentalk international screenwriting magazine, at http://www.screentalk.biz/int014.htm.
Jenna Glatzer has been hired to
pen Outwitting Writer's Block for The Lyons Press. Jenna's book,
Taking Down Syndrome to School, has just been published by JayJo
Books.
Pete Barnstrom's latest comedy,
MAD SCIENCE, has been selected as
a Top 3 script at American Zoetrope.
Lisa Ford has optioned her screenplay
CENTER OF THE SKY to Canadian producer/actor Jean-Pierre
Bergeron.
Hank Isaac's short script THE STARS
DON'T TWINKLE IN OUTER SPACE was a finalist in the Cinestory short screenplay
competition.
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