Celebrate the November 2024 Stage 32 Community’s Successes

Hellooooo, Stage 32 Community!

We’re heading into the holiday season and I hope everyone is feeling thankful and staying warm! And Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrated it! Now, we all know what time it is! It’s time for our monthly salute to our fantastic members here at Stage 32. I can’t tell you how much we enjoy highlighting and celebrating the successes of these hard-working creatives, it’s what we live for here at Stage 32. We love to shine the spotlight on these special members of the Stage 32 family and share their stories of success with everyone. We know very, very well the passion and effort you all put into your craft each and every day, and we want you to know that we see you! And when that hard work pays off with some honest-to-goodness progress and movement, nothing makes us happier!

Without further ado, let’s dive into the signings, deals, meetings, script requests, and some of the groovy happenings from the month of November…

Success Stories

Congrats to Stage 32 member Joey Velazquez, who has been signed by manager Mike Griffin at Luber-Rocklin. They are currently packaging Joey’s script WHEN IT RAINS, with Madelaine Petsch (RIVERDALE, THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1) attached to star and they are currently out to directors. They met through the Stage 32 Look Book program on Stage 32. That’s HUGE!

Congrats to Stage 32 1st Annual Holiday winner Ashley Bower. Ashley met with producer Robin Galloway of Gramercy Park in regards to her winning script STRAYS, GAYS, and HOLIDAYS. After their meeting, Robin requested to see more scripts from Ashley!

Congrats to Stage 32 Member Tara Joshi and their writing partner Thomas Waschenfelder, who met with Sarah Cornelius from Whitewater Films for their script ALMOST INDIAN. Love to see these meetings happen!

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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 every month. So let’s give a robust round of applause to the writer below who will appear in our November Lookbook. Here’s to you, Maxson!

Maxson Davis with the script A WILD WORLD.

Open Writing Assignments

For those who are members of the Writers' Room, you have the opportunity to submit to Open Writing Assignments from vetted industry professionals who are actively looking for new writers and material. These writers crushed it last month getting selected for these OWAs!

Producer Seeks Sweeping Romance Features for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0369)

• PK Silverson (RING)
• Bernhard Pucher (OXYGÉNE)
• Martina Rehm (SWIPE RIGHT AGAIN ON CHRISTMAS)
• Stewart Fergus (THE PRACTICE MARRIAGE)
• Mary Jane Lowe (FOR THE LOVE OF LEO)
• Sean Plemmons (OLD NICK)
• Jeff Hassen (OLD NICK)

Producer Seeks Romance Features for Under $3M, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0374)

• Steven Hoover (TO LIVE, PRESS 1)
• Lucas Abreu (TIME & CHANGE)
• Michael Mendershausen (A DIFFERENT WORLD)
• Arun Narayanan (REWINDER)
• Matilda Corey Schulman (MIRI & GAV)
• Laura Lyte (SOMETIME THIS YEAR)

Producer Seeks Young Adult Features for Under $3M, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0375)

• Reenita Malhotra Hora (OPERATION MOM)
• Terry Brody (THE BRAIN INJURIES)
• Rahul Vijay (SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED)
• Ellen Warner O'Brien (TIGHT)
• Marisa Forrest (CLOSER TO FINE)
• Christian Hearn (THE BOY WHO HAD THREE ARMS)

Producer Seeks Coming of Age Features for Under $3M, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0376)

• Joey Day Hargrove (SUSPICIOUS MIND)
• Divya Pillai (THE END GOAL)
• Willo Johnston (WORDS FAIL ME)
• Marta Reeder (MICHAEL FLATLEY 4EVR)
• JB Berg (SWIPED)

Producer Seeks Romantic Comedy Features for Under $3M, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0377)

• Marcy Schacter (UNDER THE FRENCH UMBRELLA)
• Marina Rasnoveanu (LOVE BITES)
• Jenna D'Angelo (THE CHRISTMAS FLICK)
• Joe Cooke (THE ONE AND ONLY OREGON STAR BALL INTERNATIONAL SAMBA CONTEST)
• Patrick Connelly (REVENGE DATE)
• Sean Plemmons (OLD NICK)
• Jeff Hassen (OLD NICK)

Producer Seeks Thriller/Film Noir Features for Under $3M, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0378)

• Kai David (THE MASK OF THE DRAGONFLY)
• Danny Katz (OBJECTS IN MIRROR)
• Harlan Schneider (EAT OR BE EATEN)
• Mike Bencivenga (OUT OF NOWHERE)
• Michael Mendershausen (A TWISTED AFFAIR)
• G. Scott Gehrs (SPEEDTRAP)

Producer Seeks Comedy Features for Under $3M, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0379)

• Micharn Pollock (OVERTIME)
• Adam Sandel (F***BOYS)
• Zach Witt (AMERICAN BABY)
• James Moran (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER DUMBASS)
• Rahul Vijay (SLEEPER)
• Kelly Anelons (BEST LAID PLANS)
• Megan Anelons (BEST LAID PLANS)

Producer Seeks Big Commercial Action Features for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0380)

• Anthony McBride (BRING THEM HOME)
• Marisa Forrest (SKYFOXES)
• Michael Mendershausen (IN THE MIDST OF ARMS)
• Ian Milne (THE RED WOLF)
• Jermaine Jones (COLLISION OF DUTY)

Studio Producer Seeks IP-based Projects with Built-in Audiences for Any Budget, Location, Cast, and Script Type (0381)

• James Papa (STORYWORLD)
• Travis Seppala (JAMES HOOK)
• Marc Prey (STONEWYLDE)
• Derek Weissbein (THE INVISIBLE WOMAN)
• Andrew Henderson (TIGER SPIT)
• Staton Rabin (BETSY THE EMPEROR)

Producer Seeks Emotionally Compelling Romance Feature Film Scripts for Any Budget Location Cast and Script Type (0382)

• Derek Weissbein (VACATION)
• Vanessa Sax (ONE WORD)
• Laura Lyte (SOMETIME THIS YEAR)
• Michael Mendershausen (A DIFFERENT WORLD)
• John Doble (BY ANY OTHER NAME)

Producer Seeks Biopic Features for Under $3M Location Cast and Script Type (0385)

• G. Scott Gehrs (THE AVIATRIX)
• John Clive Carter (NOT MRS. SINGER)
• Ryan Bow (FIGHTING BLIND: THE RYAN BOW STORY)
• Stacy Bannerman (TITLE IX)
• Anthony McBride (THE OLD MASTER)

Producer Seeks Contained Sci-Fi for Any Budget Location Cast and Script Type (0390)

• Zach Witt (RED TAPE)
• Adam Libarkin (PARTY TIME)
• Travis Seppala (PLEXIGLASS)
• Glenn Acosta (ETERNIS)
• Josh Miller (CITY GENERAL)
• Sean Plemmons (SNAKE OIL)
• Jeff Hassen (SNAKE OIL)

Script and Meeting Requests

Stage 32 Creators also had 159 Script Requests and 51 Meeting Requests during that span! These requests came from high end outfits such as Black Monarch Entertainment, Writ-Large, Zero Gravity Management, Titan 1Studios, Antihero Entertainment, Little Studio Films, Majestic Productions, Phoenix Pictures, Marc Platt Productions Gold Circle Films, Passcode Entertainment, Chaotic Neutral Entertainment, HartBeat Independent, LBI Entertainment, Expectation Management, Propagate Content, Paradigm Talent Agency, 831 Entertainment, Inyani, Pure Fiction, CT Media, 36 Chambers Action, Marilyn Atlas Management, Blue Marble Pictures, ScriptVentures, Buffalo 8, and CAA.

All of us here at Stage 32 are extremely proud of everything that our committed and hard-working community members have accomplished in just this past month of November alone. Seeing these successes makes it all worth it! It inspires us, and we hope you all feel that same inspiration!

December has even more amazing things in store, we just know it. See you next month!

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