Weird going back and reading comments on this from like 3 years ago, especially w/ The Suicide Theory comments (which had a theater release in the US and is now on Netflix).

This has been filmed and will be able to be seen soon.

Not one of my best, most original scripts concept-wise, but it reminds me of shit I used to see on "Tales from the Darkside" when I was a kid (which had the creepiest opening theme, even creepier than Twilight Zone). I decided to a let a film student film it (I was impressed by his reel).

Here's the poster. And I'm actually looking forward to this... haven't had anything produced since The Suicide Theory and The Dead Guy in the Trunk... it has a ton of cliches but fuck it, cliches, if handled correctly, can be very effective.

Great poster, looking forward to seeing it!

Excellent poster! Can't wait to see it, and congrats!

Alright, here's the short film in its entirety. Was actually impressed by the way it turned out, especially considering it was done by some college students with a VERY quick turnaround (I think it was finished like three weeks after they asked to shoot it).

https://vimeo.com/165592781

Very decent effort, especially on those timeframes... only nit-picky bit... long time since that kid was 10

Not bad for three weeks. The framing could have been a little better but not bad at all.

@ Anthony -- Yeah, I thought the same. Was originally for a 10 year old girl, but a bunch of college kids could only get a 13 year old boy... they made changes to the script, thought they'd change the age of the kid to 12 at least... but still, a good effort.

After you have a feature come out (The Suicide Theory still available on Netflix BTW) you want keep coming out with quality material. And I feel that this effort didn't hurt me at all in terms of the trajectory of my career. I was pleasantly surprised by how well it came out.

I'm still waiting for UK Netflix to catch up!

I'm still waiting too... the only reason I keep Netflix is so that I don't have to buy DVDs for the kids anymore. I rarely watch anything on there myself.

Dude, I'll send anybody who wants to watch the movie a free link online. I wrote the movie as a spec in 2008, it finally got filmed in 2013 and came out in 2015. Not only did I not receive a dime (despite a theater release, albeit limited in the U.S. only, and a Netflix release, still available on Netflix) but I didn't even receive a copy of the film. I still don't own a copy of the film. PM me. For some reason, the film hasn't been able to find distribution outside of the U.S. (which I attribute to laziness and complacency). At this point, I just want people to see the movie, and people all over the world have been watching it and commenting on Twitter, and watching it illegally.

I'll watch it tonight if you pm me the link.

I wouldn't hold my breath in terms of getting paid though mate. The positives here are that you've had a film with a theatre release and it's something you're not ashamed to show people. All you can do, is use these positives in your pitches with other producers.

Quoted from spesh2k Not only did I not receive a dime (despite a theater release, albeit limited in the U.S. only, and a Netflix release, still available on Netflix) but I didn't even receive a copy of the film. I still don't own a copy of the film.

I can't say I've really got paid either. Other than the few films where I managed to get myself credited as producer. I got those because the filmmakers didn't really have any money to pay for the script, I agreed to get paid later as producer since they get paid first when money starts to trickle in. That only seems to work with filmmakers who operate with very little money though, so the writer has a little more leverage. For the first few years, I got a check every three months. Since then, I haven't received anything. And, just like you, I haven't got a copy of any of the films either. The copies I have, I had to buy digitally from Amazon or iTunes...  The more professional filmmakers, as far as how the writer is treated has actually been new filmmakers making my shorts.

I've also noticed something else lately. Something disturbing, IMO. Lots of these indie filmmakers with decent budgets that have distribution deals and make several films every year have become script hoarders. They option a bunch of scripts for a dollar taking those scripts off the market and getting the writer's hopes up. Then nothing happens with the script. In other words, for a dollar, the writer gives away the script and by the time you get the script back (a couple of years) the script is "old" and has little value.

I rewrote The Hit, but haven't really done any writing since then. I've been busy with my real life, and guess what? I've actually been a lot happier. I was happy before too, but feel even better now. I honestly feel, at least for me, that this screenwriting crap is like a bad rollercoaster ride. Lots of sharp ups and downs. I personally prefer level scenic rides.

As far as Tooth for a Tooth goes, I think they did a good job.

That was a well written script. Easy on the eyes and quite entertaining. I agree with another reader my only complaint or wait, what moment was the ending. But yeah that was good. I actually saw your "The Suicide Theory" banner and thought Netflix, so I went to watch. I actually chuckled at the guy in line. So, I hit pause and came back to read this. As expected still had that nice sense of humor. Now I can go back to watching "The Suicide Theory." Congrats on that by the way.



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