Internet Screenwriter Sells Script To Mel Gibson's Icon Prods...
February 28th, 2001
We're seeing more and more of these "Script Sites" coming through with success stories. I tell you, it's a great era we're living in as screenwriters. There are so many online resources that allow you to pitch your script directly to producers and agents. The lines of communication are opening up. In today's Variety, it was reported that Mel Gibson's Paramount-based Icon Prods. has paid a low-six figures for the thriller spec script THE DEVIL'S KISS.
The marksmen was an Internet screenwriter, Mark L. Smith, living in North Carolina. The script was discovered online at ScriptShark.com, a service that reads scripts, writes coverage, and grades the material for their subscribers, who are industry professionals.
According to the report, the story is about a sheriff who is retiring, but decides to stay around until he has helped his new replacement solve a string of grisly murders.
-- Chris
(Source: Variety.com)
The marksmen was an Internet screenwriter, Mark L. Smith, living in North Carolina. The script was discovered online at ScriptShark.com, a service that reads scripts, writes coverage, and grades the material for their subscribers, who are industry professionals.
According to the report, the story is about a sheriff who is retiring, but decides to stay around until he has helped his new replacement solve a string of grisly murders.
-- Chris
(Source: Variety.com)
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