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Stage 32 Featured at the 43rd Torino Film Festival!
Coffee & Content: The Genius of Weapons and How to Know When Your Script Is Ready
Insider Intel: 2025- Your Year of Breakthroughs (+ What's Coming in 2026)
11 Tips For Bringing Your Animated Characters To Life
Stage 32 Now Certifying El Paso, Texas!
Coffee & Content: Low Stakes Stories, High Stakes Decisions
Stage 32 Certification Expands Partnerships in Spain and Latin America
How to Get Help from Stage 32: Meet the Teams Behind the Scenes
Coffee & Content: Why Your Pitch Needs to Be Human
Stage 32 Now Certifying Centro de Portugal Film Commission!
Go All The Way - Acting Across Continents
Today’s guest blog comes from Stage 32’er, actor Yannick de Waal. Born and raised in Amsterdam, Yannick studied English and acting, landing himself the lead role in Zucht, which was nominated for Best Short Film at the Dutch Film Festival as well as Cannes. He’s since played several roles in Dutch TV series. Yannick went on to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Film and Theater Institute in New York. When Yannick returned to the Netherlands, he was cast as a lead…
Stage 32 Turns 3 Next Month - Come Celebrate With Us!
***UPDATE*** Stage 32 3 Year Anniversary Meetups Already Forming: Tucson, AZ: click here Victoria, BC: click here Atlanta, GA: click here Tallahassee, FL: click here Charlotte, NC: click here Inland Empire/SB Mountains, CA: click here LA South Bay, CA: click here London, UK: click here for now, maybe a new thread starting soon Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, MI: click here San Francisco, CA: click here September will mark 3 years since Stage 32 launched and RB invit…
Remembering Robin Williams
Happy Weekend everyone. You can find the usual content from my Weekend Blog - Stage 32 News, Stage 32 Success Stories, Popular and Interesting Lounge Discussions, Proposed and Planned Stage 32 Meetups, Entertainment News, Videos and Tips - below. But to start, a moment to remember Robin Williams. Enjoy, and have a wonderful weekend. RB
Introducing Stage 32 Next Level Classes - From Zero to Hero
As you know education is a huge focus of ours here at Stage 32. Last fall we introduced our Next Level Webinars and have had dozens of presenters teach thousands of Stage 32 members from all over the world. In addition, over at The Stage 32 Happy Writers, we’ve brought in managers and agents as well as industry executives from some of the top studios and production companies to instruct Stage 32 members regarding various disciplines of their craft. Now, we're ready to …
Want to See Stage 32 at SXSW?
Every year thousands of creatives descend upon Austin, TX for the South by Southwest Festival (aka. SXSW). Last year our Founder & CEO, RB, was a mentor at SXSW and helped dozens of individuals one-on-one with advice about the industry. This year we want to expand the reach of Stage 32 to creatives who attend the conference and we need your help. Please vote for the 2 panels we have submitted: SXSW Film: Navigating Social Media for Independent Filmmakers http://p…
The Journey of Becoming an “Overnight Success”
Today’s guest blog comes from Stage 32’er, Writer/Director/Producer David Rountree. Starting out as an actor, David came to realize his true passion was directing. He now owns and runs Psycho Rock Productions and has written and produced 5 feature films, directing 4 out of those 5. David is currently assisting with development for Multiplexing with Hilary Duff, John Heder, Danielle Panabaker, and Rob Schneider. But what David most often gets noticed for his past acting …
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions, and Other Fun Stuff (August 8th, 2014)
Another week in the books. But that only means we're getting warmed up around here. On this edition of the Weekend Blog: Hollywood struggles to find the next Denzel, a Sarah Jones safety app gets crowdfunded, Lionsgate feels the sting of The Expendables 3 piracy, a list of the 15 best international film schools, all the films and shows streaming on Nexflix for the month of August, Mr. Scorsese (to you) joins Tarantino and Apatow to save celluloid, the argument over who deser…
On Stage With RB - August 2014
It's that time again! We are excited to bring you the August edition of On Stage With RB - a FREE Stage 32 Next Level Webinar available to the first 1,000 Stage 32 members who register. Whether you have a been long time Stage 32 member or just joined, this is an exciting educational (and entertaining) webinar we offer once a month FREE to our members. Our Founder & CEO, Richard Botto, will be going over some of the new Stage 32 site features to help maximize your use of t…
Taking it to the Streets
Part of what makes our Stage 32 network so inspiring is the overwhelming sense of community. There are any number of metrics that we can point at to support this claim - a record number of threads and posts almost daily, for example - but one that truly stands out is the increase in Stage 32 Meetups occurring across the globe. Below are some pictures of recent Stage 32 Meetups where members of this terrific community took their networking to the streets. We'r…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions, and Other Fun Stuff (August 1st, 2014)
Welcome to the weekend everyone. In this edition of the weekend blog, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are now accepting submissions for the new version of Project Greenlight, an Oscar nominated producer explains why his car is now his office, AMC looks to make a bold move, movie marketing costs soar out of control, Tarantino and Apatow join forces to save celluloid, Woody Allen answers his critics (again), one actor makes headlines for quitting his hit television show due to his character be…
RB's Stage 32 News, Notes, Discussions, and Other Fun Stuff (July 25th, 2014)
Welcome to the weekend everyone. Hope you all had a terrific week. In this edition of the Weekend Blog under ENTERTAINMENT NEWS, The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at what's causing the (da,da,dummmmm) Worst Summer Box Office Slump in Eight Years and, lo and behold, shitty movies are part of the equation. I also have also have a look back at the remarkable James Garner, who passed away this week at the age of 86, a very cool article about Woody Allen and how he handles his…
Strengthening Our Community
The Stage 32 community is the most creative, selfless, and positive minded on the planet. No one can convince me otherwise. From the very first day of testing when I reached out to 100 colleagues and asked them to not only test the site, but to invite 5 fellow creatives if they believed in our mission, to this very morning when I received an email from a new user who invited her entire contact book of over 1100 names to join Stage 32, the collaborative spirit that permeates this netwo…
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