Celebrate the June 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes!

Hello, Stage 32 Family!

It’s been another fantastic month in the Stage 32 Community, and we always love celebrating the progress of our incredible members. This is our monthly opportunity to put the spotlight on some of the writers and creatives in our family and share their progress and successes with everyone! We’re so inspired by their hard work and persistence, and it’s made all the more satisfying when that hard work starts to pay off. So kick back, relax, and read on to learn all about the signings, deals, meetings, script requests, and all of the fun happenings from the month of June…

Success Stories

Congrats to Stage 32 Community Member Lee Shargel whose rom-com series NUMBER 54 was picked up by Buffalo 8 Media Productions, who have come onboard to produce, finance, and assist with distribution. They are currently casting the series and putting together the crew in preparation to shoot a 5-minute teaser. Lee attributes this amazing progress to Stage 32 exec and professional showrunner Peter McDonough, for starters. Peter read the teleplay and worked with Lee to provide invaluable notes and guidance that helped craft the script into sellable shape, and now Peter will be serving as showrunner on NUMBER 54! Lee also cites exec Alexia Melocchi and her live webinar for helping him learn the skills of pitching, in order to hone his presentation for the series which in turn aided in him selling the project. He now calls Alexia not just a great teacher but also a friend. Congrats to you Lee, Peter, and Alexia!

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Double Recommend

Any writer who submits to written coverage and walks away with a ‘Double Recommend’ gets featured in the Stage 32 Double Recommend Lookbook, sent to over 500 industry professionals. So a round of applause is in order for the writers below who will appear in our June Lookbook. Take a bow, you all!

• Caradog James with their script TAAR E TALA.
• Christopher Loveland with the script MATTRESS STORE ASSASSIN.
• Joseph Nutter’s ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW screenplay.
• COMMODORE CINDY by writer Bill Ellis.
• And finally D.M.V. by writer Stephen Hoover.

Script & Meeting Requests

Stage 32 Creators also had an incredible 144 Script Requests and 26 Meeting Requests! These requests come from high-end outfits such as AC3 Media, Verve Talent and Literary Agency, Zero Gravity Management, Sugar 23, Sony, Gold Circle Films, Amasia Entertainment, and United Talent Agency.

Have You Joined In On Stage 32's July Filmmakers Club?

A great way to forge a path toward success for yourself is to join in on Stage 32's July Filmmakers Club, which is running all month long! For the 31 days of July, we’re going all-in as a community to master the ins and outs of Independent Filmmaking! 

Whatever project you are working on, be it completing a short or feature-length script, starting principal photography, casting or crewing your independent film project, networking with collaborators, completing post-production, pursuing financing and distribution, or even marketing yourself and your projects effectively through social media. Whatever “it” is for you. There are no parameters other than what you choose to learn and accomplish within July. We’ll support, inspire, and cheer each other on throughout our 31-day endeavors. Let's do this!

Week One Challenges:

1. Comment on this week's fantastic July Filmmakers Club Week 1 Blog: Setting Goals For Producing An Independent Film (by clicking HERE) sharing your thoughts and what you're most excited about this July!
2. Post in the Stage 32 Filmmaking Club Lounge sharing YOUR current filmmaking goals with us! (You can find the lounge quickly by clicking HERE)
3. Comment on at least 3 other members' posts in the Stage 32 Filmmaking Lounge to offer insights, words of encouragement, or support!

By completing this week's challenges, you can set yourself up for success with your goals and be entered to win a FREE Stage 32 Webinar that will be announced LIVE on Stage 32's Instagram this Friday, July 5th at 12:00 pm PT!

Make sure you're following @Stage32 and @rbwalksintoabar to keep up with all of the exciting July Filmmakers Club announcements all month long!

The Stage 32 team, as always, is incredibly proud of and impressed by everything that our talented and dedicated community members have accomplished in just this past month of June alone, and we know that next month will see even more progress and success. See you next month!

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