SU's ScreenTalk Live  

Script Girl is here to update us on the latest and hottest script deals in Hollywood! Also, Bill Martell who has written 19 films for cable and video and will join us to discuss Writing the Perfect Action Scene! Also, Devin checks in from Nashville and Chris is lost somewhere in Colorado! We’ll of course discuss the latest Hollywood developments, screenplay trends, and a screenwriting tip of the week. Call-in Number: (646) 716-5193

(Show originally played on 2.11.09) Callers will be able to pitch their screenplay to Christopher Lockhart who is the story editor for legendary talent agent Ed Limato at the William Morris Agency. He is looking for potential projects for a small roster of “A” list clients including Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington and Steve Martin. He is also a creative consultant for COLLATERAL producer Julie Richardson and has set up several projects, including A RHINESTONE ALIBI (Paramount) and THE MIDNIGHT MAN (Dimension).

This week we are excited to feature professional screenwriter Mike Rich. Mike's screenwriting breakthrough came in 1998 when his script FINDING FORRESTER was honored by the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship competition. Within weeks it was picked up by Columbia Pictures and was a holiday season release in 2000, starring Sean Connery and directed by Gus Van Sant. Mike’s second screenplay THE ROOKIE starred Dennis Quaid and Rachel Griffiths and was both a commercial and critical success for Disney in 2002. The following year, Mike wrote the script for RADIO which starred Ed Harris, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Debra Winger. He has been a contributing writer on MIRACLE EIGHT BELOW and “INVINCIBLE Mike’s most recent works include MANHUNT a historical piece on the search for Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, “The Nativity Story,”THE NATIVITY a feature film on the Christmas story starring Keisha Castle Hughes and Oscar Isaac, and SECRETARIAT a feature film currently in development at Disney. Mike and his wife Grace continue to make their home in the Portland area. Call-in Number: (646) 716-5193

Script Girl is here to update us on the latest and hottest script deals in Hollywood! Also, Bill Martell who has written 19 films for cable and video and will join us to discuss Writing the Perfect Action Scene! Also, Devin checks in from the Nashville Film Festival and Chris is lost somewhere in Colorado! We'll of course discuss the latest Hollywood developments, screenplay trends, and a screenwriting tip of the week. Call-in Number: (646) 716-5193

ScreenTalk #13: Documentary Screenwriting & Making the Big Spec Script Sale

On this episode of ScreenTalk we are proud to feature two interviews. First, writer/director and producer Harold Jackson III will join us to talk about Documentary screenwriting and filmmaking. His documentary BURN is in post production and his latest film SEEMLESS was just released on DVD. Also on this show we are joined by professional screenwriter and author Chris Soth whose spec screenplay FIRESTORM sold for $750,000 in 1995. He’ll tell us about making that big spec script sake and much more!.

Finally, Script Girl will join us for the latest Hollywood Script Deals and co-host Devin Watson whose first feature film THE CURSED is due out this summer has a problem with his newest script! But, no worries, we’ve called in the Script DR. Marilyn Horowitz (author of “How to Write A Screenplay in Ten Weeks”) who will help analyze Devin’s problem.

Max Adams is a former recipient of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting and an Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Award. Her original script EXCESS BAGGAGE was released by Columbia Pictures in 1997. Her uncredited adaptation THE LADYKILLERS was released by Touchstone Pictures in 2004. Her current project, SAVING ROSE GILLESPIE, is in pre-production with director Michael Listo attached. Max is also an instructor with Gotham Writer’s Workshop, the author of “The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide; Or Guerrilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War” (Warner Books), a Nicholl Fellowships reader and a former WGA online mentor.