"A swashbuckler mixed with a cowboy". That's how I described the Scarlet Avenger in my internet radio interview with WILDsound film & screenplay festival creator & organizer, Matthew Toffolo.
Dear Readers,
Awesome news! We won! Those of you who read my last post know that 'The Scarlet Avenger' feature screenplay, written by Steve McKay, Chris Laskowski and myself, was one of the top 25 finalists in this year's WILDsound FALL Feature Screenplay Contest. Well, we're now one of the 3 winning scripts, out of over 300 international submissions!
The first act of each of the 3 winning scripts will be read by a cast of professional actors at the WILDsound 1st ACT to ACT to ACT Screenplay Event on Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 7:00 PM at the National Film Board (150 John Street in the Entertainment District in downtown Toronto). The moderator is filmmaker, David Weaver ('Century Hotel', 'Siblings').
After the 1st acts are read, the audience will vote on what script they want to hear in its entirety at the next screenplay event. It would be terrific if you could attend, as your audience vote could help get our script read from beginning to end, and that would really help us with its development. So, if you'd like to see the Avenger on the big screen one day, or would just like to hang out with Steve, Chris and I, we'd love to see you at the event.
We're very excited about this win. It's a relatively new festival, but it has already become quite prestigious. Some very successful Hollywood professionals have entered and won the same contest we did, including veteran television writer Rogers Turrentine (The Rockford Files, Magnum P.I.), and actors-turned-writers, Rae Dawn Chong (Quest for Fire, Commando) and Frederick Weller (Neil LaBute's 'The Shape of Things').
Tickets for the script reading are $6 at the door. You're encouraged to come early, as seating at the event is limited. You can also purchase a pass to WILDsound's complete 3 day film and screenplay festival for $15 in advance online (that will get you into our reading as well). For more details click here: Wildsound Tickets.
Also of note is my recent internet radio interview with WILDsound creator, Matthew Toffolo, which you can listen to here. At 50 minutes, it's an epic, but it's hilarious and inspiring. I got myself pumped just listening to it!
And finally, a note about the short film version of The Scarlet Avenger...for some reason it is no longer available for viewing on Google Video. It's quite a shame, because that was the best place to see it. I've written Google to inquire about why it is no longer available, but I haven't received any word back. In the meantime, here's an embeded version of the short on an alternate video hosting site, Veoh.com. I found it a bit 'herky jerky' on occasion. Please let me know if you have any problems viewing it.
Until next time...
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1 comments:
Congrats Scott, I'll be rooting for you. When I formulated my theory (Reconstructivist Art) it was with the hope that artists would find it helpful and inspiring, so I'm thrilled that it played a role in the creation of your script.
Once you make it to the big screen, I expect the same kind of private showing George Lucas gave Joseph Campbell!
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