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JUNE VOLUME 14 2014 ISSUE 3 THE PLAYERS MARKETPLACE Mark McNabb & How Produced Writers InkTip Took Him to Tell Us How They the Next Level Get It Done FIND PAGE 12 PAGE 16 YOUR NEXT SCRIPT HERE! Getting the Right Script into the Right Hands® IT’S FAST AND EASY TO FIND THE SCRIPT OR WRITER YOU NEED. WWW.INKTIP.COM A FREE SERVICE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONALS. Peruse this magazine, find the scripts/books you like, and go to www.InkTip.com to search by title or author for access to synopses, resumes and scripts! l For more information, go to: www.InkTip.com. l To register for access, go to: www.InkTip.com and click Joining InkTip for Entertainment Pros l Subscribe to our free newsletter at http://www.inktip.com/ep_newsletters.php Note: For your protection, writers are required to sign a comprehensive release form before they can place their scripts on our site. Table of Contents Recent Successes 3, 9, 11 Teleplays 7 Industry Endorsements 3 More Scripts – Grouped by Genre 8 ScreenwritingU Master Class Writers 4 Feature Article: Three InkTip Scripts Land Distribution Deal for Skylight Films 12 Contest Winners 5 Q&A: Screenwriters Ann Kimbrough Writers Represented by Agents/Managers 6 & Barry Cowan 16 3 Welcome to InkTip! The InkTip Magazine is owned and distributed by InkTip. Recent Successes In this magazine, we provide you with an extensive selection of loglines from all genres for scripts available now on InkTip. Entertainment professionals from Hollywood and all over the David Ara Discovers Craig Clyde world come to InkTip because it is a fast and easy way to find great scripts and talented writers. David Ara of Miracle Mile Entertainment met Craig Clyde through InkTip and hired him to write “Harley,” a wartime In fact, your peers purchase, option, hire, or sign an average period piece set in the English countryside. This English of 25 writers and scripts every month which they found on drama is David’s second of three feature films in which InkTip. About every ten days, another one of your colleagues the concepts and storylines have been developed by David, goes into production on a movie where the writer or script was slated for production in the upcoming year. Craig has written found on InkTip. and directed about twenty features already, always special- izing in family-friendly content. This deal was shepherded For details, please see www.InkTip.com/success_new.php. by Barbara Bitela of the Silver/Bitela Agency, who also met InkTip is a free service for entertainment pros. All you need to and signed Craig Clyde through InkTip. do is register at www.InkTip.com. The loglines listed in this publication are on the website Nancy Criss Hires Kenneth Lemm with the full contact information of the writer, as well as the synopsis, and often the complete script. Nancy Criss with Nandar Entertainment discovered Kenneth Lemm through InkTip and hired him to write several epi- You also can do specific genre searches to pinpoint the exact sodes of her new family-friendly TV series “The Sparrows.” scripts or writers you need. The project stars Christopher Atkins in the lead role. Nancy’s Discover InkTip.com and see what your colleagues are raving credits include “A Horse for Summer,” starring Dean Cain, about. If you are not a member, go to InkTip.com and register and “Finding Mr. Wright,” both of which were also shot as an Entertainment Professional. from scripts she found on InkTip. This is Kenneth’s second success through InkTip. Jerrol LeBaron, President Robbie Bryan Options “Secret Killers” Robbie Bryan with Good To Be Seen Films found “The Secret Killers” on InkTip and optioned it from Robert T. Roe. Robert is a produced writer as well as a Nicholls Fellowship finalist. “Secret Killers” is set to be filmed by the end of this year, and this is Robert’s first success through InkTip. Industry Endorsements Greg Huge Options “Shattered Silence” Greg Huge with Huge Pictures found “Shattered Silence” InkTip offers an invaluable resource and networking tool for on InkTip and optioned it from Brian Young. Greg’s credits the producer who is not entirely entrenched in the LA-scene. include “3Play,” and the upcoming “Silent Voice,” with InkTip cares, and they are relentless in the most positive director Vondie Curtis-Hall (“Glitter”) and Academy Award of ways! Receiving a call from their offices is always a winner Marlee Matlin (“Children of a Lesser God”) inter- shot in the creative arm. It’s comparable to IMDb as far ested. Brian Young has had a number of successes through as being that must-go-to site for all your producing needs. InkTip, including scripts discovered by Mark Morgan — Mark McNabb, Skylight Films (“Twilight,” “The Wedding Planner”), and Jaffe/Braunstein Films (Matt Damon’s “The Informant”). InkTip is especially important to screenwriters, given how hard it is to get access to the industry. As resources get more Roderick Powell Options “Shaolin and more squeezed, fewer and fewer producers can afford the time to explore the pool of talent available. InkTip provides a Wing Chun: The New Beginning” way around that problem, both for the screenwriter who can’t Roderick Powell found “Shaolin Wing Chun: The New get a foot in the door, and for the time-stressed producer trying Beginning” through InkTip and optioned it from Erik to find a particular kind of script. Keep up the good work! Bernard. Roderick is an Atlanta-based producer whose cred- —Sarah Cooper, Saint Agency its include “Honeybee,” the first feature film about a female kickboxer. This is Erik’s first success through InkTip. Continued on page 9 Register Today at www.InkTip.com 4 ScreenwritingU Master Class Writers The Acteon Event (Sci-Fi) Smyth Denham wilderness of northern Vietnam from mining, but some will A computer specialist fights for her life aboard an isolated stop at nothing to prevent the EIS report from being tabled, space lab when scientists unwittingly create a zombie-like forcing her to flee the country. But that doesn’t mean she’s plague. As she and her estranged husband struggle to survive, safe – they’re coming. they realize only one of them can make it. Happy Frickin’ Mother’s Day (Comedy) After the Afterlife (Comedy) James Feliciano Kevin Lee Miller A near-death experience gives Lance a key to lead tours of A self-righteous Chicago cop battles to protect three mob heaven, but he discovers it is actually hell. Now he must beat informants from competing hit men only to discover the most the devil to save his family. ruthless assassin on his trail is – his own mother. (Represented by Peter Meyer, Meyer Management) Ancient Blood (Action/Adventure) Judy P. Mills In 2033, a young woman struggles to save humanity from Hello Mother (Thriller) Gayla Betts enslavement after paranormal terrorists nearly destroy A beloved children’s author discovers she’s the target of a serial human civilization. killer – the daughter she gave up for adoption 30 years ago. Busted Down (Action/Adventure) Ben Krapf Identity Fusion (Crime) An Afghanistan vet battles his PTSD as he fights to save his Ron Meade and Karen Dodge estranged family from a neo-Nazi gang. A female detective, thrust in the wake of a serial killer tar- geting female twins, must face the abduction of her own twin Dark Heart (Horror) Darren Priest sister and the discovery the killer has been dead for 25 years. Matt fights a savage tribe of half-man, half-tree forest creatures to save his mountain-biking friends from being In Time for Christmas (Sci-Fi) Barbe LaPierre sacrificed to a Viking god. Twenty-third Century asteroid hunter, Zindi, must travel back in time to retrieve a stolen, Earth-saving crystal which is being Depraved New World (Comedy) Hiram Taylor used by the 21st Century Ryan family as their prized heirloom A woman gives birth to turquoise-colored twins. Her husband Christmas tree topper. suspects she had an affair with an alien, until his mother tells him the truth: He is the alien. Now, he must accept himself to Invisible (Action/Adventure) Gregg Cavanagh save his “little monsters” from the depraved world. An attention-starved teenager accidentally invents a device that turns his car invisible and finds himself pursued by the Dying for Business (Comedy) Nicola Pittam CIA, a terrorist group, and the local police chief. A reluctant funeral director embarks on a desperate under- taking to save his family’s dying business and “accidentally” Jimmy Ganootz (Comedy) Michael Lipoma becomes a serial killer – but soon begins to struggle between When the mob boss’s lifelong chef gets wind he’s about to his love of murder and his love for the female cop investigat- be flambéed, he cooks up a scheme to save himself and bring ing the deaths. down two crime families. Empty Nest (Comedy) Linda Gauer Legend of Earth (Sci-Fi) David Gwinn A mom with empty nest syndrome gets a job on campus to FBI Special Agent Sharpe just got the assignment of a lifetime be closer to her daughter, then rediscovers her libido and the – on another planet. Too bad the lady that lured him there co-ed life she was denied when she got knocked up at 18. wants him dead. Going Alone (Drama) Diana Black Mind Control (Thriller) Nanci Grady Inspired by factual events. A young lawyer, Anh Nguyen, When a reporter tries to expose government mind control reluctantly takes over her father’s role to preserve the programs, he becomes a target of a mind control expert. (Inspired by real events.) Mobster Makeover (Comedy) G.D.