Antonio Weiss's Lounge Discussions

Mike Bencivenga
Mike Bencivenga

Hey Everybody! I'm a writer and sometime director in stage and film who has begun to dabble in TV writing (as I suspect many of us have during this streaming gold rush). I've got a one hour drama pilot called CHASING THE DARK that's won a bunch of prizes and a lot of fans. My question is have any fo...

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Tasha Lewis

Welcome and Congratulations Mike Bencivenga! Would be happy to help!

Barbara Elbinger

Hi Mike! I’m happy to read it if you want some fresh feedback. My email is hola@barbaraelbinger.com

Antonio Weiss

Hi Mike,

I'd be interested in a swap and feedback.

About paying to talk, I cannot give you any feedback. It has not let me anywhere yet.

Antonio Weiss
Antonio Weiss here. Writer/Director. I wrote produced and directed my last piece, a 30 min short with a female lead, a vigilante scenario in the world of human trafficking.

Although people are reading my scripts, I realize that in order for me to direct I am going to have to force the hand somehow. I just finished a project that would cost around 10 million or more in the USA but probably 1/2 million in Paraguay, where I want to take it. The only way to prove you can d...

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Karen "Kay" Ross

Hey, Antonio Weiss! My name is Kay, I'm the Community Manager here at Stage32. Nice to meet you! Will you be able to film in Paraguay during COVID? You should reach out to Jason Mirch, our Director of...

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Antonio Weiss

Thank you Karen. No, I would not shoot during Covid19. Paraguay is right now in absolute shutdown. Paraguay and Uruguay have two of the best world records with Covid 19. But I would have to wait for 1...

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Antonio Weiss
Antonio Weiss here. Writer/Director. I wrote produced and directed my last piece, a 30 min short with a female lead, a vigilante scenario in the world of human trafficking.

I am looking for serious partners on my next project, a script based on a short story by John Grisham. For this end I am shopping with companies that Stage32 has brought to my attention. This is a story with a female and male lead, in the deep South. A story of friendship in the face of homophobia, fear and ignorance.

Richard "RB" Botto

What specifically are you looking for, Antonio? Producing partners, access to cast? How did you acquire the Grisham rights?

Antonio Weiss

Hi Richard. Not quite there yet with the rights, but Grisham is willing to do this with me if I can put something together. He means financing and a plan. Part of the plan is having the right script f...

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