Be sure to give the logline up top and drop in the name of your Protagonist.
For features, interested in thrillers that can be done for under $3 million.
Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Horror, Fantasy.
Marilyn R. Atlas is a talent and literary manager and award-winning producer. Among her credits as film producer are REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES for HBO, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival; A CERTAIN DESIRE, starring Sam Waterston; and ECHOES, which won the Gold Award at the Texas International Film Festival. Marilyn has also produced a variety of programming for the cable/pay TV market. In live theater, Marilyn co-produced the West Coast premiere of the musical God Bless You Mr. Rosewater by Ashman and Menken (the writers of ENCHANTED and TANGLED). She also co-produced the award-winning play To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, which was made into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter Gallagher. In 2014, she co-produced the play Detained in the Desert at the Guadalupe Theater in San Antonio, TX. Her additional credits as a producer in live theater include Today’s Special and As I Sing. In addition to Marilyn’s film/TV credits, she has sold (first time) novels “Chasing the Jaguar” to HarperCollins, “Hungry Woman in Paris” to Grand Central Publishing, and the “Ave Maria Bed & Breakfast” to Hachette Publishing, and the “Last Ride of Caleb O’Toole” to Source Books. Her Lifetime movie THE CHOKING GAME based on the YA book by Diana Lopez aired in summer 2014. Previously, Marilyn developed the BRIDES' MARCH for Lifetime Television as well as a limited television series. She previously produced the short musical version of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVESin Los Angeles in 2009 and is involved in the current development of a full-length production for 2018. Marilyn is currently developing a TV pilot based on the Gary Phillips series of novels “High Hand” and “Shooter’s Point” featuring strong-willed African-American protagonist Martha Chainey. She is also developing a Chinese historical epic with the Metan Development Group and CODEBUSTERS, a children’s show for TV based on a series of best-selling books. Marilyn is also featured in the book “Write Now!” from Penguin/Tarcher. She is the co-author of a relationship-based, screenwriting guide called “Dating Your Character,” about an organic approach to character creation for Stairway Press’ 2016 catalog.
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What Is "IP?"
Pitch your Intellectual Property in under 8 minutes to reps & producers looking to develop and adapt IP. YOU SHOULD NOT ALREADY HAVE A SCRIPT FOR THIS. THIS IS NOT A PITCH FOR ANYTHING ALREADY SCRIPTED. This means you have either already acquired and optioned this published IP or you have created and already had published one of the following:
- books
- novels
- video games
- graphic novels
- life rights
- optioned true stories
- news articles
- podcasts
- narrative albums
- social media narratives or characters with substantial following
To repeat, you MUST ALREADY be in control of the IP you are pitching. NOTHING SELF-PUBLISHED WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT FOR SCREENPLAYS OR TELEPLAYS. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ONLY.
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