Happy New Year! Let us be the first to welcome you to 2025!

Today we bring you a special - surprise - episode with screenwriting career coach, Lee Jessup.

May Lee provide you with inspiration to kickstart the new year as you stare at that fresh blank page - full of potential.

Take a Deeper Dive:

The script consultant that both our host and Crosby Selander have employed is Andrew Hilton who goes by the pseudonym:The Screenplay Mechanic.

His services can be accessed here.

Competition details for Script Pipeline can be found here.

Lee Jessup recently hosted the Final Draft Write On podcast, discussing the state of the industry for screenwriters with Bellevue manager, Jeff Portnoy.

Listen to the packed episode here.

Guest: Lee Jessup⁠ on ⁠Instagram⁠ and X

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In our final bonus episode with lit managers of season one, we speak with producer Kate Sharp of Bellevue Productions.

Kate is the lit manager of season one guests: Alexandra Tran and Jessica Welsh.

Take a Deeper Dive:

Interesting article about the curious case of copyright as it applies to Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life - here.

The script we talk about that sold for $2M to MGM Amazon Studios was a spec by Nyad scribe, Julia Cox. Article link here.

After Kate and I spoke, another spec hit the market (Alignment) about the travails of AI - this time from an unknown, unrepped screenwriter - and sold for $1.25M (against $3.25M) to Fifth Season. Link to that story here.

Guest: ⁠⁠⁠Kate Sharp on Instagram

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In our third of four bonus episodes with lit managers, we speak with genre aficionado Matthew Dartnell of Writ Large.

Matt is the lit manager of season one guest: Austin Everett.

Guest: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matt Dartnell⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠

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In our second bonus episode with literary managers, we speak with the manager of our very own host, Chris Coggins, over at Heroes and Villains Entertainment.

Chris is the lit manager of season one guest: Noga Pnueli.

Guest: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris Coggins ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram and X

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In our first bonus episode, we speak with John Zaozirny - the founder and head of Bellevue Productions.

John is the literary manager of season one guests: Ian Shorr, Kevin Sheridan and Sophia Lopez.

Guest: ⁠⁠⁠John Zaozirny ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on ⁠⁠X

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In our final episode of season one, we welcome Austin Everett to the pod to discuss his ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠2019 Black List⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ adaptation of the 'grounded' sci-fi novel, The Traveler.

Guest: ⁠⁠Austin Everett⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on ⁠Instagram⁠

Based on the novella written by Joseph Eckert

'Impressive' Scriptshadow Review for The Traveler

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In the penultimate episode of our first season, we welcome Jessica Welsh to the show to discuss her ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠2021 Black List⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shania Twain music biopic, SHANIA!

Guest: ⁠Jessica Welsh⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Instagram

Princeton Alumni Piece on Jessica

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In our eighth episode, we welcome Pete Bridges to the show to discuss his ⁠⁠⁠⁠2015 Black List⁠⁠⁠⁠ survivalist spec, Resurface.

Guest: ⁠Pete Bridges ⁠⁠⁠on ⁠⁠X⁠⁠

Pete's Shark Horror Feature 'Deep Water' Wraps

Spielberg's Amblin Lands Alien Invasion Spec

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In our seventh episode, we welcome writer-director Noga Pnueli to the show to discuss her ⁠⁠⁠2018 Black List⁠⁠⁠ script, Meet Cute.

Guest: Noga Pnueli ⁠on ⁠X⁠

Trailer for Noga's sci-fi dark comedy, Barbara (2022) starring Sophia Bush

Trailer for Meet Cute (2022) on Peacock

Noga's short film for The Black List in 2018, The Last Days of TJ Staggs, starring Paul Sheer

Cool article on Noga's writing set-up

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In our sixth episode of this inaugural season, we welcome Ian Shorr to the show to discuss his ⁠⁠2011 Black List⁠⁠ script, Cristo -  which takes Alexandre Dumas’ classic adventure novel, The Count of Monte Cristo, into a futuristic setting.

Guest: Ian Shorr⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and X

Cristo sold to ⁠Warner Bros.⁠ in June of that year.

Trailer for Ian's first produced credit, Infinite (2021)

Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chris Hill⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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