Hello screenwriters,
I secured the rights to an award-winning, young adult, novel, “Shadow In Hawthorn Bay.” Its setting is the early 1800’s Scotland and Upper Canada. I have since written many drafts of the feature screenplay (with the assist of an accomplished Stage32 script editor) to get it into decent shape and become a finalist in a competition – it's in consideration for others. The genres it touches on are historical fiction, romance, supernatural, mystery.
The feedback I get from my pitch submissions is always that it is a great project and that period is difficult to get produced.
If you have written or had produced a period film, I would love chat further. I’m even open to do a script exchange if that could lead to brainstorming how to crack open the marketplace or find a champion. Period does get made to great recent success, think Wuthering Heights, The Wonder, Emily, Outlander, Poldark, Sanditon, Bridgerton, The Great, etc. Would love to explore next steps.
Thank you,
Steven
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Hello Anne, I hear you loud and clear. Yet, they do get made and maybe I have to rethink as a series. I'm not interested in joining the horror crowd and feel it is a bit over saturated with attempts....
Expand commentHello Anne, I hear you loud and clear. Yet, they do get made and maybe I have to rethink as a series. I'm not interested in joining the horror crowd and feel it is a bit over saturated with attempts. Drippy romance would be fun. I'd have to give it some thought and watch a boatload of Hallmark movies to get the format down. I will say, 'Shadow' is very much a romantic film.
I am in the process of writing a dystopian science fiction screenplay. I believe market wise it would receive more looks. But who knows?????
Thank you for your thoughts, Anne!
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I recently rewrote a civil war biopic that was shot in September. It was my first period piece and I learned a lot. Perhaps the most important lesson was that history is very much in the eye of the in...
Expand commentI recently rewrote a civil war biopic that was shot in September. It was my first period piece and I learned a lot. Perhaps the most important lesson was that history is very much in the eye of the individual. I had so many experts giving me conflicting information, and those experts were museum curators, book writers, and reenactors.
It's an amazing experience on set too. It's the closest you can get to time travel.
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Fantastic CJ Walley. Wasn't “History is Written by Victors.” attributed to Winston Churchill? I have shared a similar experience. Thankfully, its an adaptation of a historian''s popular novel and I ha...
Expand commentFantastic CJ Walley. Wasn't “History is Written by Victors.” attributed to Winston Churchill? I have shared a similar experience. Thankfully, its an adaptation of a historian''s popular novel and I have had the support of her estate. Plus, the council of an Algonquin indigenous leader.
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