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Coffee & Content: Building Worlds, Teams, and Careers That Last
Education & Collaboration Without Borders: Inside the WIFTI x Stage 32 Partnership
Coffee & Content: Clarity Is Generosity
Stage 32 Featured at Blend: Film & Games Conference in Zagreb, Croatia!
Announcing The 3rd Annual Palm Springs Women in Film & Television + Stage 32 Short Script Competition!
A Night to Remember: Recap of the Stage 32 + Tunnel 2025 Holiday Party
Insider Intel: To Sell or Not to Sell, That Is the Question!
How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Criticism of Your Art/Work
Insider Intel: Why Strategic Matchmaking Matters More Than Script Quality
Coffee & Content: Creative Freedom Comes From Focus
Insider Intel: To Sell or Not to Sell, That Is the Question!
Two Paths, One Script: How Do You Choose? When it comes to producing features, there are generally two viable paths: go straight to studios (buyers) and get them to front the money, or make it independently and sell later. Some projects are obvious. If your budget is under $3M, it wouldn't make sense to approach studios who want big talent and big projects, whether for theatrical release or direct-to-streamer. But many projects fall somewhere in between, and it's becoming harder to fig…
Insider Intel: Forget About Individual Titles - It's All About Libraries!
The pre-sales model is changing. I talked to five producers and distribution execs this week who all attend top film markets and are actively packaging and selling projects right now. A common thread emerged in every conversation: we're in an era where companies can't just excel in one area anymore. Production companies are opening management firms. Sales agents are becoming distributors. Distributors are financing titles and becoming studios. All of it in the hope of building a larger …
Land Your First Win: What You Can Learn From Other Stage 32 Success Stories
Our mission has always been to make the entertainment industry more accessible and meritocratic—a place where talent, not just connections, determines who gets a shot. With over 3,000 executives who believe in that same mission, Stage 32 has become the main hub for writers, filmmakers, and creatives looking to make their mark in Hollywood without waiting for permission or playing the gatekeeping game. While no two paths to success are identical, there are valuable less…
Insider Intel: The Historical Doomsayers
Risk aversion is killing the business. There, I said it. The irony is suffocating: Hollywood's current risk-averse mentality is killing the exact genre that built the studio system and saved it during multiple downturns.THE TEN COMMANDMENTS was the highest-grossing film of the 1950s. BEN-HUR won 11 Oscars and saved MGM from bankruptcy. GLADIATOR revived the sword-and-sandal epic in 2000 and made $460M when everyone said the genre was dead. THE KING'S SPEECH cost $15M and made $414M while…
Insider Intel: Why Strategic Matchmaking Matters More Than Script Quality
More than 100 new executives have joined Stage 32 in less than a year. Your global community of producers, managers, agents, and development executives is growing rapidly, fueled by the rise of the independent producer and a more dynamic international market. Now more than ever, creatives and executives can work outside of the system and are less dependent on the same five companies for permission to make content. It's inspiring to see executives build their own slates and get their firs…
Insider Intel: Early Market Trends- What Buyers & Producers Really Want
Want to know what the industry is actually looking for? We have the data. Stage 32 connects over 3,000 industry professionals with writers submitting thousands of scripts every month. By tracking what gets requested, what leads to representation, and what projects move into development, we can see exactly what's working (and what's not). Here's what fellow executives are telling us through their script requests heading into 2026: Producers and representatives are sparking to high-concep…
Insider Intel: New Year, Same Hollywood. Or Is It?
As our industry changes rapidly and new platforms crop up every quarter, a new player is becoming too big to ignore: Angel Studios. Off the success of DAVID at the box office during the holidays and having just passed 2 million subscribers, the Utah-based mission-driven studio is doing two things Hollywood would never dare to do: 1) Give greenlight power to the audience (the Guild members) 2) Shine off the Hollywood community entirely Angel doesn't need Hollywood because, frankl…
State of the Industry 2026 Now On-Demand: RB & Geoff Break Down What’s Next for Writers!
Happy Friday, Stage 32! If you didn’t attend Tuesday’s Q&A with Stage 32 CEO RB Botto and Director of Development Services Geoff Faugerolas, you missed crucial information about navigating the business and what 2026 holds for writers. This Q&A with RB and me is a perfect example of the kind of insider access Writers’ Room members get every single week. The full replay of RB’s State of the Industry Q&A is available now in the …
Insider Intel: 2025- Your Year of Breakthroughs (+ What's Coming in 2026)
As the year comes to an end, I want to take a moment to celebrate you and express how rewarding it is working alongside this community to empower creatives around the world. 2025 was your year. More than 85 writers in our community found success this year—signing with representation, getting their projects shopped, being hired for open writing assignments, securing options, and landing development deals. Writers like you proved that breaking through isn't just possible—it's…
Insider Intel: The Studio War & The Rise of Indies
I'll spare you the 394th Warner Bros. acquisition digest. I'm sure you've heard enough expert opinions. Instead, I want to take an optimistic view of the business and talk about what can really affect your day-to-day as an independent producer, creator, writer or content maker. While big conglomerates play Russian dolls with M&As, we're seeing smaller platforms targeting audience niches…and that's what excites me. With Tubi exceeding 100 million monthly active users and Angel…
Insider Intel: Packaging your Project- The Chicken or the Egg Dilemma
A conundrum is plaguing Hollywood: to get buyers or financiers interested, you need A-list talent or a director attached, ideally underlying IP, and a production company already involved. Most agents and managers don't have the bandwidth to package for their clients, and producers are chasing projects that are further along. In this marketplace, it can seem impossible to "break in." But here's the silver lining: these challenging conditions are forcing writers and filmmakers to become e…
Don't Let the Momentum of November Write Club Die: How to Stay Active Into 2026 & Beyond!
Happy Monday, Stage 32 Community! We're coming into the home stretch of 2025, and I want to talk about something that doesn't get enough attention: what happens after the momentum stops. November Write Club has been incredible. Hundreds of writers showed up every day, engaging in the lounges, commenting on blogs, supporting each other, pushing toward their goals. The energy has been real, the progress has been tangible, and the wins have been stacking up. But here's what I always see …
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